The question of whether Shamima Begum, the former ISIS bride stripped of her British citizenship, could be allowed to return to the UK has reignited political tensions after a Labour minister refused to rule out the possibility. The Case of Shamima Begum Begum, now 24, fled Britain in 2015 at the age of 15 with … Read more
Ouster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, December 16, in his first public statement since exile said that his departure from the country was not planned. This comes after Assad and his family fled to Russia on Sunday, December 8, after cities were attacked by Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) within 11 days. … Read more
HOPEFUL Syrian residents are returning home to a city flooded with the haunting memories of Bashar al-Assad’s reign of horror. Homs has been given the chilling title of the city that “broke the limits of barbarity” when Assad and his cronies ripped it apart – leaving behind a trail of heartbreak and devastation. 14 Hopeful … Read more
Screenshot: CNN Police are questioning a suspect in last week’s shooting of United Health Group CEO Brian Thompson. On Monday TrueCar date engineer Luigi Mangione was arrested on gun charges at a McDonalds in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after someone recognized the man from images released by the NYPD following the shooting. – Erin Marquis Read More … Read more
The United Nations has also criticized Israel for violating the 1974 agreement. On Sunday, as Damascus fell to rebel groups and Syrian dictator President Bashar Assad fled to Moscow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that troops from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had crossed into a buffer zone between Israel and Syria near the … Read more
Germany’s plan comes days after rebel groups entered the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday and declared it free of the Russia-backed regime of President Assad. Hours later, Assad reportedly fled the country and was granted asylum in Russia. Following the regime’s ouster, Austria on Monday announced plans to deport Syrian migrants, while Belgium, France, Greece and … Read more
The port city of Latakia on the Mediterranean Sea came under heavy attack, the BBC reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that “Israeli warplanes” had damaged or sunk about 10 Syrian naval vessels and levelled “the Barzeh scientific research center” in the town. That same facility was hit in 2018 by Western countries, … Read more
In October, some EU countries, led by Italy, pushed to normalize ties with Syria in order to facilitate the deportation of migrants. Assad, who held power for 25 years until fleeing to Moscow with his family, has been accused of torture and of using chemical weapons on his own people. With the ouster of Assad, … Read more
He added: “At the moment the focus has to be on talking to our allies, making sure that this is an opportunity for Syria, and therefore we have to work to make sure that it’s a peaceful opportunity.” Britain would, he said, concentrate on “making sure that civilians are protected, making sure minorities are protected, … Read more
Britain has previously sanctioned a number of Israelis responsible for settler violence on Palestinians in the West Bank, and has called for a cease-fire in Gaza amid Israel’s continued bombardment of the territory in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Barber already works for U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer as an unpaid … Read more
