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Syrian Ex-General to Face Swedish Court Over War Crimes

par This Is Beirut, 10/01 21:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A former Syrian army general is set to appear before a Stockholm court for his purported involvement in war crimes committed in Syria in 2012, as outlined in the indictment revealed on Wednesday, January 10, as reported by AFP. A former Syrian army general will appear before a Stockholm court over his alleged role in war crimes committed in Syria ...

Sweden Joins NATO, Ending Non-Alignment in Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 07/03 19:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of torturous diplomacy. Days after Hungary followed key holdout Turkey and became the last NATO member to sign off, Sweden ceremonially handed over accession documents to the ...

Sweden's Banner Raised on NATO's Headquarters

par This Is Beirut, 11/03 14:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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As Sweden's flag is raised above NATO HQ, it shows that Putin has “failed” in his attempt at weakening the mutual defense organization, claims NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Sweden's accession to the alliance shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of ...

Former Syrian General in Swedish Court, Accused of War Crimes

par This Is Beirut, 15/04 11:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A former Syrian general's trial for war crimes will begin on Monday in a Swedish court, the highest ranking official prosecuted in Europe for his role in Syria's civil war. The highest-ranking Syrian military official to be tried in Europe will appear in a Stockholm court on Monday for his alleged role in war crimes committed in 2012 during ...

Swedish Intelligence Accuses Iran of Targeting Israeli Interests in Sweden

par This Is Beirut, 30/05 20:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran is recruiting members of Swedish criminal gangs, some of them children, as proxies to commit "acts of violence" against Israel and others in Sweden that Tehran considers a threat, Sweden's intelligence agency said Thursday. The announcement came two weeks after night-time gunfire was reported outside Israel's embassy in Stockholm, and three ...

After Frenchman's Release, Who Are the Westerners Still Held in Iran?

par This Is Beirut, 13/06 18:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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At least 10 Western passport holders are still being held in Iran, which has released French banking consultant Louis Arnaud after nearly two years in detention. Arnaud was arrested in September 2022 and accused of joining anti-government demonstrations. Rights groups say those being held were taken prisoner to be used by Iran as bargaining ...

Iran and Sweden Announce Prisoner Exchange Deal

par This Is Beirut, 15/06 17:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran and Sweden announced on Saturday a prisoner exchange that saw a former Iranian official jailed in Sweden freed as Stockholm said Tehran had released a European Union diplomat and a second Swede. "Hamid Noury, who has been in illegal detention in Sweden since 2019, is free and will return to the country in a few hours," Kazem Gharibabadi, ...

Germany and Sweden Arrest Eight Syrians Over War Crimes

par This Is Beirut, 03/07 13:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Investigators in Germany and Sweden, on Wednesday, arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria, prosecutors in both countries said. The suspects are accused of taking part in a "violent crackdown on a peaceful anti-government protest" in the ...

75 Years Since NATO's Creation: Is the World Safer?

par Rami Rayess, 07/08 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The twelve countries that founded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on April 9, 1949, in Washington, D.C., possibly did not foresee that this alliance would last 75 years, including more than thirty years after the fall of its rival, the Warsaw Pact, which dissolved with the collapse of the Soviet-led socialist bloc before the ...

Three Swedes Arrested for Attacks Near Israeli Embassies in Denmark and Sweden

par This Is Beirut, 02/10 17:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Police in Denmark and Sweden said on Wednesday they were probing explosions and gunfire around Israeli embassies in their capitals, which took place amid spiraling Middle East tensions. In Denmark, police said three Swedish nationals had been arrested after two blasts were reported in the "immediate proximity" of the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen ...

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