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December 13, 2024 10:28 PM

Could UN sanctions on Syrian rebels HTS be removed?

The rebel group that led the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) - has long been under United Nations sanctions, which the U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has described as "a complicating factor for all ...

December 13, 2024 6:46 PM

Assad’s final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight

Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told reporters. Hou...

December 12, 2024 8:46 PM

US sees Assad’s fall as chance to destroy Syria’s chemical arsenal ‘once and for all’

The United States sees the fall of Bashar al-Assad as an extraordinary chance to rid Syria "once and for all" of chemical weapons that killed or injured thousands of people in its civil war, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Washington wi...

December 12, 2024 12:57 PM

Syria’s rebel leader vows to dissolve Assad regime security forces, close prisons

The main commander of the fighters who toppled Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that he would dissolve the security forces of the former regime, close its prisons and hunt down anyone involved in the torture or killing of detainees. Syrian rebel le...

December 11, 2024 5:23 PM

“Whatever Iran needs is available in India,” Iran’s envoy to India

Iran's Ambassador to India, Iraj Elahi, highlighted the significant potential for collaboration between the two nations, saying that India has everything that Iran needs. Speaking at the Iran Food Festival in New Delhi on Wednesday, Elahi emphasized...

December 11, 2024 1:04 PM

India successfully evacuates 75 nationals from Syria after rebel forces overthrow Assad regime

India evacuated 75 of its nationals from war-torn Syria after rebel forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), overthrew President Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian regime. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed on Wednesday that all evacuees...

December 11, 2024 1:05 PM

Refugees return to Syria as caretaker prime minister appointed

Refugees from Syria's long civil war were making their way home on Wednesday, as a new interim prime minister said he had been appointed with the backing of the rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. officials, engaging with rebels led...

December 10, 2024 11:06 AM

Syria’s rebels work to form government, restore order after Assad ouster

The lightning overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad left Syrians, countries in the region and world powers nervous on Tuesday about what comes next as the rebel alliance took its first steps in a government transition. The United Nations Securit...

December 10, 2024 11:07 AM

Assad’s fall brings ‘the moment’ to rid Syria of chemical weapons

The downfall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, found to have used chemical weapons against his own people on multiple occasions during the civil war, creates an opportunity to rid the country of banned munitions, diplomatic sources said on Monday. The Org...

December 9, 2024 7:45 PM

Assad’s exit shatters Iran’s influence but risks Islamists’ rise in Syria

The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network of influence in the Middle East but Israel, the United States and Arab powers must now deal with the risk of instability and...