Elie Ziadé 13/12 22:45 - Reading : less than a minute
In an interview with This is Beirut, the Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Homs and former monk of Mar Moussa, Jacques Mourad, stressed the importance of Syrian unity. “Today is an opportunity to free ourselves from all the horrible theories we've lived with for fifty years; the idea of ghettos and minorities, or that Muslims will kill us and ...
This is Beirut 13/12 21:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey said Friday it had urged Russia and Iran not to intervene militarily to support Bashar al-Assad's forces as Islamist-led rebels mounted their lightning advance on Damascus that ended with the Syrian strongman's ouster. "The most important thing was to talk to the Russians and Iranians to ensure that they didn't enter the equation ...
This is Beirut 13/12 21:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Syria's Islamist-led rebel alliance had been planning the surprise ouster of President Basher al-Assad for a year, an opposition military leader told the Guardian in an interview published Friday. The Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Islamist group, which says it has moved away from its roots in Al-Qaeda, has long-controlled a part of northwest ...
This is Beirut 13/12 21:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A delegation from Qatar is due to visit Syria on Sunday for meetings with officials in its transitional government following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, a Qatari diplomat told AFP Friday. "The first Qatari delegation visit to Syria is expected to happen Sunday where they will take the necessary steps to reopen the embassy and ...
Johnny Kortbawi 13/12 18:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The fall of the tyrannical regime in Damascus has unleashed decades of repressed anger – anger we’ve been holding on to for fifty years, as we endured Syria’s constant interference in Lebanese politics, along with the vile assaults that accompanied it at all levels. The Assad regime, with its allies, worked tirelessly to thwart the ...
This is Beirut 13/12 17:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Friday to work with Iraq to ensure no resurgence of the Islamic State group after Bashar al-Assad's overthrow in neighboring Syria. On a regional tour devoted to a suddenly-changed Syria, the top US diplomat flew to Baghdad from the Turkish capital Ankara and headed into talks with Iraqi Prime ...
This is Beirut 13/12 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his centrist ally François Bayrou as Prime Minister on Friday, the French presidency announced. This followed tortuous consultations to find a successor to Michel Barnier, who was ousted by a historic no-confidence vote last week. "The President of the Republic has appointed Mr. ...
Elie Ziadé 13/12 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
The human slaughterhouse at Saydnaya, the Assad clan's prison 30 kilometers from Damascus, is still torturing Syrians, despite the fall of the regime last Sunday. Hundreds of families have no news of their loved ones, in some cases for more than a decade. In spite of everything, some try to search for clues to obtain proof of life... or death.
This is Beirut 13/12 13:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Where should the crown be placed? In the courtyard of the Marist Brothers in Aleppo, one of the eleven Christian communities in Syria’s second city (northwest), the question that is sparking debates is about the Christmas tree. Just days after their swift conquest of power in Damascus on December 8, the new rulers of the country, former ...
This is Beirut 13/12 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The leader of the Islamist-dominated armed coalition that seized power in Syria on Friday called on residents to take to the streets en masse to celebrate the "victory of the revolution." In a video, Abou Mohammad al-Jolani, now using his real name, Ahmad al-Chareh, "congratulated the Syrian people on the revolution’s victory" and urged the ...
This is Beirut 13/12 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Ukrainian energy facilities were targeted on Friday morning in a "massive" missile attack by Russia, Ukrainian authorities announced, as Moscow continues its regular bombardment of such infrastructure, causing power outages across the country during the harsh winter season. Ukraine is also struggling on the front line, retreating for months in ...
This is Beirut 13/12 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Friday that it is "imperative" to continue working against ISIS in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, during a visit to Ankara, the Turkish capital. "Our country has worked very hard (...) to ensure the elimination of ISIS's territorial caliphate, to ensure that this threat does not ...