WOW: How a driving school programme empowers Pakistani women
Pakistani student Laiba Rashid, 22, hopes her life will change once she learns how to drive a motorcycle after undergoing a ...
Syria’s Rebel Leader Offers Hint of Timetable for Potential Elections
Shara, who led the rebel offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad, offered little clarity on what the electoral process might ...
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Syrian authorities crack down on ‘remnants’ of Bashar al-Assad’s rule
Syria’s new administration is carrying out a security crackdown against what it has described as “remnants” of former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, with operations under way in several ...
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Syria's embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officers
Syria’s embassy in Lebanon has suspended consular ... While the country’s new leaders have not attempted to impose Islamic dress or other conventions, it remains to be seen what role women ...
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An Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital kills 11, war monitor says
BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday killed 11 people, according to a war monitor, as Israel continues to target Syrian weapons and military infrastructure even ...
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If Syrian Chemical Weapons Were Found, the U.S. Army Could Safely Destroy Them
A civilian team at a base in Maryland disposed of Syrian toxins a decade ago after hundreds of people were killed in a nerve agent attack. By John Ismay Reporting from Washington Since armed ...
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Syria's de facto leader al-Sharaa says it could take four years to hold elections
Syria's de facto leader has said it could take up to four years to hold elections in the country and that he plans to dissolve his Islamist group that led the country's insurgency at an ...
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Kurdish militia in Syria will be buried if they do not lay down arms, Turkey's Erdogan says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria will either lay down ...
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Syrian equestrian champion tells of prison ordeal lasting two decades after beating Bashar al Assad's brother
A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad's older brother in a competition. Adnan Kassar, once a celebrated figure in ...
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Israel deploys paratroopers to Syria in 'defense activities' after fall of Assad
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed paratroopers into Syria to conduct "defense activities" on Sunday, after the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. The IDF said the ...
Middle East Eye5d
Deciphering the web of US sanctions on Syria
Syria was already so heavily sanctioned that few cords connecting it to the global financial system were left to cut. "We're talking about a country whose economy is about the size of Pittsburgh's ...
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Syria's unaccounted for chemical weapons 'extremely worrying,' UN official says
The regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fell after over 13 years of civil war and nearly 54 years of his family’s dynastic rule. While many Syrians across the country and members of the ...