Local Lebanon news agencies have reported that Lebanese Officials have lodged a protest at the UN over Israel had violated Lebanese sovereignty by using Lebanese airspace to target Syrian territory.…
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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
Check out our latest stories and news from Syria.
US official says there was an 'indirect fire attack' against troops in eastern Syria
US forces in eastern Syria took indirect fire on Saturday but initial reports did not indicate any casualties or damage, a US defense official told Reuters.
US must stop its interference in the region, Iran says after overnight airstrikes
The United States is “moving on the wrong path” and must stop its interference in the region, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday following US military airstrikes against pro-Iranian militias…
Daily News Briefing: Essex ‘major incident’ - England passes 50,000 daily cases - Senate decides on Trump
Wednesday 30 december news briefing BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING Wednesday 30 December 2020 News Briefing -As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active Covid-19 numbers. Global COVID-19…
The 24-year-old Spanish woman who went from Fallera to Jihadist
The 24-year-old Spanish woman who went from Fallera to Jihadist 24-year-old Cristina B was arrested last week for belonging to a terrorist organisation after she attempted to cross into the…
Tox Torture Testimony: Why we must all watch this shocking video
Why we must all watch this shocking video By Yvonne Ridley This is the video the leaders of the Syrian rebel group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham did not want you to…
Greece secretly sent away more than 1,000 migrants - including babies, abandoning them in open seas
Greece secretly sent away more than 1,000 migrants – including babies, abandoning them in open seas The New York Times has reported that at least 1,072 migrants were sailed to…
Breaking News: American journalist arrested by Syrian rebels
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 war-torn region, was arrested yesterday…
Daily News Briefing: England's Death toll revised down by more than 5,000
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 coronavirus death toll in England…
Dramatic gunpoint confrontation 'Tortured' British aid worker in Syria arrested again
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 snatched by armed, masked members of…
Israeli missiles attack kills 5 Syrians in Damascus
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 has denied being part of…
Exclusive: Yvonne Ridley reaches out to Syrian Rebels over kidnapped British Aid Worker 'Tox'
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 aid worker Tauqir ‘Tox’ Sharif…
British aid worker kidnapped in Syria - By Yvonne Ridley
British aid worker kidnapped in Syria – by Yvonne Ridley, Diplomatic Editor A British aid worker was kidnapped on Monday night by members of a Sunni Islamist militant group in…
Syrian man attacks Egyptian doctor in Kuwait, breaks his legs in clinic
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, a Syrian man verbally and…
Coronavirus Pandemic stoking the fires in Middle East
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 in the region are young.…
Daily News Briefing: Turkey in social media blackout - Coronavirus spreads around the world as markets fall & Polanksi to skip French Oscars over fears of lynching
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 the world, more confirmed cases. …
Daily News Briefing: UK hears US Assange case - Israel carries out strikes in Syria & Gaza - Lesotho PM fails to turn up to court for murder charge & N Korea quarantines foreigners
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 the case against him is…
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