Libyan National Army leader Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have been accused of conducting illegal drug smuggling operations by Libya’s Interior Minister Fathi Baghasha. In a social media post yesterday, Baghasha alleged that, “Haftar’s Army Investment Commission has been in collaboration with [the] Assad regime for[…]
Russia’s president met his Syrian counterpart on Tuesday during a surprise visit to the Syrian capital, as the prospect of war between Iran and the United States loomed over the region. President Vladimir Putin met Bashar al-Assad in a rare visit to Damascus where the leaders listened to a military[…]
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said Moscow will not delay its response to new US sanctions, according to Russian state news agency RIA. Ryabkov’s comments on Monday came in response to remarks made by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, who said on Sunday that Washington will[…]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a “terrorist” and said it was impossible for Syrian peace efforts to continue with him. Erdogan made his comments while in Tunis to sign key agreements along with 10 government ministers and more than 150 businessmen on the[…]
A Syrian opposition activist and her daughter were found killed in their flat in Istanbul, relatives said. Orouba Barakat, 60, and daughter Halla, 23, had been stabbed to death, according to a Turkish police official Their bodies were wrapped in blankets and sprinkled with lime detergent to prevent odour, police[…]
Jets believed to be Russian or Syrian hit two hospitals in rebel-held Idlib province on Thursday following several other strikes on medical facilities in northwestern Syria in recent weeks, residents, medical workers and activists said. Rescue workers said one strike early on Thursday hit a hospital in Deir al-Sharqi, killing[…]
The United States on Friday fired dozens of cruise missiles at a government-controlled airbase in Syria, in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town that killed scores of civilians. The Pentagon said 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two warships in the Mediterranean at the[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has demanded the expulsion of the Syrian ambassador to South Africa in protest of the violent geo-political conflict that began in 2011.The MJC led a march to parliament yesterday, aimed at highlighting the devastating war in Syria and the current siege on Aleppo. The Syrian[…]
Thousands of civilians and rebels are still waiting to leave the last remaining rebel-held pockets of eastern Aleppo under an evacuation deal that will allow Syria’s government to take full control of the city after years of fighting. The operation launched on Thursday and is expected to take several days.[…]
Gulf Arab countries condemned the Syrian government’s handling of a ceasefire and evacuation in Aleppo and called on Thursday for civilians trying to flee the war-torn city to be protected. An emergency meeting of Arab League representatives convened at Qatar’s request discussed the situation in Aleppo, where an evacuation of[…]
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