This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 12:38 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A war monitor said Tuesday that Israel had "destroyed the most important military sites in Syria" with a flurry of airstrikes since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad's government. Israel, which borders Syria, sent troops into a buffer zone on the east of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights after Assad's fall, in what Foreign ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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UN investigators who for years have been gathering evidence of horrific crimes committed in Syria hope Bashar al-Assad's downfall will finally mean they can access "the crime scene" and "massive evidence". "There is a sea change," said Robert Petit, a Canadian prosecutor and legal scholar who heads the United Nations investigative body known as ...
Paul Guillot, 2024-12-10 11:13 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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2011: The winds of the Arab Spring reach Syria. Peaceful protests erupt in Deraa, as the people call for reforms and justice. Bashar al-Assad's regime responds swiftly and brutally. The crackdown is bloody, and anger becomes the driving force of the protesters. The demonstrations spread across the country like wildfire. This marks the beginning of ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-12-10 11:04 - Reading : less than a minute
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Viral claims of a plane crash, a secretive escape and surprising images have fueled speculation about the whereabouts of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. What is really happening, and where is Assad? Let’s debunk the fake claims.
This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's Islamist rebel leader said Tuesday that the incoming authorities will announce a list of former senior officials "involved in torturing the Syrian people". "We will offer rewards to anyone who provides information about senior army and security officers involved in war crimes," rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, now using his real name ...
Philippe Abi-Akl, 2024-12-10 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On December 8, 2024, a historic shift reshaped Syria as Bashar al-Assad's regime fell to the opposition in just ten days. This seismic event reverberated through Damascus and the wider region, drawing attention to the Middle East’s uncertain future at a particularly delicate time, with Israel’s war on Hamas and the conflict with Hezbollah in ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A new chapter has unfolded in the Middle East following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the outset of a press conference in Jerusalem, his first in 99 days. Highlighting Iran's extensive financial and military support for Assad, Netanyahu emphasized the regime's brutality towards its own ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States is determined to prevent the Islamic State group from reestablishing safe havens in Syria, as well as the fragmentation of the country, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday. "ISIS will try to use this period to reestablish its capabilities, to create safe havens. As our precision strikes over the weekend demonstrate, we ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 20:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Monday that his country's military takeover of the buffer zone along its border with Syria was a temporary move, after Islamist-led rebels took control in Syria. "This is a limited and temporary step we took for security reasons," Saar said in a press conference at the foreign ministry ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani met with caretaker Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jalali and discussed the "transfer of power", the rebels said Monday, a day after toppling president Bashar al-Assad. Jolani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, met Jalali "to coordinate a transfer of power that guarantees the provision of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 20:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
With cheers, roses and music, Chekka, a small town in northern Lebanon, welcomed its liberated son Suhail al-Hamwi after 33 years of imprisonment in one of the monstrous Syrian prisons, in Latakia. “Thirty-three years... I paid a lot, my wife paid a lot, and my son, who was 10 months old when I was arrested, paid a lot too,” Hamwi said ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 16:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas released a statement congratulating the Syrian people on their efforts to achieve freedom and justice, emphasizing the importance of unity and reconciliation in building a stable and prosperous future. In its message, Hamas praised the determination and resilience of the Syrian people, reaffirming its solidarity and commitment to Syria’s ...