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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Syria has been in agony for the past 10 years, its self-inflicted torment expected to fester indefinitely. A decade ago, on March 15, President Bashar al-Assad’s Baathist regime violently crus...

Syrias British first lady Asma al-Assad who shopped for £4,000 shoes while her country tipped into bloody violence faces war crimes prosecution in UK Asma al-Assad could be prosecuted for war crimes in UK for her alleged role in Syrian civil war The Met Police opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that she incited and encouraged acts of terrorism during conflict UN panel has ruled thousands of civilians subjected to torture during conflict

Dont show me this message again✕ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma in Damascus in 2012 (SANA/AFP via Getty Images) The Metropolitan Police has opened a preliminary investigation into Asma al-Assad, the wife of the Syrian president, over allegations of incitement and encouragement to commit acts of terrorism. London-based Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers submitted a filing with the war crimes unit of the Met’s counterterrorism command, which is now assessing the d...

Inside U.S. troops stronghold in Syria, a question of how long Biden will keep them there David S. Cloud © (Hussein Malla/ Associated Press ) A U.S. soldier sits in an armored vehicle in Manbij, northern Syria, in 2018. Some 900 U.S. troops now remain in Syria — a relatively small force that some see as key to preventing a resurgence of Islamic State. (Associated Press) At a makeshift military outpost abutting a natural gas field in eastern Syria, the signs of the country�...

KHSHAM, Syria —  At a makeshift military outpost abutting a natural gas field in eastern Syria, the signs of the country’s violent upheaval are everywhere. Bombed-out concrete buildings lie in ruins. The pipes that once carried liquefied natural gas are shredded and twisted. A tattered U.S. flag strung between 40-foot-tall gas processing towers flies high over the base, a visible symbol that American troops are here — and not planning on leaving soon. “We’ve got the flagpole planted...

(Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP) If you’re not busy on March 17th, consider attending a Kentucky college’s afternoon activity. As indicated on the calendar site of Berea College, the Women’s and Gender Non-Conforming Center will present a zoom-facilitated “Gender Talk” from noon to one o’clock. The topic’s a definite news-getter: White Citizenship as Terrorism: Make America Great Again, Again The presentation will be provided by Amy Brandzel. As The Federalist reports, Amy’s an as...

The Biden administration does not appear to be in any rush to pull out the 900 troops who remain in Syria.

Dear Yachad, where do you stand on the so-called “Right of Return” for the Palestinian refugees? No Palestinian leader has ever flagged the intention to give up with such a request, nor even the “moderates”, those you appear publicly with. You, Yachad, speak of “demographic threat”: you are persuaded (and I agree with you) that the world needs a State with a Jewish majority, where Jews can find shelter. But the Palestinians disagree. They believe they have the right to “return” ...

Letter: Too much train noise disrupts Holland By Stacy Mason I have been visiting Holland for the past month at the home of an old high school friend who lives in the area called Holland Heights. I cannot believe all the trains I hear during the day and especially at night. I feel I never slept more than an hour before being awakened again.  I picture some engineer who has a grudge against residents blowing the whistle as loud as possible as he or she enters town and never lets up until out of...