Syrian president al-Sharaa fostered a 'genocidal culture' against minorities, former hostage says
• Dec 8, 2025, 10:03 PM
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Theo Padnos, a journalist who was captured and held for nearly two years in a series of prisons run by Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, says that the current Syrian leadership is like 'a fox in the henhouse' and that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa fostered a 'genocidal culture' against minorities, pursuing indiscriminate killings during his years leading jihadist groups.
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Israeli women rush to buy guns after October 7 attacks
• 2:42 PM
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Since the October 7, 2023 terror attacks, Israel has issued some 217,000 new firearms licences to civilians. Among the new permit holders are a growing proportion of women. Whether religious or secular and living in settlements or affluent villages, they
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UAE seeks to hire more Emirati nationals in private sector
• 1:18 PM
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In the United Arab Emirates, the government has imposed quotas for hiring Emirati citizens across the private sector, with the aim of having them make up 10 percent of the workforce by 2026. So how are companies complying with these new rules and how can
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Amnesty accuses Hamas of 'crimes against humanity' for October 7 attach
• 11:14 AM
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For the first time, Amnesty International has accused Hamas and its allies of committing crimes against humanity, following an investigation into the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel. The organisation found that 1,221 people were killed and said the mass
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