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January 29th, 2020 - 07:46 GMT

Damascus Regime Starts to Recapture Territory in Syria's Northwest

Syrian regime forces took control of a town south of Idlib city on Tuesday in a significant advance for regime leader Bashar al Assad as he seeks to recapture territory in the country's northwest, a war monitor and state media said. Assad's campaign to regain Idlib province, the last opposition bastion in a nearly nine-year-long civil war, has sparked a new exodus of thousands of civilians towards the border of ...

October 6th, 2013

Feisty and female: 12 superwomen smashing taboos in the Middle East

Kuwaiti officers are treating the case as one of money laundering.

October 6th, 2013 - 11:09 GMT

500,000 euros in 'smuggled aid' to Syrians seized

UN team prepares to visit chemical weapons sites in Syria. [rt.com]

October 3rd, 2013 - 06:34 GMT

Security sweeps start in Syria, prep for UN team visits

The Turkish parliament will vote Thursday on extending its mandate that permits military intervention into Syria if its southern neighbor poses as an "open and near threat" under international law (Courtesy of the Guardian)

October 2nd, 2013 - 04:05 GMT

Syria: UN calls for cross-border aid, Turkey to vote on military mandate, and US still touting "wait and see"

FSA leadership claims that Assad's chemical weapons are already on the move. [almonitor]

October 2nd, 2013 - 12:11 GMT

FSA claims Assad will hide chemical weapons

A convoy of United Nations vehicles carrying a team of UN experts investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. Earlier today, Germany admitted to exporting 360 tons of dual-use chemicals to Syria. (Image credit: AFP)

September 30th, 2013 - 05:38 GMT

Germany admits exporting 360 tons of "dual use" chemicals to Syria

Ahmad Tuma, the leader of the SNC "does not represent us," according to the Free Syrian Army and 12 other opposition groups Wednesday (AFP)

September 25th, 2013 - 03:39 GMT

Syrian opposition groups say 'no' to Iran, call for Islamist leadership

It's been reported that Tunisian female warriors have been traveling to Syria for "sex jihad" with rebels. (Image: Youtube snapshot)

September 25th, 2013 - 07:15 GMT

What sexual jihad? Debunking the Syrian revolution urban myths

One of the men executed by Syrian rebels in a location outside of Aleppo. (Image: Youtube screenshot)

September 15th, 2013 - 09:47 GMT

Aleppo atrocities: Photojournalist records 4 public executions

King Abdullah arrives in China. [xinhuanet.com]

September 14th, 2013 - 06:55 GMT

Dim-sum and diplomacy: Jordan's King Abdullah heads to China

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on September 12, 2013, shows President Bashar al-Assad attending an interview with Russian television [AFP]

September 14th, 2013 - 05:21 GMT

UN Chief seeks accountability for Assad

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov give a joint press conference in Geneva following their meeting on Syria's chemical weapons, on September 12, 2013. [AFP]

September 13th, 2013 - 05:55 GMT

Kerry: U.S. forces ready if Syria stalls