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Syria’s stand-up comedians, censored under Assad, are now having the last laugh
Laughter fills the Zawaya Art Gallery in downtown Damascus. A packed crowd is chuckling uproariously at Syria’s first ...
Detroit News14d
Russian government delegation makes first official visit to Syria since Assad's fall
Damascus — A delegation of Russian officials arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for the first such visit to Syria since the fall of former President Bashar Assad. Assad, an ally of Moscow, took ...
Euronews15d
Experts gather in Rome to form special taskforce to protect Syria's cultural heritage
Representatives from international organisations and academics have met in Rome to discuss strategies to preserve Syria's cultural heritage following the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The event marked ...
The Irish Times18d
‘Assad was no friend of the Palestinians’: gravediggers of a once-thriving suburb of Damascus devastated in Syrian war
“Assad was no friend of the Palestinians,” says Abu Kifara Tameem (57), a gravedigger at the Palestinian Martyrs’ Cemetery in Yarmouk. “We buried 200 people who died of hunger during the ...
NDTV19d
France Issues Arrest Warrant Against Syria's Bashar Al-Assad: Report
French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, notably the launch of a deliberate attack on ...
USA Today19d
The George W. Bush reaction meme from the inauguration is everywhere
George W. Bush has been a meme before, and we’ve seen the former president photobomb a broadcast. And now, it’s all happened again. Bush was at the inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday ...
The Daily Telegraph19d
Russian submarines may be forced out of Mediterranean
It comes after the new Syrian government terminates a 49-year lease on the base the Kremlin brokered with the Bashar al-Assad regime in ... submarines can likely no longer operate in the ...
Politico Europe20d
France issues new arrest warrant for Assad on war crimes charges
Judicial authorities in France have issued a new arrest warrant for Syria’s ousted leader Bashar Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes stemming from an attack on civilians in 2017, French media ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs20d
France issues new arrest warrant for Syria's Assad- source
French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, notably the launch of a deliberate attack on ...
Anadolu Ajansi20d
Anadolu unveils major drug facility tied to Assad regime in Syria
An Anadolu team uncovered one of the largest drug storage facilities used by the Bashar Assad regime in a port in the coastal city of Latakia. The team documented large quantities of drugs ...
NDTV20d
France Issues New Arrest Warrant For Syria's Assad: Report
Two French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, the second such move by France's judicial ...