Education institutions reopen after al-Assad's overthrow

Dec 16, 2024

Damascus [Syria], December 16: Students and government employees began returning to their institutions in Damascus on Sunday, signalling a gradual return to normal everyday life...

22 killed in Israeli Gaza strikes

Dec 16, 2024

Jerusalem [Israel], December 16: At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while the Israeli military said it...

Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week after Assad's overthrow

Dec 16, 2024

Damascus [Syria], December 16: Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago,...

Trump and Netanyahu discuss Gaza hostages and Syria

Dec 16, 2024

Gaza City [Gaza]/Damascus [Syria], December 16: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about developments in Syria and a recent push...

Several hundreds, maybe thousands, may have died in Mayotte cyclone

Dec 16, 2024

Mamoudzou [Mayotte], December 16: Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit...

Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems

Dec 16, 2024

Paris [France], December 16: When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase subsidies for...

Israel attacks schools and homes in Gaza, a day after Nuseirat massacre

Dec 15, 2024

Gaza border [Israel], December 15: Israel is still attacking homes and schools across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several people just one day after...

South Korea's President Yoon impeached over martial law debacle

Dec 15, 2024

Seoul [South Korea], December 15: South Korea's parliament on Saturday voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, almost two weeks following his botched attempt to...

Turkey reopens its Syrian embassy after 12 years

Dec 15, 2024

Istanbul [Turkey], December 15: Turkey reopened its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, state broadcaster TRT reported, a week after a rebel alliance...