UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk visits Damascus’ Sednaya prison
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has visited the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus.
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Turkish Airlines to resume Damascus flights later this month
Turkish Airlines announced that it would resume flights to Syria's capital Damascus on Jan. 23 after nearly a 14-year hiatus.
UN rights chief urges reconciliation process in first Syria visit
DAMASCUS - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation ...
UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad
The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...
U.N. rights chief: Atrocities committed in Syria beyond belief
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...
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Tulsi Gabbard, Sean Penn and the hunt for an American hostage
E ARLY IN 2019, a Lebanese-American businessman tried to bring a stunning piece of information to the attention of Tulsi ...
The Economist4h
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
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Forging a Mini Damascus Steel Cleaver from Chains
Watch the transformation of ordinary chains into a stunning mini Damascus steel cleaver! See each step, from forging to ...
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Syrian activists work to avoid return to dictatorship
In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism ...
US must not become complacent to a growing terrorism threat, a Counterterrorism Center official says
The outgoing acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center says the U.S. is facing an elevated threat of terrorism ...
Turkey is filling the power vacuum left by Assad, but peaceful coexistence is vital for the Middle East’s future
Geopolitics abhors a power vacuum. One country’s loss is another’s gain, and the space left by Iran is being occupied, for ...
Syria detains Egyptian after videos threatening Egypt's government
Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian militant who had fought with Islamist forces against toppled Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad's rule over threats he made on social media to the Cairo ...