A year ago, the war that President Bashar al-Assad seemed to have won was turned upside down. A rebel force had broken out of Idlib, a Syrian province on the border with Turkey, and was storming towar...
12.08.2025 Yahoo.com and 1 sitesSyrians are marking the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, as the fractured nation struggles to overcome sectarianism and rebuild its economy following 14 years of civil war. The 5...
12.08.2025 yahoo.com , aljazeera.com and 10 sitesMillions of teenagers in Australia woke up on Wednesday to find themselves locked out of social media accounts after the government introduced a ban for under-16s – the first of its kind – on the plat...
12.10.2025 Theguardian.com and 2 sites
The call to prayer rang out through the cold, still air at dawn on Monday from the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria’s capital, officially beginning the celebrations commemorating a year sinc...
12.08.2025 Nytimes.com and 1 sitesBBC Jeremy BowenInternational Editor A year ago, the war that President Bashar al-Assad seemed to have won was turned upside down. A rebel force had broken out of Idlib, a Syrian province on the border with Turkey, and was storming towards Damascus. It was led by a man known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, and his militia group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Jolani was a nom-de-guerre, reflecting his family’s roots in the Golan Heights, Syria’s southern highlands, annexed by Israel after it was occupie...
12.08.2025 Yahoo.com and 2 sites
The fragile ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, the two Southeast Asian neighbours, broke down this week, resulting in an all-out war that is still ongoing. This week also marked one year since t...
12.13.2025 Indianexpress.com
Loic Venance / AFP / GettyA woman takes photographs in front of the Maraya (or “Mirror”), the world’s largest mirrored building, designed by Florian Boje, in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, on January 27, 2025. ...
12.08.2025 Theatlantic.com and 1 sites
Crowds gathered and fireworks were launched from a bustling Manchester street as people celebrated one year since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria . Flags were waved and traffic ground to a halt ...
12.09.2025 Manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Syrian authorities on Wednesday granted a licence to a Jewish-Syrian organisation that plans to work to return properties confiscated under previous governments, one of its founders said. Since rebel ...
12.11.2025 Timesofisrael.com and 2 sites
Syria 's currency strengthened by 2. 5 per cent on Thursday after members of the US Congress backed a permanent repeal of sanctions, in a move welcomed by business chiefs and officials in Damascus. The Syrian pound was trading at 11, 700 to the dolla...
12.10.2025 Thenationalnews.com and 1 sites