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Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images A Syrian child poses atop a stack of neutralized shells at a metal scrapyard on the outskirts of Maaret Misrin town in the northwestern Idlib province, Syria last week. Aaref Watad/AFP via Getty Images On March 15, 2011, protesters inspired by successful "Arab Spring" uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, rallied in Syria to call for an end to their own repressive regime. But unlike the governments that had earlier more or less collapsed in the face of popular...

Aaref Watad / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on March 15, 2021 3:17 pm On March 15, 2011, protesters inspired by successful "Arab Spring" uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, rallied in Syria to call for an end to their own repressive regime. But unlike the governments that had earlier more or less collapsed in the face of popular uprisings and armed insurrections, Syria's President Bashar Assad was not about to go quietly. Days after the initial protests, Syrian soldiers fired on demonstrators, killing dozens in what would become the opening shots in a seemingly endless ci...

SHARE Dozens of Houthis were killed in fighting with Yemeni government forces and allied tribes in Marib on Friday as the rebels pressed an offensive to capture the northern province. Fierce battles between the Houthi rebels and pro-government troops backed by local tribes have been raging in southern and western Marib for more than a week. The clashes intensified on the Kasara front in western Marib on Friday, leaving at least 60 rebels dead, according to a military source. “Our troops backed by the tribes thwarted more than five offensives launched by rebels attempting to penetrate the w...

 27 Jan 2021 - 8:16 Indonesia’s Ambassador to Qatar, Ridwan Hasan Lani Rose R Dizon / The Peninsula Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, trade volume between Qatar and Indonesia has reached almost $1bn in 2020, said Indonesia’s Ambassador to Qatar H E Ridwan Hasan yesterday.  Speaking at the virtual Qatar Indonesia Business Dialogue and Matchmaking webinar which was jointly organised by the business councils of both countries, Hasan said bilateral trade between the two countries have shown an increasing trend of 11 percent annual growth rate from 2015 to 2019.  “Despite the COVID-19 chal...

Ibn Al Rayb Cultural Street hosts dialogue with writers  19 Jan 2021 - 7:53 Writers from Qatari publishing houses provide testimonials about their newly released books, and talking with the public about their experience. The Peninsula Doha: An event ‘A Dialogue With An Author’ was launched on Saturday in Katara within the programme of Ibn Al Rayb Cultural Street. The Cultural Street is being organised by the Cultural Village Katara in cooperation with Qatari Forum for Publishers and Distributors at the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The event aims at celebrating the authors and publis...