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1 week, 3 days ago

Russia and Assad | Why did Kremlin back the Syrian autocrat and what does his fall mean

Story so far: Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was granted asylum by Moscow on Monday, mere hours after Syrian rebels overthrew his 24-year regime. Here’s a look at Russian backing of Assad regime and what his fall means Historic ties Russia and Syria established diplomatic relations in 1944 and Moscow has backed the country’s independence from French colonial in 1946. …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Crucial dam at risk as Kurds and Turkish-backed groups battle in northern Syria

CNN

CNN — A crucial dam is at risk as fighting continues in several areas of northern Syria between Kurdish groups and Turkish-backed factions. The SDF said Friday that after three days of fighting around the dam and an important bridge across the Euphrates river, its forces had driven back “the mercenaries’ attacks.” It claimed to have killed more than 200 …

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America’s closest ally in Syria is losing ground as a new order takes shape

Associated Press

The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Who are the U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters in Syria? Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Why is Turkey fighting the Kurds? Share Share …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, Syrian rebel attack on Aleppo not coincidence

Firstpost

Israel wants to deliver a death blow to the Iran-backed ‘Axis of Resistance’ in West Asia—Islamic Resistance in Iraq and the Popular Mobilisation Forces, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthis Barely an hour before Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination in Beirut, Benjamin Netanyahu displayed two maps at the United Nations 79th General Assembly in New York on September 27. Therefore, it …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Syrian rebels take over Aleppo: What about the rest of the country?

Firstpost

The surprise offensive by rebels in Syria has shifted the front lines settled in 2020. While the opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have seized large swathes of Aleppo, the Syrian government continues to control most parts of the country Syrian opposition fighters stand atop a seized military armored vehicle on the outskirts of Hama, Syria, December 3, 2024. …

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3 months ago

Sweden charges a woman with war crimes for allegedly torturing Yazidi women and children in Syria

The Independent

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10 months ago

Who is Shamima Begum's husband? How ISIS bride married Dutch jihadist Yago Riedjik just 10 days after arriving in Syria and they had three children together who later died

Daily Mail

ISIS bride Shamima Begum married her Dutch jihadi husband Yago Riedjik just 10 days after she arrived in Syria to join the Islamist terror group. Yago Riedijk is currently behind bars in Syria after being captured by Kurdish forces fighting for ISIS Riedijk was a 21-year-old ISIS fighter when he wed the 15-year-old Londoner in Raqqa after they had spent …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The delays, doubts and diplomacy around an invasion of Gaza by Israel: ‘Full throttle will be costly’

The Independent

The Israeli raid into Gaza was not unexpected, such probing operations are normal tactics before a large-scale offensive. He added: “One of the things we’ve learned is how to account for civilians in the battlespace, and they are a part of the battlespace, and, in accordance the law of war, we’ve got to do what’s necessary to protect those civilians.” …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban neighborhoods, where militants use civilians as human shields, brings back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Underscoring that priority, the U.S. has sent a team of military advisers to Israel, including Marine Corps …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Defendants on trial for 2016 Brussels attack say West's bombing of Islamic State fuelled hate

Firstpost

Nine defendants are now on trial over the suicide bomb attacks on 22 March 2016, claimed by the terrorist organisation that murdered 32 people at Brussels airport and the city’s metro Brussels, Belgium: On Wednesday, defendants on trial for the 2016 Brussels attacks described their rage at the international coalition’s aircraft bombardments of the Islamic State organisation. Nine defendants are …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Former IS families face neighbors’ hatred returning home

Associated Press

RAQQA, Syria — Marwa Ahmad rarely leaves her run-down house in the Syrian city of Raqqa. Ahmad says life in al-Hol was similar to life under IS, “except you’re fenced in.” Armed militants affiliated to IS still control large parts of the camp, Human Rights Watch said in a recent report, citing camp authorities. “They’re victims.” Local charities and civil …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Syrian Democratic Forces say 6 fighters killed in IS attack

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

Syrian Democratic Forces say six fighters killed in Islamic State attack

The Hindu

An attack by Islamic State militants in the city of Raqqa on Monday killed six members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which has played a prominent role in the fight against the group, SDF officials said. He added that intelligence gathered by the group “indicates serious preparations by cells.” Siamand Ali, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Attacks in Syria’s Raqqa kill several Kurdish security officers

Al Jazeera

Officials say an ISIL cell had targeted security and military buildings in the city, killing six fighters and wounding an unspecified number of others. SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said in a statement on Monday that an ISIL cell had targeted security and military buildings in the city, killing six fighters and wounding an unspecified number of others. Siamand Ali, a …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Poverty, fear drive exodus from Syria’s one-time IS capital

Associated Press

RAQQA, Syria — In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for the Islamic State group’s brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. At least 3,000 people left Raqqa for Turkey in 2021, according to the city’s civil council co-chair Mohammed Nour. Daher had survived Raqqa’s recent violent history, …

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2 years, 10 months ago

This used to be Islamic State’s capital. Residents are still desperate to leave

LA Times

Milhem Daher, 35, drinks tea as he sits with his family outside his house in the Syrian village of Kasrat Srour. In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for Islamic State’s brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. Raqqa, the former de facto capital of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed …

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4 years ago

Inside Syria’s former ISIL bases converted to treat COVID

Al Jazeera

The coronavirus is surging in a region of northern Syria struggling from the devastating effect of a near-decade of war. “We equipped the centre in a month to treat moderate cases of coronavirus and on November 20 it was ready,” Obeid Muslim, head of the Health Committee of Tabqa in the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, told …

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Russia and Assad | Why did Kremlin back the Syrian autocrat and what does his fall mean

Crucial dam at risk as Kurds and Turkish-backed groups battle in northern Syria

America’s closest ally in Syria is losing ground as a new order takes shape

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, Syrian rebel attack on Aleppo not coincidence

Syrian rebels take over Aleppo: What about the rest of the country?

Sweden charges a woman with war crimes for allegedly torturing Yazidi women and children in Syria

Who is Shamima Begum's husband? How ISIS bride married Dutch jihadist Yago Riedjik just 10 days after arriving in Syria and they had three children together who later died

The delays, doubts and diplomacy around an invasion of Gaza by Israel: ‘Full throttle will be costly’

The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza

Defendants on trial for 2016 Brussels attack say West's bombing of Islamic State fuelled hate

Former IS families face neighbors’ hatred returning home

Syrian Democratic Forces say 6 fighters killed in IS attack

Syrian Democratic Forces say six fighters killed in Islamic State attack

Attacks in Syria’s Raqqa kill several Kurdish security officers

Poverty, fear drive exodus from Syria’s one-time IS capital

This used to be Islamic State’s capital. Residents are still desperate to leave

Inside Syria’s former ISIL bases converted to treat COVID