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Syria sentences former president Bashar al-Assad to death over killings, torture

August 11, 2026 admin

Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) after a trial in absentia, convicting ‌him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the ⁠country’s nearly 14-year war. It was the first conviction against Assad, who was…

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Iraqi Kurdish leader in Damascus for talks on Syria Kurds’ deal: sources

August 3, 2026 admin

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Monday (August 3, 2026) with Nechirvan Barzani, leader of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, as official sources told AFP the talks aimed to advance an integration deal between Damascus and Syria’s Kurds. Syrian state news agency SANA said Mr. Sharaa received Mr….

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Syria president tells Al Jazeera his country seeks security deal with Israel

July 27, 2026 admin

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Syria is seeking to reach ⁠a security agreement with Israel, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Sunday (July 27, 2026). He said a deal could pave the way for comprehensive peace between ‌the two countries without compromising Syria’s right to…

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Israel Defence Minister says troops to stay ‘indefinitely’ in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

July 1, 2026 admin

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. FIle | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s Defence Minister said Wednesday (July 1, 2026) that Israeli forces would remain in self-proclaimed “security zones” established in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, without any timeline for withdrawal. “The IDF will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely in order to…

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Explainer: what is napalm? – The Hindu

May 22, 2026 admin

By >Simon Cotton , University of Birmingham There are >allegations that a nerve agent was used in Syria recently. According to US officials, it >killed more than 1,400 people, including 400 children. But since then, in a >more recent incident , a bomb dropped on a school caused many children to suffer from burns. The…

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Syria, Kurds extend truce to allow transfer of IS detainees

January 25, 2026 admin

A file image of the Syrian army. | Photo Credit: Reuters Syria’s government and Kurdish forces on Saturday (January 24, 2026) extended their truce by 15 days, with Damascus saying it was to support the U.S. transfer of Islamic State group detainees from Syria to Iraq. Several sources had earlier told AFP the truce would…

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One security force member killed, two wounded in Aleppo suicide attack, Syria says

December 31, 2025 admin

A suicide ‍bomber targeted a police patrol in Aleppo, killing one ‌person and wounding two members of the security forces, a Syrian government spokesperson said on Wednesday (December 31, 2025). “The person who detonated an explosive belt within the patrol in Aleppo is believed ⁠to have an ideological or organisational background linked to Islamic State,”…

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International rights group chief says Syria’s reforms are promising but democracy is still lacking

November 30, 2025 admin

Syrians gather at the gate of Aleppos Citadel during celebrations marking one year since an Islamist alliance entered the northern city and swiftly took control of it, on November 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The secretary general of Amnesty International said Saturday that the new authorities in Syria have taken steps to show commitment…

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Syria opens first public trial over deadly coastal violence

November 18, 2025 admin

People attend the trial at the Palace of Justice, as Syria began the trial of a first group drawn from hundreds of defendants allegedly involved in the mass killings of Alawites last March, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The first trial was opened on Tuesday of some of the…

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Syrian President al-Sharaa arrives in U.S. for landmark visit, set to meet Trump

November 9, 2025 admin

Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Washington trip comes after his landmark visit to the UN in September where the ex-jihadist became the first Syrian president in decades to address the UNGA in New York. File | Photo Credit: AFP Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday (November 8, 2025) for a landmark official visit,…

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