Syrian president’s uncle to stand trial in Switzerland for crimes against humanity
Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the Syrian president, will stand trial in Switzerland for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity that decades ago earned...
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Tripoli’s Syria Street: A symbol of Lebanon’s divisions
Issued on: 02/02/2024 – 13:29 In the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, one road symbolises the complex relationship between Lebanon and neighbouring Syria: the aptly...
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Drone attack on Syria military academy leaves at least 60 dead
More than 60 people were killed Thursday in a drone attack on a military academy in Syria’s Homs, a war monitor said, revising a previous...
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China’s Xi hails ‘strategic partnership’ with Syria in Bashar al-Assad
Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Friday, and said the two leaders would unveil a new “strategic partnership”. Issued...
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Syria protests spurred by economic misery stir memories of 2011 uprising
Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of...
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Four Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli strikes near Damascus, state media reports
An Israeli missile attack targeting the vicinity of Syria’s capital Damascus killed four soldiers, wounded four more and caused “some material damage”, Syrian state media...
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Syria’s opposition urges resumption of UN-sponsored talks with Assad government
Syria’s opposition urged on Sunday the resumption of moribund United Nations-sponsored talks with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, who has returned to the Arab...
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Syria’s Assad ‘creates a problem but presents himself as a solution,’ analyst says
/ Shows / Perspective Issued on: 19/05/2023 – 15:43 03:44 PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been shunned internationally for over a...
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War on Captagon key to Syria’s return to Arab League
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will attend his first Arab League summit in 12 years in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Friday. His government’s...
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Assad gets warm welcome at Arab League summit after years of isolation
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was given a warm welcome at an Arab summit on Friday, winning a hug from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince at a...
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Out of the cold? After Arab League summit, UAE invites Syria’s president to COP28
Issued on: 16/05/2023 – 11:51 Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year,...
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Saudi Arabia invites Syria to attend first Arab League summit since war
Issued on: 10/05/2023 – 15:57Modified: 10/05/2023 – 16:09 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an invitation to next week’s Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, the presidency...