Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday that Türkiye will reopen a border gate with Syria in southern Hatay province to facilitate the voluntary and secure return of Syrian refugees. “We…
Netanyahu is set to testify Tuesday for the first time in his trial for bribery
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to testify Tuesday for the first time in his trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges. His testimony will begin in an underground…
Swedish party leader asks Syrians to consider returning home
After the Assad regime fell, party leader Jimmie Åkesson of the Sweden Democrats wants Syrians in Sweden to have their residence permits reviewed. Åkesson believes the basis for asylum may have been…
Syria: Crisis meeting in the Security Council tonight
The UN Security Council will convene for an emergency meeting on Monday on the situation in Syria, diplomatic sources told the AFP news agency. According to the same sources, Russia has taken…
EU report: 2024 will be the warmest year on record
The EU service Copernicus states that 2024 will be the warmest year ever recorded. The report presented on Monday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows that the extraordinarily high temperatures…
Britain opens up on removing terrorist designation from Syrian rebel group
Sky News reports that British authorities are now considering removing the terrorist label from Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), the rebel group that has led the offensive that overthrew the Assad regime….
Tunisia looks forward to scaling up economic integration with Libya
Tunisia looks forward to scaling up economic integration with Libya, Tunisian Prime Minister Kamel Maddouri was quoted as saying by the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP). In an opening statement at the 38th…
Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum opens in Iran
The 26th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) kicked off in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday, the official news agency IRNA reported. Chaired by Iranian Oil Minister…
Syria’s embassy in Moscow has changed its flag
The state-run Russian news agency Tass reports that the Syrian embassy in Moscow has replaced the Syrian flag used by the Assad regime with the flag used by rebel groups. The AFP…
Kremlin: Putin made decision to grant Assad asylum
The Kremlin says in a statement that it was President Vladimir Putin himself who made the decision to grant Bashar al-Assad asylum in Russia, after his regime was overthrown over the weekend,…