Category: 3. Middle East

DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The trial of a dual national holding European citizenship has begun in Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, saying they were indicted for “intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the…

Thousands of Syrians have gathered in the capital Damascus to celebrate one year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. A military parade will mark the end of a dynasty that brought decades of oppression and war to the Syrian people.

As the chapter closes on Yasser Abu Shabab, 32, the “Popular Forces” militia leader who appeared in Rafah during the war and was widely viewed as a collaborator with Israel, Ghassan al-Duhaini has been named his successor.

Soon after Abu…

Syria’s foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani, said that Israel’s occupation continues to pose one of the most serious challenges facing the Syrian state, stressing that the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the…

Feuding countries trade accusations amid escalating dispute following Japanese PM’s comments about Taiwan.

Japan has summoned China’s ambassador over an incident in…

A prominent Sudanese doctor’s group has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of raping at least 19 women as they fled the city of el-Fasher in Darfur.

The Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement on Sunday that it documented the…

Video shows crowds in Gaza celebrating after Palestine qualified for the Arab Cup quarter-finals. Palestinians waved flags, chanted songs and gathered around screens in a rare moment of joy amid the ongoing devastation.

GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – More than 3 million Syrians have returned home since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule a year ago but a decline in global funding could deter others, the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday.

Some 1.2 million refugees…

December 8 marks one year since the al-Assad dynasty, which lasted 54 years, was removed from power by a rebel offensive.

The 14-year-long war led to one of the world’s largest migration crises, with some 6.8 million Syrians, about a third of…

Aid cuts mean UN is asking for just half of anticipated need and is forced to prioritise only the most desperate, despite increased instability and conflict across the globe.