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Ankara Sets Sentences For Convicted Killers of Russian Ambassador    Uri Cohen 03/10/2021 News outlets in Turkey reported on Wednesday that 12 people were convicted of participating in the 2016 televised murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, with five of them sentenced to life in prison. A Turkish court handed three of the convicted men two life terms without parole, while another two received one life sentence each, also without parole. The remaining seven were convicted o...

“The war of hunger … scares me more than the war of cannons”: As inflation soars, Syria’s economy spirals downward “The war of hunger … scares me more than the war of cannons”: As inflation soars, Syria’s economy spirals downward March 15, 2021 Share As the Syrian conflict reaches its 10-year anniversary, the economic consequences of a decade of war have been nothing less than catastrophic. Instability and inflation are likely to remain major problems o...

Ten years on justice for Syrians more important than ever Format It’s time for the UN Security Council to overcome its veto-paralysis and push for accountability for ongoing violations to ensure perpetrators of these crimes are held accountable, said Amnesty International, ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the crisis on 15 March. Since peaceful protests began in Damascus in 2011, Syrian government forces, and later armed opposition groups, with the support of their allies, have subjected mi...

Monday, 15 March, 2021 - 08:15 Syrian protesters, wearing the colors of opposition, attend an anti-government demonstration in the opposition-held northern Syrian city of Idlib. (AFP) London - Ibrahim Hamidi A decade has passed since the eruption of peaceful protests in Syria as part of the so-called Arab Spring wave that swept through the region. Syrians dispute when the actual protests broke out as they do over several other iss...

Florence remembers fallen industry friends By Zama Nteyi Florence Masebe. VETERAN actress Florence Masebe has penned a tribute to her industry friends Menzi Ngubane and Noxolo “Noxee” Maqhashalala, who died at the weekend. In two different Twitter threads, she explained how she knew them and how it felt working with them. Speaking about her relationship with Menzi, she recalled how they used the same transport to go to the Generations set, an...

The horror that never fades Children in Syria are growing up as a traumatised generation. Many have never known life without war. Processing such experiences is extremely difficult, says psychologist Elise Bittenbinder in interview with Jeannette Cwienk Ms Bittenbinder, some three million children in Syria have only seen war, death and destruction in their lifetime. How has that affected them? Elise Bittenbinder: In life every human experiences traumas, major or minor. Normally, we process thes...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrians are marking 10 years since peaceful protests against President...

Between Coexistence and Suppression Christians and Muslims have a long history of coexistence in the Middle East. Martin Tamcke, theologian, describes the history and the variety of Christian communities in the Orient in his recently published book. Claudia Mende read it Native to the Orient: an Armenian Orthodox priest and a worshipper light candles following the Armenian Christmas Eve procession in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, West Bank ​​One rather pointed demand often aimed at...

A popular uprising turned into a civil war with world powers backing different sides. By Press Association Monday 15 Mar 2021, 12:19 PM Mar 15th 2021, 12:19 PM 5,571 Views 7 Comments Image: PA Image: PA SYRIA IS MARKING 10 years since peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad’s government erupted in March 2011, touching off a popular ...