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Haftar and Assad accused of ‘joint drug smuggling operations’

Libyan National Army leader Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have been accused of conducting illegal drug smuggling operations by Libya’s Interior Minister Fathi Baghasha. In a social media post yesterday, Baghasha alleged that, “Haftar’s Army Investment Commission has been in collaboration with [the] Assad regime for some time, and trying to open an air and sea corridor through Libya, so as to gain illegal financial benefits.” […]

7 May 2020

International News

Putin makes surprise visit to Syria amid US-Iran tensions

Russia's president met his Syrian counterpart on Tuesday during a surprise visit to the Syrian capital, as the prospect of war between Iran and the United States loomed over the region. President Vladimir Putin met Bashar al-Assad in a rare visit to Damascus where the leaders listened to a military presentation by the commander of Russian forces in Syria. Russian news agencies reported that the two discussed recent battles and […]

8 January 2020

International News

Russia ‘will not delay’ in response to US sanctions: Deputy FM

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said Moscow will not delay its response to new US sanctions, according to Russian state news agency RIA. Ryabkov's comments on Monday came in response to remarks made by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, who said on Sunday that Washington will impose new economic sanctions on Russia for their support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Ryabkov said that Russia's lower house of parliament […]

16 April 2018

International News

Turkish president says ‘terrorist’ Assad cannot be part of Syria solution

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a "terrorist" and said it was impossible for Syrian peace efforts to continue with him. Erdogan made his comments while in Tunis to sign key agreements along with 10 government ministers and more than 150 businessmen on the final leg of a tour that has also taken him to Chad and Sudan. Syria's foreign ministry quickly responded by […]

28 December 2017

International News

Orouba Barakat, daughter Halla found killed in Istanbul

A Syrian opposition activist and her daughter were found killed in their flat in Istanbul, relatives said. Orouba Barakat, 60, and daughter Halla, 23, had been stabbed to death, according to a Turkish police official Their bodies were wrapped in blankets and sprinkled with lime detergent to prevent odour, police said, as they investigated the scene at the flat in Uskudar, a district in the Asian part of the city, […]

23 September 2017

International News

Idlib hospitals bombed in attacks on rebel-held Syrian province

Jets believed to be Russian or Syrian hit two hospitals in rebel-held Idlib province on Thursday following several other strikes on medical facilities in northwestern Syria in recent weeks, residents, medical workers and activists said. Rescue workers said one strike early on Thursday hit a hospital in Deir al-Sharqi, killing at least three medics and injuring others. The second strike hit a cave hospital in Maar Zita village in southern […]

28 April 2017

International News

US launches cruise missiles on Syrian airbase

The United States on Friday fired dozens of cruise missiles at a government-controlled airbase in Syria, in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town that killed scores of civilians. The Pentagon said 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two warships in the Mediterranean at the Shayrat airfield, targeting the base from where US officials believe Tuesday's attack in Khan Sheikhoun had been launched. At least […]

7 April 2017

News

MJC demands expulsion of Syrian ambassador

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has demanded the expulsion of the Syrian ambassador to South Africa in protest of the violent geo-political conflict that began in 2011.The MJC led a march to parliament yesterday, aimed at highlighting the devastating war in Syria and the current siege on Aleppo. The Syrian army said on Thursday it had retaken full control of Aleppo, scoring its biggest victory against opposition forces since the […]

23 December 2016

International News

Thousands trapped as Aleppo evacuation moves slowly

Thousands of civilians and rebels are still waiting to leave the last remaining rebel-held pockets of eastern Aleppo under an evacuation deal that will allow Syria's government to take full control of the city after years of fighting. The operation launched on Thursday and is expected to take several days. Zouhir Al Shimale, a journalist in eastern Aleppo, said the evacuation was moving at a snail's pace. "It's supposed to […]

16 December 2016

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