'Every Syrian should have the right to visit Syria, to feel its freedom & to recognise its problems'
• Dec 8, 2025, 2:06 PM
1 min de lecture
As celebrations kicked off marking the first anniversary on Monday of the ousting of former President Bashar Assad’s regime, Syrians are still struggling to heal after the dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule and a 14-year civil war that killed an estimated half-million people, displaced millions more and left the country battered and divided. For a deeper perspective and a very intimate account of the life of a Syrian post-Assad, Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Bushra Al Zoubi, Journalist, Translator and Human Rights Activist.
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Israeli women rush to buy guns after October 7 attacks
• 2:42 PM
1 min
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
1 min
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
1 min
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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