by Our Correspondent in Doha The IL-76T cargo plane allegedly carrying Bashar al-Assad, the now-former President of the Syrian Arab Republic, has reportedly crashed near the town of Al-Suwayri after disappearing from
On November 27, when the rebels emerged from their Idlib enclave in north-western Syria, President Bashar Assad was on a visit to Moscow. The sudden disintegration of his army was even more
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By end of November, the situation in Syria was dire. Government forces were on the brink of exhaustion, stretched thin by an economic crisis that spiraled out of control. Soldiers earned a
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Abu Mohammed al-Julani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a prominent rebel group in Syria, has announced the establishment of a new morality police force. This
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Syria is a fascinating country with an ancient civilisation whose history is as complex as it is interesting. The world has recently turned its attention to Syria again following the removal of
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With Bashar al-Assad having fled Damascus to one of his 20 luxury suites in Russia (valued at $30 million), it is worth taking note of a time, not that long ago, when
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What is clearly a joint US-Israeli plan to remake the Mideast map is now well underway. Changes will be seismic. The Biden administration, by now almost totally controlled by pro-Israel neocons, is making its final
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Major General Maher al-Assad, the younger brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and former commander of the 4th Armored Division, has issued a stark warning about Syria’s
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Ahmad Hussein Ash-Shara, widely known as Abu Muhammad al-Julani, was born in Damascus in 1982 to a lower-middle-class Sunni Arab family. His father owned a grocery store, and al-Julani assisted him while
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The so-called transition period in Syria is a pretext for Western countries that need time to establish working relations with the country’s new authorities, ex-UK Ambassador to Syria and Middle East expert
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Mohamed al-Bashir has been appointed as the caretaker Prime Minister of Syria’s transitional government, a role he will assume until March 1, 2025. This announcement marks a significant political development in the
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