Syria

A Moscow court on Tuesday refused to release a theatre director and a playwright detained over their award-winning play about Russian women recruited online to marry radical Islamists in Syria. Director Yevgeniya Berkovich and author Svetlana Petriychuk are accused of “justifying terrorism” and face up to seven years in prison…

The airstrike comes just months after airstrikes in Aleppo killed a Syrian soldier in April. Published: MAY 29, 2023 00:03 Updated: MAY 30, 2023 00:03 A streak of light is seen in the night sky in the vicinity of the Syrian capital Damascus during what Syrian authorities said was an…

Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson KC told the court that while attempting to travel to Syria, Suleman had been held by Turkish forces before opting to be part of a prisoner swap with IS. A British man has been given a life sentence for travelling to Syria to join so-called Islamic State…

An Al-Monitor/Premise poll released this week has Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a statistical tie with opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a runoff scheduled for Sunday, May 28. Erdogan came out ahead in the first round on May 14, 49.52% to 44.88%, but missed the 50% required to win outright.  …

RAMALLAH: Residents of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the West Bank, are living in constant fear they will be forced from their homes by Israeli troops.  The Israeli Supreme Court has approved the expulsion of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, claiming the area is a “firing zone.” Most roads leading…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned to the Arab fold after more than a decade of isolation, eyeing reconstruction and aid from formers foes as the conflict grinds on. Since the brutal civil war broke out in 2011, it has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and devastated much…

“The international community has failed us completely.” That was the assessment of Razan Saffour, 30, a British Syrian human rights activist who was among the many watching in disbelief and anger Friday as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was welcomed on an international stage — returning to the Arab League after…

Brother of dead man says he had no affiliation to Al Qaeda The aftermath of a US air strike that killed Al Qaeda deputy leader Abu Khayr Al Masri in Syria in 2017. Photo: New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Powered by automated translation The US is investigating…

One man is revered in Western capitals for standing up to Russia's full-scale invasion of his country. The other is widely reviled for atrocities committed against his own people in a war that has made him dependent on Moscow. At the Arab League summit on Friday, host Saudi Arabia brought…

Christian blocs indicate support for Jihad Azour as a Lebanon presidential candidate  BEIRUT: News emerged on Sunday that the largest Christian blocs in the Lebanese parliament — the Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces, and the Lebanese Phalanges Party — were moving toward reaching a consensus on a presidential candidate.…