He ordered nerve gas against his own population – now he spends his days playing online games in a skyscraper in Moscow. Syria's deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad is living a good life under Vladimir Putin's protection, according to an investigation by the German Die Zeit.
WorldThe World Bank estimates that it will cost around 2,000 billion kronor to rebuild Syria after more than a decade of civil war. The billion amount corresponds to almost ten times the country's GDP for 2024.
WorldSyria is holding elections today for the first time since Bashar al-Assad's regime fell in December. But it's not a matter of a popular uprising: I don't know if we're supposed to vote, says a business owner in the capital Damascus.
World politicsA 55-year-old Swedish citizen is being prosecuted for, among other things, having participated in an attack on a peaceful demonstration in Syria in 2012, when several civilians were killed.
CrimeSyria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will be present at the UN General Assembly in New York during next week, reports the state Syrian media.
World politicsThe Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen has been the UN's special envoy in the turmoil and war-torn Syria for seven years. On Thursday, he unexpectedly submitted his resignation.
World politicsIn the middle of Tuesday, Israeli fighter jets dropped ten bombs over a residential area in central Doha, the capital of Qatar. Can one attack another sovereign state in that way? Two professors of international law sort it out.
ConflictsIsrael has carried out raids against targets near Syria's capital Damascus, according to Syrian state media. Israel says that talks about demilitarization of southern Syria are underway.
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