Syria

A new report, the Global Terrorism Index, has ranked Nigeria the third terrorism most impacted country in the world.According to the report, which was released on Wednesday, the number of deaths attributed to Boko Haram in the country increased by 25 per cent from 2018 to 2019. This year’s report…

Some 160 Syrians, including more than 90 children, have arrived in Ireland in the past week as part of the State’s commitment to welcome refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. The group was scheduled to come to Ireland in the early summer under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme but was unable…

What is Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doing, and how bad will it get? America’s top diplomat recently concluded a 10-day, seven-country overseas trip that seemed designed to cause as much damage as possible (and perhaps firm up his own dubious reputation with an eye toward a possible 2024 presidential run). The reviews…

Iran’s Zarif slams US sanctions on Turkey Washington banned all US export licenses and loan credits for Ankara’s military procurement agency Updated 15 December 2020 AFP December 15, 2020 07:58 TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister Tuesday condemned the imposition of US sanctions on neighboring Turkey over its procurement of Russia’s S-400…

Syria's President Bashar al Assad named veteran diplomat Faisal Mekdad as foreign minister on Sunday to replace Walid Moalem, who died last week, state media reported.Reuters Last Updated: November 23, 2020, 04:21 ISTFOLLOW US ON:AMMAN: Syria’s President Bashar al Assad named veteran diplomat Faisal Mekdad as foreign minister on Sunday…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria’s President Bashar Assad named a new foreign minister on Sunday, appointing Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to replace a longtime diplomat who passed away last week after holding the post for more than a decade. Walid al-Moallem died on Nov. 16 at the age of…

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2014, the remaining staff of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, or ICARDA, fled their beloved gene bank in Tel Hadia, 20 miles south of Aleppo. Syria’s…

President Trump’s decision-making is defined by, if anything, incoherence. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that, in addition to golfing and undermining the election results, he is spending his last days in office making a hash of U.S. national security policy. He has replaced top leadership at the Pentagon with…

Opening incriminating documents from the conflict up to the public could discourage Biden from escalating America's role.How many Syrians did you vote to kill on Election Day? Thanks to our perverse political system, the answer will be revealed over the next four years if the Biden administration drags the U.S.…

“We will not allow Iranian military entrenchment against us in Syria,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Whoever tries to attack us or attacks us will bear the consequences.”Nov. 18, 2020 Read More