Israeli strikes killed at least six people in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said Monday, while also hitting suspected chemical and long-range weapons sites in Syria to keep them from rebels who seized Damascus. The U.N. Security Council plans to hold emergency closed consultations on Syria later Monday at the request of Russia, … Read more
Beirut: Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaida and depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance. As he entered Damascus behind his victorious fighters Sunday, he even dropped his nom de guerre … Read more
Damascus: Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Moscow on Sunday, Russian media reported, hours after a stunning rebel advance took over the capital of Damascus and ended the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule. The Russian agencies, Tass and RIA, cited an unidentified Kremlin source on Assad and his family being given asylum … Read more
Washington: The fall of the Assad regime that brutalised, tortured and killed thousands of innocent Syrians over the past half a century is a historic opportunity for the people of the country, outgoing US President Joe Biden said on Sunday.Biden spoke at the White House hours after rebel groups took over the country following more … Read more
The impending return to the White House of US President-elect Donald Trump promising high tariffs has raised the alarm around the world and not just in China. America’s neighbours Mexico and Canada are to be the first to be targeted for action because many other countries have used these two locations to enter the US … Read more
Hyderabad: Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya of the Telangana High Court took on file a writ plea challenging the order of the chief commissioner of GST and Customs, Hyderabad zone, in rejecting allotment of ‘lots’ in line with the Customs Disposal Manual, 2019. The judge was dealing with a writ plea filed by party-in-persons Seetha Gundugurthi and … Read more
In recent years, the Indian real estate market has witnessed a major shift, with Millennials and Gen- Z emerging as the new power players in property buying. Once the domain of older, wealthier generations, property investment is now on the radar of younger buyers, eager to make long-term financial moves early in life. Cities like … Read more
CAIRO: Abu Mohammed al-Jolani is the leader of the Islamist alliance that spearheaded an offensive that rebels say brought down President Bashar al-Assad and ended five decades of Baath Party rule in Syria. Jolani heads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which is rooted in Syria’s branch of Al-Qaeda. He is an extremist who adopted a more … Read more
Beirut: The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive. The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said President Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had … Read more
The Syrian civil war began in 2011 during the wave of anti-government protests inspired by the Arab Spring 1.How has the situation in Syria changed this week? Who is involved? Why did the militants attack now? Here’s what happened: Last week (Week 48), Islamist militants in northwest Syria launched a sudden attack on forces loyal … Read more