A Kurdish-led militia alliance which controls north-eastern Syria has signed a deal to integrate all military and civilian institutions into the Syrian state, the country’s presidency says. The agreement, which…
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Syria: Whole families dead in recent violence, says UN
Entire families, including women and children, were killed during the recent violence in Syria’s coastal region, the UN human rights office says. A spokesman told reporters that the UN had…
Pakistan: Army says 300 hostages freed from train
Pakistan’s army says it has freed more than 300 hostages from a passenger train seized by militants in Balochistan province on Tuesday. The military spokesperson said 33 militants were killed…
Palestine: UN official accuses Israel of weaponising aid to Gaza
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, has accused Israel of weaponising humanitarian aid with its blockade of goods and electricity into Gaza. Speaking in Geneva, Philippe…
Pakistan: Militants attack train carrying hundreds of passengers
A train carrying hundreds of passengers has been attacked and halted by armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) confirmed it had attacked the Jaffar Express…
Syria: Authorities say operation against Assad loyalists over after deadly violence
Syria’s defence ministry says it has completed a military operation in the country’s western coastal region, after days of violence in which hundreds of people have been killed. Security forces…
Palestine: Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, minister says
Israel ordered all of Gaza’s electricity supply to be cut off on Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining Israeli hostages held in the territory. Energy…
USA: Man accused of aiding Kabul airport bombing charged in US court
A man accused of helping to plan the Kabul airport bombing during the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 appeared in court on Wednesday. The US Department of…
Syria: President Ahmed Sharaa calls for peace after hundreds of civilians killed
Syria’s leader Ahmed Sharaa has called for peace after days of clashes where Syrian security forces have allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawite religious minority. The UK-based Syrian…
Syria: Government still faces threat from Assad loyalists
In January, days after the first-month anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime in a lightning Islamist-led rebel offensive in Syria, a group of young men – some of…