This is Beirut 10/03 22:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The recent escalation of tensions along the Syrian coastline raises critical questions. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), since March 6, nearly 973 civilians, predominantly Alawites, have been killed in Tartous and Latakia, located in western Syria, where this religious minority is concentrated. The global Alawite ...
This is Beirut 10/03 21:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Syrian Democratic Forces
The Syrian presidency announced on Monday an agreement with the head of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate the institutions of the autonomous Kurdish administration in the northeast into the national government. Syria's new authorities under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa have sought to disband armed groups ...
This is Beirut 10/03 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Elon Musk said X was hit by a major cyberattack on Monday as outages plagued users of the platform once known as Twitter. "There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X," Musk said in a post on the platform. Musk blamed a cyberattack, providing no evidence, for crashing the site last year when an interview with Donald Trump was to be ...
This is Beirut 10/03 20:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Marco Rubio Saudi Arabia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and chief US diplomat Marco Rubio arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of ceasefire talks on Monday as Ukraine's proposal for a partial truce raised hopes of a breakthrough after three years of war. Zelensky, embroiled in a public row with US President Donald Trump last month, touched down in Jeddah as Rubio ...
This is Beirut 10/03 20:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Members of Syria's small Christian community on the coast are living in fear after attacks killed more than 1,000 mostly Alawite civilians, with Christians reportedly caught up in the violence. "The current conflict in Syria does not concern me, but we are its victims," said Ruwayda, a 36-year-old Christian from the port city of ...
This is Beirut 10/03 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Monday to continue providing Syria with "every kind of support" while condemning the wave of violence that has gripped the northwest in recent days. "We will continue to provide every kind of support possible for our neighbor Syria to recover and preserve its territorial integrity... and to achieve ...
This is Beirut 10/03 17:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Bashar al-Assad SOHR Latakia Tartus
Syria's new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after more than 1,000 civilians were killed in the worst violence since his overthrow. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and allied groups had killed 1,068 civilians, the vast majority ...
This is Beirut 10/03 13:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Ukraine USA Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday ahead of talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine wants peace and Russia is the "only reason" that the war has dragged on. Zelensky is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia later Monday, a day ahead of crucial talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with ...
This is Beirut 10/03 12:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Volodymyr Zelensky Saudi Arabia Jeddah Russia Ukraine
Ukrainian flags are now flying across the city of Jeddah in anticipation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's arrival in Saudi Arabia. A brief Saudi Foreign Ministry statement said the US-Ukrainian talks would be held in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. This comes just ahead of crucial talks with US officials aimed at finding a path to end the ...
This is Beirut 10/03 12:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Mazzeh neighborhood in Damascus was, on Monday morning, the scene of violent clashes between Syrian security forces and armed elements from the previous regime, marking an unprecedented development since the beginning of the confrontations last Thursday. According to “Al-Araby Television Network”, based in Qatar, an armed group attacked ...
This is Beirut 10/03 12:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The worst violence to hit Syria since Bashar al-Assad's ouster poses a major threat to the transition, with mass killings of civilians throwing into doubt the new authorities' ability to govern. The sectarian violence in the Alawite heartland on Syria's Mediterranean coast has also drawn condemnation from the international community, after 13 ...
This is Beirut 10/03 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran on Monday rejected media reports accusing the Islamic republic of involvement in the violence in Alawite areas of Syria, which has left hundreds of civilians dead. Fighting erupted on Thursday between Syria's new security forces and loyalists of the former government of toppled president Bashar al-Assad, a long-time Tehran ally. War monitor ...