Syria

An Al-Monitor/Premise poll released this week has Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a statistical tie with opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a runoff scheduled for Sunday, May 28. Erdogan came out ahead in the first round on May 14, 49.52% to 44.88%, but missed the 50% required to win outright.  …

RAMALLAH: Residents of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the West Bank, are living in constant fear they will be forced from their homes by Israeli troops.  The Israeli Supreme Court has approved the expulsion of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, claiming the area is a “firing zone.” Most roads leading…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned to the Arab fold after more than a decade of isolation, eyeing reconstruction and aid from formers foes as the conflict grinds on. Since the brutal civil war broke out in 2011, it has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and devastated much…

“The international community has failed us completely.” That was the assessment of Razan Saffour, 30, a British Syrian human rights activist who was among the many watching in disbelief and anger Friday as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was welcomed on an international stage — returning to the Arab League after…

Brother of dead man says he had no affiliation to Al Qaeda The aftermath of a US air strike that killed Al Qaeda deputy leader Abu Khayr Al Masri in Syria in 2017. Photo: New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Powered by automated translation The US is investigating…

One man is revered in Western capitals for standing up to Russia's full-scale invasion of his country. The other is widely reviled for atrocities committed against his own people in a war that has made him dependent on Moscow. At the Arab League summit on Friday, host Saudi Arabia brought…

Christian blocs indicate support for Jihad Azour as a Lebanon presidential candidate  BEIRUT: News emerged on Sunday that the largest Christian blocs in the Lebanese parliament — the Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces, and the Lebanese Phalanges Party — were moving toward reaching a consensus on a presidential candidate.…

The 32nd Arab League Summit kicked off in Jeddah with Arab leaders. The summit discussed regional and global issues crucial to regional stability. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended the summit on Friday for the first time since his country was suspended from the Arab League after the Syrian civil war…

BEIRUT —  In March 2013, with almost 100,000 dead in the then-two-year Syrian revolution against President Bashar Assad, a Muslim cleric who headed the Syrian opposition was welcomed to take the country’s seat at the annual summit of Arab leaders. “History will bear witness to who stood with the Syrian people…

Hundreds protested in rebel-held northern Syria on Friday against President Bashar al-Assad's participation in the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia after a more than decade-long suspension, AFP correspondents reported. Demonstrators in the town of Azaz chanted: "The people want the fall of the regime," rallying cry of the protests…