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Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections
AMMAN/BEIRUT/CAIRO - Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his...
Dec 8, 20245 min read
Assad's fall followed years of bloodshed and division
The sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad's rule over Syria marks the culmination of a nearly 14-year rebellion and a key moment in a civil...
Dec 8, 20243 min read
Syrian rebel chief: former PM will supervise state bodies until hand over
Syrian state institutions will be supervised by former Prime Minister Mohammed Jalali until they are handed over, rebel leader Abu...
Dec 8, 20241 min read
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left Damascus to an unknown destination, say two senior army officers
AMMAN -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left to an unknown destination, two senior army officers familiar with the...
Dec 8, 20241 min read
Iron-fisted Assad never quelled the Syrian rebels who came back to topple him
Syria's Bashar al-Assad used Russian and Iranian firepower to beat back rebel forces during years of civil war but never defeated them,...
Dec 8, 20245 min read
Syrian rebels say they have toppled Assad in state television announcement
AMMAN/BEIRUT/CAIRO - Syrian rebels said on Sunday that they have ended Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule, in their first...
Dec 8, 20244 min read
Facts-US reactions to Hunter Biden's pardon by President Biden
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, reversing his earlier pledge to leave the...
Dec 3, 20244 min read
NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick invite
BRUSSELS - NATO is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine's call for a membership invitation at a meeting on Tuesday, according to diplomats,...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
What is the legal effect of President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter?
WILMINGTON, Delaware - U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden after repeatedly pledging not to. Below is a look at the...
Dec 3, 20243 min read
Trump to attend Notre-Dame reopening in first foreign trip since election
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he will travel to Paris to attend this weekend's reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral,...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Biden to mark US and Angola's shared slave trade history
LUANDA - Joe Biden will use his visit to Angola on Tuesday, the first by a U.S. president to the sub-Saharan African country, to mark the...
Dec 3, 20243 min read
Fuel oil smuggling network rakes in $1 billion for Iran and its proxies
DUBAI - A sophisticated fuel oil smuggling network that some experts believe generates at least $1 billion a year for Iran and its...
Dec 3, 20247 min read
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