Tag: Syria
The fall of Bashar Assad after 14 years of war in Syria brings to an end a decades-long dynasty
BEIRUT (AP) — The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government Sunday brought to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold...
Russia ‘will not come to’ Assad’s rescue as it orders citizens to leave Syria
Russia has no plans to rescue Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from advancing rebel forces, according to reports.Bloomberg News quoted a source close to...
Syria is Russia’s southern flank – and it is fast crumbling
In a bizarre twist of fate, it is possible that the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) may be inadvertently coming to the...
Israeli strike closes off road used to flee Lebanon to Syria, Lebanese transport minister says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli strike on Friday morning near Lebanon's Masnaa border crossing with Syria cut off a road used by hundreds...
Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56 ‘non-democratic’ countries
Sandvine, the makers of surveillance-ware that allowed authoritarian countries to censor the internet and spy on their citizens, announced that it is leaving...
US 'kinetic strike' takes out senior leader of terrorist group aligned with al Qaeda in Syria
U.S. Central Command announced Friday that forces in Syria had successfully killed terrorist group senior leader Abu-'Abd al-Rahman al-Makki.According to CENTCOM, al-Makki was killed...