After a four-day wheel-jam strike and the shutdown of markets and civic activities, the government of Pakistan-administered Kashmir has announced the withdrawal of a presidential ordinance that restricted “unregistered organisations”…
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Syria: Israel carries out over 300 strikes on Syria since fall of Assad- SOHR
Israeli warplanes have reportedly carried out hundreds of airstrikes across Syria, including on the capital, Damascus. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says it has documented more than…
USA: American hostage Austin Tice is alive in Syria-Biden
President Joe Biden has said the US will try to bring home one of the longest-held American hostages following the sudden collapse of the Syrian government. Speaking at the White…
LIVE UPDATES: Syria civil war
10 December 2024 Red Cross urges Syrians not to exhume their own dead Syrian families whose loved ones disappeared under ousted president Bashar al-Assad should not try to exhume their…
UK: Authorities could remove Syrian rebel group from terror list
The UK government could remove Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from the list of banned terrorist groups after the rebels led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Cabinet…
Germany: Authorities pause asylum applications for Syrians after al-Assad’s fall
Less than 48 hours after the toppling of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Germany, home to the largest Syrian population outside the Middle East, says it will freeze asylum processing for Syrian…
Syria: USA fears the vacuum that could replace Assad
The speed and magnitude of Bashar al-Assad’s “historic” downfall has stunned the White House. But President Biden is also taking part of the credit. In his statement, he portrayed the…
Syria: US announces air strikes on ISIL targets in Syria after al-Assad’s fall
The United States says it has carried out dozens of air strikes on ISIL (ISIS) targets in Syria following the stunning collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The US Central Command…
Yemen: Houthis claim attack on central Israel in response to Gaza ‘massacres’
Yemen’s Houthi group says it has carried out a drone attack in central Israel’s Tel Aviv area in “a specific military operation” in support of Palestinians in Gaza. The Houthis…
Syria: World reacts to ousting of Bashar al-Assad’s and capture of Syria’s Damascus
Syrian opposition fighters have declared that the country has been “liberated” after they stormed the capital and announced that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the capital city to an unknown destination. Joyous…