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Syria: Mayor accused of Assad association executed

Local gunmen, on Friday morning, publicly executed the mayor of Dumar, a neighbourhood in the suburbs of Damascus, who was accused of being linked to Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Observatory reported that Dumar’s mayor, Mazen Kneneh, who was considered one of the most well-known figures loyal to the former regime in the area, was executed by local elements from the Military Operations Administration, which […]

today11 January 2025

International

Syria: Fifa delegation’s visit condemned by displaced footballers

INTERNATIONAL When protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in 2011, Samer al-Kurdi, a footballer for Al-Karamah in the central city of Homs, did not know he would lose everything. Kurdi left Al-Karamah, which translates to "dignity", to join the demonstrations and demand dignity. Abd al-Basset al-Sarout, the club’s goalkeeper, joined him in trading crowds of fans in the stands for crowds of protesters in the streets of Homs. 'The Syrian Football […]

today25 September 2022

International

UN to launch drive to uncover Syria’s missing as death toll rises

INTERNATIONAL The United Nations said a new drive to locate thousands of people missing in Syria’s war is set to be announced, as newly released statistics shed light on the scale of death in the conflict and in Syrian prisons. Paulo Pinheiro, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told Middle East Eye that the secretary-general will soon publish a report on how to bolster efforts […]

today29 June 2022

International News

Assad to Putin: Thank you for ‘saving our country’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad thanked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for "saving" his country and for Russia's support in Syria. The two heads of state met for talks in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday. They discussed the fight against "terrorism" and the possibilities for a political settlement in Syria, which has entered its seventh year of war. The […]

today21 November 2017

International News

Russia faces mounting pressure to abandon Syria’s Assad

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations meeting in Lucca in Italy are looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Calling last week's US missile strike on a Syrian airbase a "game changer", Boris Johnson, UK foreign minister, said on Monday that support for Assad "was toxifying the reputation of Russia" and suggested that sanctions could be imposed […]

today11 April 2017

International News

Assad allies vow reprisals against attacks on Syria

Allies of Damascus have threatened reprisals against any party that carries out "aggression" against Syria, two days after US missile strikes hit a Syrian airbase. US sends mixed signals about strategy for Syria "The aggression against Syria oversteps all red lines. We will react firmly to any aggression against Syria and to any infringement of red lines, whoever carries them out," said a statement on Sunday from the Syria-based joint […]

today10 April 2017

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