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Syria's Alawites mourn their dead after revenge attacks

Syria's Alawites mourn their dead after revenge attacks

At the bottom of Nisrine Ezzedine's garden, cement blocks mark the graves of her husband, son and nephew, all killed by foreign jihadists in Syria's...

06.02.2025 3

Al Monitor

By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre

Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of...

01.02.2025 5

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By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

Syria authorities name Sharaa interim president: state media

Syria's new authorities announced Wednesday that Ahmed al-Sharaa, who took the helm after Bashar al-Assad's ouster last month, has been appointed...

31.01.2025 1

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By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops

Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no longer traded in secret...

28.01.2025 9

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By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

Iraqi PM in London to launch 'new era' of ties

Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met Tuesday with his UK counterpart Keir Starmer, securing a £12.3 billion ($15 billion) trade and...

15.01.2025 3

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By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

UK-Iraq London talks to mark 'new era'

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday for talks on trade, security and migration hailed...

15.01.2025 6

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By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

'Foreign jihadists' in Syria leader's pick for army officers: monitor, experts

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has tapped dozens of former rebels for high-ranking army positions, several of whom are foreign fighters, a...

31.12.2024 3

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By Tony Gamal-Gabriel