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Syria wants the U.N. to hold Washington accountable

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Syria wants the U.N. to hold Washington accountable

September 11th, 20231 On Sunday, September 10, the Syrian government called on the United Nations and the international community to hold the United States government “accountable” for the continuing theft of Syrian oil and other natural resources from northeast Syria.  In a letter addressed to the U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, the Syrian...
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad urges joint Arab action Syria

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad urges joint Arab action

September 7th, 20230 Syria’s foreign minister has warned that the West is seeking to impose its will on other countries, especially throughout the Middle East. Faisal Mekdad urged Arab countries to use joint action to end challenges the Arab world is facing.  While speaking in Cairo before the Arab League Council 160th session on Wednesday, Mekdad said...
U.S. General Mark Milley: U.S. military forces in Syria depends on ISIS threat Syria

U.S. General Mark Milley: U.S. military forces in Syria depends on ISIS threat

August 29th, 20230 The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, told Jordanian TV on August 24 that U.S. military forces would remain stationed in northeast Syria to “fight ISIS” for the foreseeable future.  “The ideology is not dead yet, and there are some ISIS terrorists that are still roaming the deserts of Syria and...
Iran backs the Syrian government's demands for withdrawal of foreign forces Iran

Iran backs the Syrian government’s demands for withdrawal of foreign forces

August 25th, 20230 Amir Saeid Iravani, the Iranian permanent representative to the United Nations, says Iran supports the demands of the Syrian government for a complete withdrawal of “all illegal foreign military forces from Syria.” During a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday addressing the situation in the war-torn country, Iravani argued...
U.S. forces making moves at the Iraqi-Syrian border Iraq

U.S. forces making moves at the Iraqi-Syrian border

August 18th, 20231 According to local reports, U.S. military forces stationed at an airbase in the Anbar province in western Iraq plan to seal off the border running hundreds of kilometers between Iraq and Syria.  The pro-Syrian government al-Watan daily newspaper cited an unnamed Syrian security source, reporting that U.S. troops are planning to close...
Syria, Saudi Arabia move toward restoring embassies, flights Syria

Syria, Saudi Arabia move toward restoring embassies, flights

April 14th, 20230 Syria and Saudi Arabia said Thursday they were moving toward reopening embassies and resuming flights between the two countries for the first time in more than a decade. The joint statement followed a visit by Syria’s top diplomat to the kingdom, the first since Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria in 2012. Syria was...
Dearborn man convicted of aiding ISIS in Syria Community

Dearborn man convicted of aiding ISIS in Syria

February 3rd, 20230 DETROIT — A Dearborn man who was captured on a Syrian battlefield in 2018 has been convicted on charges of providing support to ISIS and attending one of the group's training camps, prosecutors said. A federal jury convicted Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli, 32, on Monday of charges of providing and attempting to provide material support to...
Looped in "line by line", Hezbollah shows pragmatic side in Lebanon-Israel deal Lebanon

Looped in “line by line”, Hezbollah shows pragmatic side in Lebanon-Israel deal

October 24th, 20220 Before Lebanon's government approved a U.S.-brokered deal settling a decades-long maritime boundary dispute with Israel, the powerful Hezbollah had scrutinized the final draft line by line and given a crucial nod of acceptance. Branded a "terrorist group" by Washington and a sworn enemy of Israel, the Iran-backed Hezbollah was certainly...
Syria may "return to larger-scale fighting," U.N. warns in new report World

Syria may “return to larger-scale fighting,” U.N. warns in new report

September 16th, 20220 Syria's simmering 11-year war is at risk of boiling up once again with a return to large-scale combat after several frontlines across the country flared up in recent months, the United Nations warned on Wednesday in a new report. "Syria cannot afford a return to larger-scale fighting, but that is where it may be heading," said Paulo...
Anaheim finally recognizes "Little Arabia" after decades of advocacy U.S.A

Anaheim finally recognizes “Little Arabia” after decades of advocacy

September 15th, 20220 ANAHEIM, CA — After years of lobbying by advocates, Anaheim finally designated its Arab American enclave as "Little Arabia" on Tuesday. In a statement, Anaheim's spokeswoman told CNN the city plans to follow up the designation with in-depth research. "The Little Arabia designation recognizes an area of our city we've always...
In Syria, a poor wheat harvest adds to food worries World

In Syria, a poor wheat harvest adds to food worries

July 22nd, 20220 Poor rainfall, fuel shortages, soaring fertilizer prices: It's been a bad year for farmers in northeastern Syria, where a disappointing wheat crop looks set to deal another blow to food supplies in a country grappling with climate change and war. Farmer Mohamed Hussein said he planted around a fifth of the area he would usually...
ISIS "Beatle" sentenced to life for murdering U.S. hostages U.S.A

ISIS “Beatle” sentenced to life for murdering U.S. hostages

May 3rd, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, a U.S. judge imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of an ISIS militant group nicknamed "The Beatles" who beheaded American hostages, at a hearing where one victim's mother told the defendant, "I will not hate you." U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis in Alexandria, Virginia, held an emotionally...
Lebanese cabinet orders military to investigate deadly capsize of migrant boat World

Lebanese cabinet orders military to investigate deadly capsize of migrant boat

April 26th, 20220 BEIRUT — Lebanon's cabinet ordered the military court on Tuesday to investigate the capsize of a migrant boat after colliding with a naval vessel giving chase, with at least six dead and dozens missing. The boat carrying Lebanese and Syrian migrants sank off the coast near the impoverished northern city of Tripoli on Saturday...
Doctor accused of sexual assault, believed to have fled to Syria, caught in Canada Crime

Doctor accused of sexual assault, believed to have fled to Syria, caught in Canada

March 11th, 20220 MACOMB COUNTY — A Macomb Township doctor wanted by authorities over accusations of sexual assault was caught in Canada after he was initially believed to have fled to his native Syria. Dr. Mfed Mosely, a pediatrician, is accused of sexually assaulting at least three of his young female employees, trying to buy their silence and...
Lebanon's interior minister says it foiled three planned suicide attacks World

Lebanon’s interior minister says it foiled three planned suicide attacks

February 23rd, 20220 BEIRUT — Lebanese security forces have foiled plans by militants linked to ISIS to carry out three suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The plans for the attacks involved rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire as well as suicide vests rigged with explosives that would have killed...
ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says U.S.A

ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says

February 3rd, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The leader of ISIS died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Biden said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the jihadist group's efforts to reorganize as a guerrilla force after losing large swathes of territory. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi had led ISIS...
Syria receives 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine World

Syria receives 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

April 23rd, 20210 DAMASCUS — Thanks to a global initiative, Syria received the first 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, U.N. officials announced on Thursday. The doses were delivered through the global COVAX initiative, which has also delivered the badly needed vaccine to Yemen. Another 54,000 vaccines were delivered to the northwest...
Syria to hold presidential election, slammed by opposition, on May 26 World

Syria to hold presidential election, slammed by opposition, on May 26

April 18th, 20210 DAMASCUS — Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is virtually certain to return President Bashar al-Assad for a third term — an event that Washington and the opposition say is a farce designed to cement his autocratic rule. Assad's family and his Baath party have ruled Syria for five decades with the help of the...
Lebanon energy minister blames fuel shortage on Syria smuggling World

Lebanon energy minister blames fuel shortage on Syria smuggling

April 16th, 20210 BEIRUT - Lebanon's caretaker energy minister on Thursday blamed the country's fuel crisis on profiteers who smuggle gasoline into neighboring Syria. At a Cabinet meeting to discuss the issue, Raymond Ghajar said the gap in gasoline prices between the two countries meant smugglers could make huge profits. "The price of 20 liters of...
Israel pledges to work with U.S. on Iran World

Israel pledges to work with U.S. on Iran

April 11th, 20210 JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister pledged on Sunday to cooperate with the U.S. on Iran, voicing hope that Israeli security would be safeguarded under any renewed Iranian nuclear deal that Washington reaches. “Israel views the United States as a full partner across all operational theatres, not the least Iran,” Benny Gantz...
Born into conflict, 10-year old Syrian child is family's breadwinner World

Born into conflict, 10-year old Syrian child is family’s breadwinner

March 15th, 20210 ALEPPO — Mohammed Abu Rdan has known nothing but conflict throughout his short life. Born in rural Aleppo in 2011 when peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s government began, his childhood is anything but typical. The protests quickly turned into a multi-sided conflict that has sucked in world powers,...
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