UN nuclear watchdog chief visits Syria to restart talks
Damascus, Syria Reuters UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said he visited Damascus on Tuesday to restart talks focused on fostering confidence in the peaceful use of atomic energy by Syria. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Damascus, Syria, on 19th March, 2024. PICTURE: SANA/Handout […]
Postcards: Syrians still endure poverty despite relative calm and renewed Arab ties
Reuters reports from Damascus…
“Lost, confused, scared”: Syrians who fled Assad fear he will soon choke off aid
MAYA GEBEILY and KHALIL ASHAWI, of Reuters, report…
Syria’s Assad wins warm welcome at Arab summit after years of isolation
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Reuters Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was given a warm welcome at an Arab summit on Friday, winning a hug from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince at a meeting of leaders who had shunned him for years, in a policy shift opposed by the US and other Western powers. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]
Syria’s Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold
Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaReuters Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a pariah for more than a decade, is expected to steal the spotlight at Friday’s Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, where he will rub shoulders with regional leaders who once backed his war foes. Ostracised by most Arab states following his crackdown on protests against his rule […]
Twenty year anniversary: US grapples with forces unleashed by Iraq invasion
ARSHAD MOHAMMED and JONATHAN LANDAY, of Reuters, report…
Syria: On another conflict’s frontline, Russia’s war on Ukraine evokes painful memories
KHALIL ASHAWI, of Reuters, reports on how Russia’s war in Ukraine is stirring memories of the role Russia played in the conflict in Syria…
Syria: Presidential election holds few surprises after years of war
As Syria went to the polls in a presidential election this week, SULEIMAN AL-KHADLIDI, writing for Reuters, reports on the how the country has changed under Bashar al-Assad…
Essay: In war-torn Syria, the coronavirus pandemic has brought its people to the brink of starvation
In an article first published on The Conversation, MEHMET OZALP, of Australia’s Charles Sturt University, on what’s been happening in Syria during the coronavirus pandemic…
SYRIA: ALEPPO BEGINS LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY
Writing for the World Watch Monitor, an unnamed worker with Christian charity Open Doors reports that the rebuilding of shattered, impoverished lives has been a slow process in Syria’s second city, but that it has presented the churches there with opportunities…