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Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Bashar al-Assad always saw time as an ally in Syria's civil war, alongside the Russian and Iranian firepower he turned on his foes, sources...
Rare protests flare in regime-held Syria as Assad seeks international rehabilitation
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe unrest shows that disgruntlement against Assad remains high as he tries to end his international...
‘Armstrong of the Arab World’: Syria’s first astronaut Mohammad Faris dies in exile
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoIn 1987, Faris spent eight days in space with the Soviet Union’s Interkosmos spaceflight program...
Syrians tear down poster of Assad in Sweida as protests swell
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDemonstrators in the southern Syrian city of Sweida tore down a portrait of President Bashar...
50 years on, photos show the 19-day Arab-Israeli War that changed the course of history
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoArtillerymen hold their ears as 155mm guns lay down barrage on Syrian positions during the Yom...
'He continued to give himself away in service': George McGovern's legacy, 100 years after birth
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs the director of the McGovern Center at Dakota Wesleyan University, one of my responsibilities is...
Muslim mayor from New Jersey turned away from White House Eid event
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMohamed Khairullah, the mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, was not allowed onto the White House...
Switzerland to try Assad's uncle for crimes against humanity
Reuters via AOL· 2 months agoGENEVA (Reuters) -Switzerland's Attorney General's Office said on Tuesday that it would put an uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity dating ...
How Colonel Nasser created the Middle-Eastern ‘dictators’ club’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAs Baghdad correspondent for The Telegraph after the fall of Saddam Hussein, I hired “Colonel...
Syrian earthquake devastated an area that was already a disaster zone – and highlights the vital...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree weeks after the February 2023 earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, I stood amid the rubble in...