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Ten years on Syria's Bashar Al-Assad defied the odds, surviving international isolation and temporary loss of two thirds of the national territory to claw his way back into relevance.
After Joe Biden's election win, Syrians are waiting for signs that he will take a more considered approach towards the country's civil war.
Pakistan has a problem, but castration isn't the answer
Comment: Calls for castration and hanging as punishment for rape have been growing, but such draconian measures fail to tackle the root cause of gender-based violence, writes Zahra Khozema.
US targets Syria oil, intelligence in new sanctions
The United States imposed new sanctions targeting Syria's oil sector, lawmakers and intelligence officers, vowing no let-up in pressure on ...
OPCW 'whistleblower' may have suppressed Syria chemical attack evidence
A recently uncovered letter from the OPCW to former employee Brendan Whelan has cast serious doubts on his claims that a 2018 chemical ...
Why US elections present Syrians with a complex dilemma
Syrian Americans have been affected by Trump's discriminatory policies and his 'Muslim ban' but many of them fear that a Biden presidency will embolden Iran in its support for Assad.
Syrian girl nominated for 2020 Children's Peace Prize
A Syrian girl who was 10 years old when she began to make videos about the suffering of people in Ghouta has been nominated for the ...
EU sanctions senior Putin aides over Navalny, Libya
The EU sanctioned Putin's inner circle over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya's civil war.
Assad responds to Trump assassination claims
Bashar al-Assad responded to Trump admitting that he wanted to assassinate the Syrian dictator in 2017.
Iran gas attack victims say horrors are a warning
Iraq's gas attack on Sardasht, a Kurdish town in northwestern Iran, is considered to be the first time chemical weapons ...
Syria calls US 'rogue state' over Assad 'assassination plan'
The Assad regime likened the US to a 'terrorist group' after Trump said he had suggested assassinating the Syrian dictator in 2017.
Trump 'wanted to kill Assad' after Syria chemical attack
Trump had earlier denied reports that he planned to assassinate the Syrian leader.
Somali pirates hijack first vessel since 2017
Reports emerging on Wednesday have cast doubts on the erasure of maritime crime originating in the Horn of Africa country.
Assad press officer among six sanctioned by US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the sanctions were imposed in memory of the victims of the chemical attacks in Ghouta seven years ...
What a Biden-Harris ticket means for the Middle East
America's strategy in the Middle East has failed. But can a Biden presidency repair it?
Beirut blast conspiracy theories flood social media
Within hours of the Beirut mega-blast, conspiracy theories on what caused the disaster in the Lebanese capital spread like wildfire on social media.
Lebanese army indiscriminately attacked unarmed protesters: Amnesty International
Lebanese security apparatus have attacked unarmed protesters, including attacking medics.
MbS encouraged Russia's military intervention in Syria, lawsuit claims
A lawsuit filed by a former Saudi intelligence official says that in 2015, MbS was in communications with Putin, 'encouraging Russian ...
Ammonium nitrate: fertiliser behind many industrial accidents
The fertiliser Lebanese officials said was behind the devastating Beirut blast has been the cause of many industrial explosions over the decades.
Cyber conflict: Iran and Israel’s new frontier of war
There has been no confirmation that explosions in Iranian facilities are the result of cyber-attacks, but it has got experts talking.
Explosion heard in Tehran followed by power outages
Iranian officials reportedly gave contradictory statements after a blast was heard by Tehran residents, following weeks of similar explosions ...
Syria condemned at chemical weapons watchdog over sarin attacks
Only Russia, China and Iran voted against the decision to take action on an OPCW investigation that found the Syrian air force attacked ...
Western powers seek condemnation of Syria over sarin attacks
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) executive council is pushing to take action against Damascus for ...
What defunding police can mean for US foreign policy
Comment: Given the increasingly apparent entanglements between overseas war and domestic policing, defunding police could be the foundation for ...
The Gulf of Aden has seen nine reported pirate attacks this year.
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