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A video said to show Syrian President Bashar al-Assad walking without escort through a joyous crowd in Damascus has been circulating online since April 25. However, this is an old video and one that…
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Seven people, almost all ethnic Chechens, suspected of planning a terrorist attack
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Debates continue at the Brussels bombing trial over the importance of international politics in radicalising young Belgian men
Bashar Assad's removal of Grand Mufti Ahmad Badr al-Din Hassoun is a means for the regime to ideologically surveille and shape Syrian Sunnism as a means to ensure an uprising never happens again, writes Sam Hamad.
Syria’s al-Assad set for election win 10 years after start of war The regime in Damascus can neither be accepted back in nor remain outside the international community, a researcher said By Layal Abou Rahal / AFP, BEIRUT A decade of war might have ravaged his country, but Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has clung to power and looks determined to cement his position in the country’s presidential election this year. When Arab Spring revolts started toppling autocrats like dominoes in early 2011, al-Assad’s days looked numbered. However, 10 ye...