Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is going nowhere. He withstood the military threat posed by a decade-long war and even as the country faced its worst food and economic crisis over the last few months he has managed to cling to power. Some
On January 14, 2011, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stepped down after weeks of protests, ending his 24-year rule. What began as a protest by Mohamed Bouazizi – a fruit vendor who set himself on fire – the month before,
More than 18 attacks by Israel on multiple targets near Syrian-Iraq border took place, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Israeli night raids which hit arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least five soldiers and 11 allied fighters,
Decade-long war has had a devastating toll – half a million dead and 12 million displaced – and it is not over yet.
Report by Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison reveals families were forced to bribe corrupt officers. Families of individuals who were forcibly disappeared in Syria have paid more than $100m in bribes to find out information about them, according
The Lebanese Red Cross said it dispatched rescue teams to the warehouse where there was an explosion of gas canisters. At least 10 people were injured when an explosion rocked a warehouse storing gas canisters near Lebanon’s border with Syria, the Lebanese
The vehicle was believed to be carrying soldiers and pro-government fighters who were returning to their base in the remote area. At least 25 people are believed to have been killed in an attack on a bus along a main highway in
Three others were wounded in the raid on Syrian air defence forces in the Nabi Habeel area, Syrian state media said. One Syrian soldier has been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli attack on a military position in the Damascus
The mines were left behind by followers of former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was has been described as one of the world’s most wanted people before his death last year. The IS caliph killed himself during a US military raid
At least 9,500 people have fled their homes in Ain Issa, northeast Syria, following an escalation in clashes between the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (TSNA) and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in mid-December. The SDF – the military forces of the