The international criminal court should prosecute Syria’s Assad | Kenneth Roth

found 2025 › Apr › 27 (Sun) @ 10:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

For the foreseeable future, international courts provide the only realistic prospect of justice for Syrians

There are few regimes as cruel as the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. There was seemin…

Tyrants like Trump always fall – and we can already predict how he will be dethroned | Simon Tisdall

found 2025 › Apr › 27 (Sun) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The US constitution protects incompetence. But don’t underestimate the self-destructive power of the president’s own hubris

Tyrants come to a sticky end, or so history suggests. Richard III and Coriol…

Erdoğan lambasts Israel for undermining stability in Syria

found 2025 › Apr › 12 (Sat) @ 20:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Turkey’s president lashes out shortly after talks with Netanyahu’s government aimed at defusing tensions

The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has lambasted Israel for undermining stability in ne…

Trump’s tariffs are ruinous, but are western sanctions any better? Just look at Syria | Simon Jenkins

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 14:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Sanctions as a form of economic aggression are macho and myopic, yet countries including the UK refuse to call a halt

Among the more improbable countries that Donald Trump punished most severely last …

Criticise Trump’s tariffs all you like, but western sanctions aren’t any better – just ask Syria | Simon Jenkins

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 13:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

This form of economic aggression is macho and myopic, yet countries including the UK refuse to give it up

Among the more improbable countries that Donald Trump punished most severely last week was Syr…

South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Syria’s new government

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 09:20 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

The announcement comes months after a rebel coalition ousted longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who had maintained close ties with North Korea.

Syria and South Korea establish formal diplomatic relations

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 05:15 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

The move is a blow to North Korea, which once counted Damascus as an ally until the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

Syria swears in new transitional government on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr

found 2025 › Mar › 30 (Sun) @ 08:50 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

Nearly four months after the ousting of 24-year President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has announced a new government, kickstarting a five-year transitional period that aims to restore stability and peace …

Syrians to celebrate first Eid al-Fitr after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime

found 2025 › Mar › 29 (Sat) @ 08:31 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

The streets of Damascus are once again full of life, as people are preparing for the annual Eid celebrations.

Aleppo’s airport reopens for the first time since Assad’s ouster

found 2025 › Mar › 19 (Wed) @ 10:40 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Aleppo International Airport has reopened for the first time since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.