Category: 3. Middle East

HOMS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Mohammad Marwan found himself stumbling, barefoot and dazed, out of Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus as rebel forces pushing toward the capital threw open its doors to release…

President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday urged Syrians to work together to rebuild their country, still marred by insecurity and divisions, as they marked a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

The atmosphere in Damascus was…

DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The trial of a dual national holding European citizenship has begun in Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, saying they were indicted for “intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the…

One year ago today, Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule came to an end, bringing a close to 13 years of brutal civil war.

On 8 December 2024, Assad stepped down as Syria’s president and fled to Russia, marking one of the most significant political…

GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – More than 3 million Syrians have returned home since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule a year ago but a decline in global funding could deter others, the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday.

Some 1.2 million refugees…

Freed hostage Rom Braslavski was in Italy on Sunday, at the invitation of the country’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, addressing the annual “Atreju” conference of the Italian premier’s party, the right-wing Fratelli D’Italia, in…

DAMASCUS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – A year after dictator Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in Syria, little has changed in Amina Beqai’s desperate quest. She types her missing husband’s name yet again into an internet search box, hoping for answers to a…