Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's inner sanctum bore signs of a hasty exit. Now, the presidential palace in the country's capital has been vacated and people have been seen taking selfies and making off with the furniture. The main entrance was littered with torn-down propaganda posters but the red carpet was left intact — as if to welcome those with …
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in 2008. Pool BENAINOUS/HOUNSFIELD via Getty Images BEIRUT — The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago, at the height of the country’s civil war, when his forces lost control over parts of the largest city, Aleppo, and his opponents were closing in on the capital, Damascus. Rebel forces …
The Sunday Story: NPR challenges U.S. denial of civilian harm in raid on ISIS leader Enlarge this image toggle caption OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images Today on The Sunday Story, NPR's Daniel Estrin talks about his four-year investigation into the 2019 U.S. raid against ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Sponsor Message Enlarge this …
The Bombay High Court on Thursday told Hindutva leader Milind Ekbote, associated with the Samast Hindu Aghadi, that building a Haj house is a "secular activity, not religious". The court told Ekbote, "You must differentiate between indulgence of the state in religious activity and secular activity. Ekbote's lawyer, Kapil Rathod, told the court that there had been a "change in …
AAP vs L-G: The Aam Aadmi Party reacted sharply after Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena on Friday announced the members of the Delhi Haj Committee that included a Congress councillor. The Haj Committee consists of BJP MP Gautam Gambhir, two MLAs from the Aam Aadmi Party, Abdul Rehman and Haji Yunus, a Congress councillor Naziya Danish, a theologian who specialises in Islam …