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A new year dawns on a Middle East torn by conflict and change
The streets were buzzing with excitement in Damascus as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise ...
Lebanon Security Source Says Rifaat Al-Assad Flew Out Of Beirut
Assad's uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, left the country via Beirut airport around a week ago, after rebels overthrew his nephew.
I survived a Russian torture camp. So I had to see Assad's Sednaya prison
This is where the road to Syria's Sednaya prison begins — another of humanity's grim discoveries in the realm of torture and ...
2024 a year of unthinkable events that turned Middle East upside down
The unthinkable in the troubled Middle East happened in 2024, with a major geopolitical shift after the stunning collapse of ...
Exclusive: Bashar al-Assad's uncle Rifaat flew from Beirut to Dubai, Lebanese officials say
Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war crimes over the bloody suppression of a revolt in 1982, has flown from Beirut to Dubai in recent days, two ...
It's been an absolutely awful year for Iran and its friends
Iran and its proxies and allies — from Syria to Lebanon to Gaza — have taken a beating in military engagements this year.
Syria's embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officers
Syria’s embassy in Lebanon has suspended consular services a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad ...
New year dawns on West Asia: Hope in Syria, reflection in Beirut and despair in Gaza
Syrians in Damascus celebrate a hopeful new year following Bashar Assad's fall, while Beirut remains cautious amidst ongoing ...
Assad's relatives arrested at Beirut airport with fake passports
The wife and daughter of the former Syrian president's cousin have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports.