Syrian government bombardment killed nine civilians including six children as they harvested olives in northwestern Idlib province, the country's last main rebel bastion, a war monitor said. "Ground bombardment by regime forces" struck the group "in the village of Qoqfin", in Idlib province's mountainous Jabal al-Zawiya area, the Syrian Observatory...
President Assad and Jordan’s foreign minister discuss refugees, drug smuggling
The focus of the discussion between the two was war refugees and a crackdown on cross-border smuggling, according to Jordan's foreign ministry. The diplomat's visit comes amid an increasing regional engagement with the Assad regime, peaking with Syria's return to the Arab League after years of isolation since Syria's war...
Six pro-Turkish fighters killed in Syria clashes
BEIRUT, LEBANON - Six Syrian fighters from a pro-Turkish group died in clashes with regime troops that still raged Monday in northwest Syria, rebel forces and a war monitor said. A pro-Turkey rebel statement said the six were killed and three more wounded in the offensive launched by government forces backed...
Iranians hit streets again as protests enter fourth month
PARIS, FRANCE - Dozens took to the streets Friday in Iran's restive southeast, footage shared by rights groups showed, as a wave of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death entered a fourth month. Protesters in Zahedan, the Sistan-Baluchistan provincial capital, chanted "Death to the dictator", taking aim at supreme leader Ayatollah...
DFSA regime to provide whistleblowers enhanced legal protection
Enhanced legal protection will be provided to persons who report financial misconduct internally within the entities regulated by Dubai Financial Services Authority or externally to their auditor, the DFSA or a law enforcement agency. The enhanced protection comes after DFSA launched its regulatory regime for whistleblowing, which is the first...
US steps up pressure as Russia continues Ukraine attack
In an impassioned speech from the Royal Castle in Warsaw, delivered after meeting top Ukrainian ministers in Poland and earlier conferring with NATO and EU allies on the conflict, US President Joe Biden plainly warned Russia: ‘Don't even think about moving on one single inch of NATO territory.’
A Syrian city erupts in protest to demand better living conditions
Hundreds took to the streets of a southern Syrian city on Friday to demand better living conditions and democracy in a rare protest inside regime-held areas, a war monitor said.Aid cuts threaten hospitals in the last enclave opposing Syrian regime
The crowded hospital in Darkush in Syria's rebel-held northwest treats around 30,000 patients every month, for free -- but now foreign aid cuts are threatening its future. Already dwindling funds have caused dire shortages of medicine and equipment in this and other clinics in the Idlib region, the last Syrian...
Shah’s son urges West to drive ‘nail in coffin’ of Iran clerical state
Pahlavi, like many others, has spoken before of the regime crumbling
Shelling by Syrian regime forces kills 9 civilians in idlib: monitor
3 children among the deceased, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
