Fall of Assad reveals the death of Mazen al-Hamada, symbol of the regime’s atrocities
• Dec 11, 2024, 4:59 PM
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The body of Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada was found Monday in a military hospital morgue near Damascus, according to a number of NGOs. Imprisoned and tortured by the Syrian military after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, Hamada fled to Europe to denounce the atrocities of Bashar al-Assad’s regime before choosing to return to his home country in 2020.
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Syrian rebels uncover Assad regime's large-scale illegal drug laboratories
• 11:10 PM
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Sales of the synthetic drug Captagon were used as a source of funding for the brutal regime, making Syria its largest producer. Among the secrets uncovered by rebel fighters since Assad fled the country, large-scale illegal drug factories housed in villa
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'Kurdish leaders' warnings went unheeded for years and years'
• 10:28 PM
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Since the fall of Assad, western capitals have been voicing concern about the risk of ISIS militants exploiting the political vacuum in Syria. Thousands of former militants are currently being detained in prisons and camps controlled by the Kurds. We spe
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'Kurdish leaders' warnings went unheeded for years and years'
• 9:53 PM
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Since the fall of Assad, western capitals have been voicing concern about the risk of ISIS militants exploiting the political vacuum in Syria. Thousands of former militants are currently being detained in prisons and camps controlled by the Kurds. We spe
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Syrian women hope for inclusion, freedom in post-Assad era
• 7:23 PM
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Human Rights Watch is calling on the Syrian islamist rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, to protect women's rights as it attempts to lead the country out of chaos. It also asks for HTS to include women in any governance structure. FRANCE 24's Pete
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Alois Brunner, the Nazi war criminal at home in Assad's Syria
• 4:56 PM
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The regime of Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez al-Assad managed to stay in power for five decades by exercising brutally repressive methods inspired in part by Alois Brunner, a notorious Nazi war criminal who made a life for himself in Damascus as a
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US announces first withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon under ceasefire deal
• 9:30 AM
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A top U.S. military officer visited Beirut on Wednesday to monitor the withdrawal of the first Israeli troops from Lebanon under a ceasefire agreement reached last month, the U.S. Central Command said. The U.S. confirmed that Israel had withdrawn its fo
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Israeli forces responsible for a third of 54 journalists killed in 2024: Reporters Without Borders
• 8:33 AM
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Of the 54 journalists killed due to their profession in 2024,16 were killed in Gaza and two in Lebanon by Israel's military, said a report from Reporters Without Borders published Thursday. Journalists operating in Palestinian territories experienced "a
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Live: Blinken in Turkey for talks to ensure peaceful transition of power in Syria
• 5:28 AM
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed straight into talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after landing in Ankara late Thursday, a US official said. US-Turkey talks on the fallout of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in Syria come as Turkey-back
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