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Syria: Looming Turkish ground offensive poses predicament for Damascus

INTERNATIONAL Damascus is watching and waiting as Turkey inches towards a ground assault in northeastern Syria following cross-border hostilities between Ankara and Kurdish-led forces in the region. The Turkish military on Sunday launched an aerial operation aimed at forces linked to the Kurdish-led Peoples Protection Units (YPG), which control much of Syria's northeast. Turkey says the operation is a response to the deadly 13 November Istanbul bombing that Ankara believes was perpetrated by YPG-linked suspects. The […]

28 November 2022

International

Gulf States demand Netflix pull content deemed offensive

Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant, Netflix, remove content deemed offensive to "Islamic and societal values" in the region, Saudi Arabia's media regulator said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. It did not specify the content but mentioned that it included content aimed at children. Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV, in a programme discussing the issue, showed blurred-out animation clips that appeared to show two girls embracing. The Riyadh-based General Commission for […]

7 September 2022

International News

Eastern Ghouta: At least 42 killed amid ongoing offensive

At least 42 people have been killed in Syria's Eastern Ghouta as government forces continue to launch air strikes on the rebel-held enclave while edging closer to its central towns. Activists in Douma, one of the main urban centres, told Al Jazeera on Sunday that Syrian jets have "not stopped bombing towns all over Ghouta". Syrian state television reported the town of Mudeira had been seized on Sunday by the […]

12 March 2018

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Syria: Looming Turkish ground offensive poses predicament for Damascus

Gulf States demand Netflix pull content deemed offensive

Eastern Ghouta: At least 42 killed amid ongoing offensive

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