Syria

Last September, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who relishes undermining subordinate local politicians and interjecting himself into the management of his state’s largest city, complained about how dirty New York City was getting. Residential garbage collection had slowed, due to Department of Sanitation budget cuts, while residential trash had increased,…

13 John Prince’s St. The Globe and Mail There isn’t much reason to visit 13 John Prince’s St., an unfamous address just a minute’s walk from the Oxford Circus subway station, in the heart of London’s shopping district. And yet, two investigations – five years apart, and into subjects as…

Investigations in France and Germany could lead to prosecutions of President Bashar al-Assad and members of his upper echelon over one of the Syrian war’s signature atrocities. A picture of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in Douma, outside Damascus, in 2018. The government is accused of using chemical weapons in…

March 1 (UPI) -- The Pentagon on Monday said the U.S. airstrike carried out in Syria last week killed one member of an Iranian-backed militia and injured two others. "What I can tell you is that we believe right now there was likely one militia member killed and two militia…

Israel targets Iran-backed strongholds in second attack in less than a month on outskirts of Syrian capital. The Syrian army said on Sunday evening that Israeli-fired rockets struck parts of southern Damascus in escalating attacks that regional intelligence sources said target Iran-linked assets. A Syrian army statement said the attack…

World 28 Feb, 2021 10:01 PM5 minutes to read The Biden administration appears to be sending Iran a message with the US airstrike in Syria. Photo / AP A US airstrike targeting facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Syria appears to be a message to Tehran delivered by a new…

‘There are more than 22,000 foreign children of at least 60 nationalities who languish in camps and prisons,’ Unicef director said Unicef called on authorities in the north-east of Syria and member states to do everything possible to repatriate children Published: 4:45am, 1 Mar, 2021 Updated: 4:45am, 1 Mar, 2021…

DUBAI: The UAE-Ukraine Coordination Committee has held its first remote meeting to discuss potential partnerships between the two countries, state news agency WAM has reported. The meeting followed the first visit of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to the UAE, and was attended by several Emirati ministers. “The Ukrainian president’s visit…

While Joe Biden has signalled his willingness to return to the Iranian nuclear deal, his first military operation as president on Thursday targeted pro-Iranian militias in eastern Syria. The strikes were a response to the recent attacks against US interests in Iraq, and above all a strong signal to Tehran.…

A U.S. airstrike in Syria targeted facilities belonging to a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, killing one of their militiamen and wounding several others, an Iraqi militia official said Friday.   The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier this month that killed one…