Syria: Ahmad al-Sharaa appointed as interim president for an unspecified period
Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's new strongman since December 8, has been appointed as the country's interim president. He has been ...
Middle East Eye9h
They won the war. Can Syria's new leaders rebuild the country?
Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it ...
Ahmed al-Sharaa named Syria's transitional president
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the "transitional period", state media report, seven ...
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Protesters attack embassies in Congo’s capital as security forces try to slow rebels in the east
Congolese security forces today tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured ...
Russian delegation in first Syria visit since Assad fall, TASS reports
A Russian delegation has arrived in Damascus for the first time since Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, ...
Foreign Affairs3d
Syria’s Post-Authoritarian Trap
Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face ...
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Lebanon: How Israel, Hezbollah, and Regional Powers Are Shaping Its Future
An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...
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UNHCR’s Grandi calls for global action to support Syrians returning home
Wrapping up a visit to Syria on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed to the international community for bold and decisive action to help Syrians rebuild their war-torn ...
UN refugee chief calls for more help for Syria as refugees begin to return en masse
The United Nations refugee chief says some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the ...
International 7-Day News Agenda
UNITED NATIONS (United States) - Ceremony on the occasion of the World Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (1600 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. UNITED NATIONS (United States) - ICC ...
Nearly 30% of Syrians want to go home, up from almost zero, UN refugee chief says
Almost 30% of the millions of Syrian refugees living in Middle Eastern countries want to return home in the next year, ...
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Hamas names next 4 hostages it plans to release
(AP) — Hamas announced Friday the names of the next four hostages it plans to release this weekend as part of a fragile ceasefire deal with Israel that has paused the war in Gaza. There was no ...