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Iran Predicts the Emergence of New Resistance in Syria Against Israel

This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's security chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian said a new group would emerge in Syria to fight Israel following the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, state media reported. "With the occupation of Syrian territories by the Zionist regime, a new resistance has been born that will manifest itself in the years to come," said Ahmadian, the secretary of ...

Ukrainian FM Calls for the "Elimination of Russian Presence in Syria"

This is Beirut, 2024-12-30 14:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga urged new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday to expel Russia from the country during an unannounced visit to Damascus. Moscow was one of former president Bashar al-Assad's key backers, intervening to help to turn the tide of Syria's civil war in his favour in 2015. The ex-president's toppling was ...

Middle East Crisis: A Challenging Transformation

Michel Touma, 2024-12-30 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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It was hardly surprising. In this part of the world, where decades of chronic turmoil are frequently interrupted by bouts of disorder fueled by power struggles, the potential for harm has yet to be fully contained. A new political landscape appears to be emerging in various parts of the Middle East, as declared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Syria: Explosion Near Damascus Kills Several People

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An explosion at a weapons depot near Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday killed 11 people, a war monitor said, weeks after rebels ousted longtime leader Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the cause of the blast in the industrial area of Adra, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Damascus, was "likely" to have been an ...

'Like a Dream': AFP Photographer Returns to Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 17:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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AFP photographer Sameer al-Doumy returns home after fleeing Syria in 2017, just one year before a horrific chemical weapons attack in April 2018 on his hometown of Douma, a rebel stronghold near Damascus. The 26-year-old award-winning photographer, who has spent the last few years covering the migrant crisis for AFP's Lille bureau in northern ...

Two Dead in Gunfire Targeting Lebanese Car in Syria

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 16:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Two Lebanese nationals, Mohammad Hassan Saab and Abdel Razzaq Karbali, were killed on the Homs-Damascus highway, while Abdallah Hassan Saab was injured in a shooting that targeted their vehicle. Witnesses reported that the victims' car, bearing a Lebanese license plate, was passing through the Wadi Al-Dahab area during an ongoing clash when ...

Nearly 300 Arrested in Syria Crackdown on Assad Loyalists

This is Beirut, 2024-12-29 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor said Sunday. Since rebels led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group toppled Assad ...

Turkey's Energy Ministry Sends Delegation to Damascus

This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 16:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A delegation from Turkey's energy ministry headed to Syria on Saturday to help Syrians obtain access to essential services after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. "A team from our energy ministry is on the way to Damascus," Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told a meeting of the ruling AKP party in the central Anatolian province of Nevsehir. "We ...

Visiting Libyan Official Says Discussed Energy, Migration with New Syria Leader

This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 15:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A senior official from Libya's UN-recognized government met Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday and discussed issues including diplomatic relations, energy and migration. "We expressed our full support for the Syrian authorities in the success of the important transitional phase," Libyan Minister of State for Communication and ...

Rifaat al-Assad Flies Out of Beirut, Lebanese Security Source Confirms

This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Lebanese security source confirmed on Saturday that Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, left Lebanon via Beirut airport about a week ago, following the ousting of his nephew. Rifaat al-Assad, 87, is facing charges by Swiss prosecutors for a series of crimes, including ordering "murders, acts of torture, inhumane ...

Silent Protest in Damascus Demands Justice for Assad Regime's Disappeared

This is Beirut, 2024-12-27 21:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A silent crowd gathered in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Friday to press the new authorities about the fate of relatives who went missing under Bashar al-Assad and to demand justice for their loved ones. The fate of tens of thousands of people who disappeared under Assad, who was ousted on December 8 by a coalition of Islamist-led rebels, is a ...

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