Syria’s Assad regime transferred approximately $250 million in cash to Russia between March 2018 and September 2019, according to records cited by the Financial Times. The transfers, consisting of nearly two tons of $100 bills and €500 notes, were flown from the Syrian central bank to Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and deposited in Russian banks under … Read more
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File. | Photo Credit: AP Hasina involved in forced disappearances, says Bangladesh inquiry commission In a new turn of events, the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance set up by the interim government of Bangladesh filed a report on Saturday (December 14, 2024) stating that it found the “involvement of … Read more
A torn posters shows the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son the ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad, that were set at the entrance of the notorious security detention centre called Palestine Branch, in Damascus, Syria, on December 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far:Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria for 24 … Read more
Israeli soldiers walk near armored vehicles parked along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, on December 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday (December 8, 2024) he had ordered the Israeli military to “seize” a demilitarised buffer zone on the border with … Read more
The Assad family’s rule over Syria, which lasted for more than half a century, has come to a dramatic end after a decade-long bloody civil war. Rebel forces breached the regime’s seat of power in Damascus, prompting President Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist, to flee. This marks the collapse of the Assad family’s long-standing rule over … Read more
People gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square as they celebrate, after Syria’s Army command notified officers that President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year authoritarian rule has ended, a Syrian officer who was informed of the move told Reuters, following a rapid rebel offensive that took the world by surprise, in Aleppo, Syria, on December 8, 2024. | Photo … Read more
Syrian opposition fighters announced on Sunday that they had entered the capital, Damascus, marking a major shift in the country’s ongoing conflict. Residents reported gunfire and explosions, with footage showing a tank in a central square and people celebrating. Mosques amplified chants of “God is great.” The military command of Syria’s opposition announced that its … Read more
Palestinians watch a pre-recorded speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on “Jerusalem Day,” which is called al-Quds Day after the city’s Arabic name, at a soccer field in Gaza City, Friday, April 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Iran’s president on April 14 delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian rally in the Gaza … Read more
The recent deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria which caused billions of dollars in damage has boosted the prospects of Syria’s once widely shunned president’s return to the Arab fold, but appears unlikely to jump-start large-scale reconstruction in the war-ravaged country. As Syria’s conflict enters its 13th year on March 13, President Bashar Assad’s government … Read more