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Germany says sanctions against Syrian war crimes suspects must stay but people need relief
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister said Sunday that sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called for a “smart approach” to provide relief to the Syrian population after last month’s…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Syrian intelligence: Planned Islamic State attack on Shiite shrine thwarted
DAMASCUS (AP) — Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, state media reported Saturday.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups rises around key dam in northern Syria
TISHRIN DAM, Syria (AP) — A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad in a ligh…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Middle East latest: Israeli hostage found dead in Gaza, military says
Israeli forces have recovered the body of a hostage held in Gaza, the military said Wednesday, adding that it was identifying additional remains that could belong to another captive.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Inside Bashar Assad’s detention centers, where ‘death was the least bad thing’
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him electric shocks. Then it was Zahra’s turn.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Protesters in Syria demand justice for disappeared activists
DOUMA, Syria (AP) — Protesters in Syria held a sit-in Wednesday demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and whose fate remains one of the most haunting mysteries of the country’s 13-year civil war.On Dec.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Israel intercepts projectile from Yemen. Former Israeli hostage dies
At least eight people were killed by Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank around the city of Tulkarem on Tuesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, including three people it said were killed by Israeli airstrikes.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Middle East latest: 2 journalists in Syria working for Kurdish media are killed in clashes
A journalists’ association said Friday two reporters working for Kurdish media outlets have been killed in clashes between Syrian Kurdish militia and Turkish-backed fighters in northern Syria.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Middle East latest: Israel orders another Gaza evacuation
The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered Palestinians to evacuate another section of central Gaza ahead of an offensive in the built-up Bureij refugee camp, even as Israel and the Hamas appeared to inch closer to a ceasefire in the 14-month war.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Israel’s borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, entered Syrian territory Tuesday and said Israeli troops would remain in the area indefinitely, blurring the border with its northern neighbor.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes target missile warehouses in Syria, war monitor says
A UK-based war monitor says Israeli airstrikes early Monday hit missile warehouses in Syria and called it the “most violent strikes” since 2012.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Diminished Hezbollah is weaker by toppling of Bashar Assad
BEIRUT (AP) — A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Middle East latest: Syrians celebrate Assad’s fall as US seeks a peaceful political transition
Thousands of Syrians gathered in Damascus’ main square and a historic mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since former President Bashar Assad was overthrown, a major symbolic moment for the country’s dramatic change of power.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Syria’s Kurdish minority losing ground after Bashar Assad’s overthrow
The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country. But after nearly 14 years of civil war, putting that ideal into practice will not be easy.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense minister announced that his forces had destroyed S…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Syrian premier says government still functioning but foreign and domestic challenges loom
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s prime minister said Monday that most Cabinet ministers are still working from offices in Damascus after rebels entered the capital over the weekend and overthrew President Bashar Assad.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Analysis: Collapse of Syria a blow to Iran’s proxy force
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse. Its decadeslong strategy of building an “Axis of Resistance” supporting militant groups and proxies around the region is falling apart.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)