By Yvonne Ridley. Syrian-based American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem who took the US Government to court for putting him on a “kill list” in the…
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Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon to the southwest, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.
Capital: Damascus
President: Bashar al-Assad
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GLOBAL COVID-19 TODAY CORONAVIRUS CASES: 20,810,640 DEATHS: 747,291 RECOVERED: 13,712,440 …………………………………… England’s Death toll revised down by more than 5,000 The Guardian says the…
A dramatic gunpoint confrontation with “his torturer” saw British aid worker Tauqir ‘Tox’ Sharif being re-arrested in rebel-controlled Idlib in Syria yesterday. Sharif was originally…
Five ‘freedom fighters’ were killed in an Israeli missile that struck in the south of the Syrian capital of Damascus. In a conflict that Israel…
British author and WTX News Journalist Yvonne Ridley has made an astonishing offer to go to war-torn Syria and demand the release of East London…
British aid worker kidnapped in Syria – by Yvonne Ridley, Diplomatic Editor A British aid worker was kidnapped on Monday night by members of a…
Police are hunting for a man who attacked an Egyptian doctor in a clinic, security sources said. “Clad in Kuwaiti white robe and checkered headscarf,…
The Middle East has many reasons to fear the coronavirus pandemic, but it has one big advantage when it comes to resisting it. Most people…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – markets fell in Asian on Friday as the coronavirus has spread around…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – Britain starts hearing the US case for extraditing Julian Assange today, if…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – Boris Johnson’s adviser has quit after backlash following comments he made about…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are: Israeli jets strike Syria – Syrian military has said Israeli jets have struck…
Hundreds of Iraqi protesters storm US embassy in Baghdad. They have reportedly broken into the US embassy compound as violence erupted at the grounds of…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, world leaders are reacting to the US air attacks on Shia militia. Thousands of tourists and…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, Hong Kongers are protesting in the rain as more than six months of pro-democracy demonstrations continue. …
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, North Korea’s so-called ‘Christmas gift’ could be a new hardline anti-US policy. Australia PM smacks down…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, in Honduras, eighteen prisoners have died after another clash in another overcrowded prison. Tens of thousands…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, the suspects of the rape and murder of an Indian vet have been shot dead by…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, we start with the story of a young doctor who was brutally raped and murdered in…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, We start with the bombshell testimony in the United States in the President Trump impeachment probe,…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, the Israeli military claim they have destroyed Syrian targets in response to the four rockets fired.…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has slammed US Mike Pompeo’s comments supporting the economic protests. In Hong…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, China has jailed nine people, one with a suspended death sentence for illegally selling fentanyl to…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, Hong Kong has fallen into recession as the protests show no signs of stopping. Over in…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, Lebanese protesters have rejected the president’s plea for talks. We head to the U.S with news…