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UN peacekeeping commander wounded as Hezbollah supporters protest near Beirut

Lebanese authorities are set to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday after a deputy commander with the UN peacekeeping force in the country was...

16.02.2025 1

By Jonathan Sawaya

UN vehicle torched, commander wounded as Hezbollah supporters protest

Lebanese authorities are set to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday after a deputy commander with the UN peacekeeping force in the country was...

16.02.2025 3

By Jonathan Sawaya

Bittersweet return for Syrians with killed, missing relatives

Wafa Mustafa had long dreamed of returning to Syria but the absence of her father tarnished her homecoming more than a decade after he disappeared in...

28.01.2025 4

By Jonathan Sawaya

Syria's new information minister promises free press

Syria's minister of information in the country's transitional government told AFP he is working towards a free press and committed to "freedom of...

02.01.2025 2

By Jonathan Sawaya

More than half of Syrian children out of school: Save the Children to AFP

About half of school-age children in Syria are missing out on education after nearly 14 years of civil war, Save the Children told AFP on Monday,...

31.12.2024 2

By Jonathan Sawaya

For the first time, Syrians 'not afraid' to talk politics

For decades, any Syrian daring to broach political topics got used to speaking in hushed tones and with a watchful eye trained for a listener among...

31.12.2024 20