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Kareem Chehayeb

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Scathing UN report demands Syria investigate abuses during deadly clashes with Druze

Scathing UN report demands Syria investigate abuses during deadly clashes with Druze

Investigators find ‘no indication’ that Damascus actually probed human rights violations committed by forces, detail ‘widespread looting,...

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Kareem Chehayeb

Cash-strapped Lebanon is sitting on a gold mine as precious metal prices surge

Despite 1986 law banning sale of state gold, Lebanon weighs using its reserves to bail out banks that failed in 2019, plunging about half of...

06.02.2026 30

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Kareem Chehayeb

‘Standing over ER workers’ heads with a gun’: Iranians describe brutal protest crackdown

Witnesses recall determination to oust Islamic Republic at height of demonstrations, which were met with state brutality that pursued protesters into...

30.01.2026 60

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Kareem Chehayeb

After brutal sectarian clashes, Syrian Druze pushing for autonomy, lean toward Israel

Southern Syria sect sets up de facto military, government body as community feels betrayed by new government in Damascus, grateful for support from...

01.10.2025 50

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Kareem Chehayeb

Syria’s Druze, once cautiously optimistic, fear the future under new Damsacus regime

‘After the massacres in Sweida, there is not a single person there that wants anything to do with this government,’ says Druze professor, once...

25.07.2025 40

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Kareem Chehayeb

Man charged over deadly 2024 knife attack in Germany that sought to ‘avenge Palestine’

Syrian asylum seeker slated for deportation swore allegiance to ISIS minutes before traveling to Solingen festival to target revelers, whom he saw as...

28.02.2025 40

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Kareem Chehayeb

Christian town in Syria keeps Aramaic alive, amid fears for future under new regime

Residents of Maaloula, one of the few places where the ancient language is still spoken, worry they’ll be blamed for ousted leadership’s abuses,...

28.02.2025 40

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Kareem Chehayeb

Saudi FM makes first official trip to Lebanon in decade after years of strained ties

Top Saudi diplomat says kingdom has ‘great confidence’ new president and PM can ‘build safety, stability and a united Lebanon,’ as Beirut...

23.01.2025 20

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Kareem Chehayeb

In Syria, mother of missing journalist Austin Tice says Trump team offered help

Debra Tice has ‘productive meeting’ in Damascus with Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Syria’s new administration whom she describes as ‘dedicated...

20.01.2025 40

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Kareem Chehayeb