Sun 15 December 2024: The ousted leader has 55 million pounds ($69.4m) deposited in a frozen HSBC bank account in London, the UK’s i paper reports, citing sources in the banking sector. According to the paper, the personal account held by al-Assad has been accruing interest since it was frozen under UK sanctions in 2011 […]
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Sun 15 December 2024: Palestinian medic says that stray dogs and cats are devouring the piled-up bodies, which portends a serious environmental disaster in Gaza. A Palestinian medic warned of an “environmental catastrophe” in northern Gaza as corpses piled up across the area amid a deadly Israeli offensive. “There are large numbers of dead bodies […]
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Sat 14 December 2024: Some 96 per cent of children in Gaza believe death is imminent, while 49 per cent expressed a wish to die due to the relentless war, a new report by the Community Training Centre for Crisis Management (CTCCM), supported by War Child Alliance, has revealed. The study, based on interviews with […]
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Sat 14 December 2024: Israeli journalist and political analyst Barak Ravid revealed that the Israeli occupation state sent a message to Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), leading to the Syrian opposition’s lightning attack against the ousted regime and its president, Bashar Al-Assad. Ravid shared in an interview with US news network CNN that the message sent by Israel […]
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Sat 14 December 2024: The downfall of Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad, found to have used chemical weapons against his own people on multiple occasions during the civil war, creates an opportunity to rid the country of banned munitions, diplomatic sources said on Monday, Reuters reports. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said it was following the situation in Syria […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Images that have emerged in recent days of subterranean prisons in Damascus serve as the “best response” to supporters of the ousted Syrian regime, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “The best response to those who view the revolution in Syria with crossed eyes, those who glorify the (Bashar) […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Bashar al-Assad told almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his 24-year reign, and his family’s half-century regime, collapsed. Reuters, quoting people with knowledge of the events, said aides, officials and relatives were kept in the dark. Just hours before he escaped, al-Assad urged a meeting of army […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Gazing out over his new domain in the capital, Damascus, Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani – otherwise known by his real identity, Ahmed Hussein Al-Sharaa – witnessed the result of a revolution that had toiled through almost 14 long years of suffering, setbacks, betrayals and complex and ever-changing power politics. It was a […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Amnesty Australia has recognised Palestinian journalists with its 2024 Human Rights Defender Awards. Naming a number of journalist who have continued to highlight the situation in Gaza during the ongoing genocide, Amnesty International said the award was also for all those who have lost their lives while covering events on the […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: The Turkish presidency has released its accounts of Erdogan’s meeting with Blinken, pledging to work to rebuild institutions in Syria and support the country’s territorial integrity, according to the Anadolu news agency. Erdogan also told Blinken that Turkiye will take measures for its security against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the […]
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