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China has joined Russia in criticizing a strategy of unilateral military actions and economic sanctions followed by the United States in Syria as the country marked a full decade of civil war. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian lashed out during a press briefing Tuesday at what he claimed were…

Syria's civil war turns 10 and hawks think it's time to start undermining Assad again. Credit: Fly_and_Dive/Shutterstock Last week marked one year since the coronavirus was declared a national emergency here in America. Yet there was another grisly milestone that came and went mostly unnoticed: the 10-year anniversary of the…

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Iranian weapons stockpile poses ‘major threat’ to Middle East and beyond, NCRI conference hears CHICAGO: Iran’s stockpile of ballistic missiles poses a “major threat” to the Arabian Gulf, the Middle East and western nations, diplomats at a press conference hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) warned…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Amid sharp economic decline, Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree on Tuesday granting hundreds of thousands of public sector workers and soldiers a one-time financial stimulus, equivalent to an average monthly salary. The stimulus — the third since October — comes as the national currency…

Largely forgotten, Christians in Iraq and Syria continue to suffer from decades of war and persecution. As the world was transfixed by the U.S. presidential election and its aftermath, an international coalition of diplomats and universal human rights activists came together for a virtual event in Washington, D.C. The gathering…

TORONTO -- A four-year-old rescued from a detention camp in Syria is doing well at her new home in Canada, according to her Canadian aunt — but she keeps crying for her mother, who remains in Syria after allowing other relatives to take the child to safety. The child, whose…

By Philippe RATER (AFP)     Mar 15, 2021 in World The US ambassador to the United Nations urged the international community not to "be fooled" by Syria's forthcoming presidential election during a Security Council meeting Monday on the 10th anniversary of the start of the conflict. "These elections will…

/ Middle East On The Ground in 2011 Issued on: 14/03/2021 - 17:02 Covering the Arab Spring: our reporters’ perspective © FRANCE 24 From Tunisia to Syria, Egypt to Yemen, a wave of revolutions set the Arab world alight in 2011. Ten years on, our reporters take a look back…

Published March 14, 2021 11:28pm BEIRUT, Lebanon — The overall death toll for Syria's civil war has reached 388,652 since it began a decade ago this month, a war monitor said on Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the figures includes almost 117,388 civilians, among them more…