The dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime forced healthcare workers to give false testimony after the deadly chlorine gas attack in Douma 2018, two doctors and a nurse tell the news agency AFP.
WorldKurdish-led SDF, which controls large parts of northern and northeastern Syria, reports that a counteroffensive against the Ankara-backed militia alliance SNA has been launched on Tuesday.
ConflictsThe militias that overthrew Syria's dictator Bashar al-Assad have agreed to dissolve. The factions will instead be incorporated into a new national defense under the Ministry of Defense, according to leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.
WorldAustin is alive. We know that as a fact. That's what Nizar Zakka, spokesperson for Hostage Aid Worldwide (HAW), says, who has followed the case of the missing US journalist Austin Tice in Syria.
WorldIn prisons and morgues, Syrians desperately search for husbands, brothers, and sons. Nameless bodies bear witness to the regime's brutality. Someone is missing eyes, along a neck, the marks of a rope are visible. Tens of thousands of people are missing after decades of dictatorship. For the relatives, a new era of uncertainty has begun.
WorldHigh American diplomats visit Syria for the first time since the dictator Bashar al-Assad was ousted at the beginning of December. There, they have met the HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa – and now announce that the reward for his capture is being scrapped.
World politicsDemonstrators in Damascus demand that Syria's interim government upholds the rights of the female population. The new leaders promise that girls will be allowed to continue attending school.
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