Syria

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said Monday that terrorist groups operating in Yemen, Somalia, Syria and Iraq currently pose a greater threat to the U.S. homeland than those in Afghanistan. Why it matters: The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has prompted new warnings from military and intelligence officials about the…

On a September day in 1961, a thin man with a small mustache walked into a post office in Damascus to pick up a parcel addressed to Georg Fischer. Few people knew that Fischer, an ill-tempered Austrian weapons merchant, was actually the S.S. Hauptsturmführer Alois Brunner, “the erstwhile assistant of…

Geneva – Emirati court issuance of a 10-year prison sentence against a Syrian activist is grossly unfair since the trial did not meet the minimum due procedures, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement. The State Security Court in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, issued a 10-year prison sentence…

A picture taken during a tour organised by the Syrian Ministry of Information shows people gathered in front of a heavily damaged building in the district of Daraa al-Balad of Syria’s southern city of Daraa September 12, 2021. — AFP pic DARAA (Syria), Sept 13 — An uneasy calm held…

A building damaged by Syrian government forces following clashes with rebel fighters is seen in the southern city of Daraa, Syria on Sunday, Sept 12, 2021. (AP) DARAA, SYRIA: An uneasy calm held sway in a southern Syrian city Sunday after its opposition-held half returned to state control under a…

Features Shane Superville 2 Days Ago Ashmeed Mohammed now lives a simple life reaing goats and planting small crops in Rio Claro. - PHOTO BY ANGELO MARCELLE In a quaint village in southeast Trinidad, a 55-year-old man tends to his crops and rears his livestock. Far away from the hustle…

A Pennsylvania couple has been sentenced to federal prison after they sent thousands of dollars to two relatives to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Shahidul Gaffar, 40, and Nabila Khan, 35, originally from Bangladesh, admitted to sending nearly $5,600 to Khan’s brothers in the South Asian country prior to…

Court confirms last year’s four-year prison sentence against 84-year-old Rifaat al-Assad, which he may not have to serve given his advanced age. A French court has reportedly upheld a guilty verdict against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle for misappropriating public funds in Syria, laundering the spoils and building a vast…

/ Middle East Issued on: 09/09/2021 - 10:43 The Syrian army deployed in Deraa al Balaad, Syria on September 8, 2021. © SANA, Reuters Syrian forces Wednesday entered the rebel-held district of a volatile southern city as part of a truce negotiated by Russia to end weeks of fighting, according…

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid departed for Moscow on Wednesday night for a snap visit, his office said. He will meet Thursday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The two will also hold a joint press conference, according to a Foreign Ministry statement, which did not say what the two were…