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French Court Refers Assad Arrest Warrant

par This Is Beirut, 02/07 14:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The General Prosecutor's Office of the Paris Court of Appeal stated on Tuesday to AFP that it had referred the French arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad to the Court of Cassation for a ruling on a "legal question." Al-Assad is accused of complicity in crimes against humanity for the 2013 chemical attacks in Syria. "Without calling into question ...

Bashar al-Assad's Aide Luna al-Shibl Dies After Car Crash

par This Is Beirut, 05/07 22:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's media adviser Luna al-Shibl died on Friday three days after being injured in a car crash, Assad's office announced. "The presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic mourns the death of the adviser Luna al-Shibl, who passed away today after a serious car accident", it said in a statement. "She served in recent years ...

Erdogan Says May Invite Assad, a Sign of Reconciliation

par This Is Beirut, 07/07 15:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he might invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to Turkey "at any moment," in a sign of reconciliation after the 2011 war broke ties between Ankara and Damascus. "We may send an invitation (to Assad) at any moment," Erdogan told journalists aboard a plane from Berlin, where he watched Euro ...

Daesh Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq

par This Is Beirut, 10/07 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Iraqi court has sentenced to death a wife of slain Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on charges of detaining Yazidi women, the judiciary said on Wednesday. The wife of the polygamous Baghdadi was brought back to Iraq after being detained in Turkey, judicial sources told AFP under cover of anonymity because they were not ...

Campaign Begins for Syria's 'Predetermined' Election

par This Is Beirut, 12/07 12:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Campaign posters have sprung up across Damascus as Syria prepares to hold a parliamentary election in government-held areas on Monday that is designed to renew the ruling Baath party's grip on power. It will be the fourth election to Syria's largely rubber-stamp parliament since civil war erupted in 2011. As in the previous ones, President ...

Erdogan Announces Imminent End to Operation Against Kurdish Fighters in Iraq and Syria

par This Is Beirut, 13/07 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced the imminent end to the Turkish forces' operation against Kurdish PKK fighters in northern Iraq and Syria. Turkey launched Operation Claw-Lock in April 2022 to secure its border with northern Iraq, from where it accused Kurdish separatists of launching attacks against Turkish territory. "We ...

No Surprises Expected as Syrians Vote in Parliamentary Poll

par This Is Beirut, 15/07 14:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Syrians in government-held areas were voting Monday in their fourth parliamentary election since civil war erupted in 2011, a poll expected to keep President Bashar al-Assad's ruling Baath party in power. The election came amid overtures from Ankara towards Damascus, after ties were severed following the start of Syria's war in 2011, with Assad ...

Syrian Official in Charge of Notorious Prison Arrested in LA

par This Is Beirut, 17/07 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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According to a US court document, a former Syrian military commander called Samir Ousman al-Sheikh, who oversaw one of the most infamous jails in Syria and is suspected of torturing and executing political prisoners, was taken into custody in Los Angeles, the New York Times reported. In his application for US citizenship, al-Sheikh is charged ...

How Pro-Iranian Groups Occupy Syrian Territory

par Malo Pinatel, Roya Afzali, 29/07 21:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A redeployment in anticipation of a response expected to be particularly forceful. On Monday, Iranian-backed fighting forces in Syria were redeployed from the southwestern part of the country to the region of Bou Kamal, according to information obtained by This is Beirut from Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ...

Syria: How Many Divisions?

par Marc Saikali, 07/08 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The days when the Syrian army terrorized the Lebanese population and relentlessly bombarded the neighborhoods of Beirut and Zahlé instead of fighting Israel are long gone. The days when this army was part of an international coalition against Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf War are long gone. Nothing in the Near East could happen ...

Pro-Iran Groups and Kurdish-Led Forces Fighting Leave 13 Dead

par This Is Beirut, 09/08 17:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Fighting between pro-Iranian groups supporting the Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces killed 13 people, mostly civilians, a war monitor said Friday. Six children were among the victims of intense shelling of Dahla in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Fighting erupted on Wednesday when ...

Five Pro-Iran Fighters Killed in Syria Drone Strike

par This Is Beirut, 11/08 15:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Five Iran-backed fighters were killed on Sunday in a drone strike in Syria's east, near the Iraqi border, a war monitor said, adding it was not clear yet who was behind the attack. "Five pro-Iranian fighters were killed and others were injured, some severely... after an unknown drone targeted the military vehicle they were in... near the ...

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