Syria

Dubai: The youngest participant in this year’s Arab Reading Challenge, seven-year old Sham Al Bakour from Syria, on Thursday joined the pantheon of Arab reading champions, besting millions of Arab youth from across the world who participated in the annual reading challenge launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid…

The lawyer for Shamima Begum, who fled from the UK as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group, has called for an inquiry – after reports that she was smuggled into Syria by a Canadian intelligence agent. Ms Begum, who has denied being involved in any terror activities, has…

Lebanese MPs accuse Hezbollah of undermining state, using weapons at home and abroad BEIRUT: Several reformist MPs strongly rejected Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s statements against those who participated in the Oct. 17, 2019 protests, accusing them of being sponsored by the US and the US Embassy in Lebanon. MP Ibrahim…

A rocket attack targeting the US military's Green Village base in northeast Syria failed to hit US or coalition forces, or any equipment, the US Central Command said. Three 107mm rockets targeted the base on Sunday and a fourth rocket along with rocket tubes was found at the launch point,…

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials said their Green Village military base in northeastern Syria was targeted in a failed rocket attack on Sunday. U.S. Central Command said in a brief statement that shortly after 7 p.m., local time, three 107 mm rockets were fired at the base where…

Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Islamist Ennahda party and former speaker of the parliament, during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tunis, Tunisia, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comTUNIS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Leaders of Tunisia's Islamist opposition party Ennahda,…

BEIRUT — An Israeli strike on the Damascus International Airport and nearby military posts south of the Syrian capital killed five soldiers, state media reported Saturday. State news agency SANA, quoting an unnamed military official, said the strikes happened after midnight Friday, causing “material losses” as well. It added that…

Israel has intensified missile attacks on Syrian airports saying the strikes target Iranian forces and military assets. Published On 17 Sep 202217 Sep 2022 Israel has carried out an air attack on Syria’s Damascus International Airport and other positions south of the capital, killing five soldiers and causing material damage,…

Derek Achong A High Court Judge is ex­pect­ed to de­cide on whether the 17-year-old son of an Is­lam­ic State of Iraq and Syr­ia (ISIS) for­eign fight­er should be re­leased from im­mi­gra­tion cus­tody, pend­ing the de­ter­mi­na­tion of his law­suit over be­ing de­nied en­try in­to T&T by im­mi­gra­tion of­fi­cials on Fri­day.  Jus­tice…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s latest celebrity visitor is stopping traffic even in this jaded, larger-than-life town. Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, is on a 17-day blitz through every corner of the Big Apple as part of a theater project hoping to raise…