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05.10 / 16:17

UPS Man Fighting President country At least 60 killed in drone attack on Syrian military academy

Syria's defence minister left a graduation ceremony there. Civilians and military personnel were killed in the attack on the military academy in the central province of Homs, Syria's defence ministry said in a statement, adding «terrorist» groups had used drones to carry it out.

02.10 / 13:17

Citi awards Death Celebrity country hospital Syrian literary icon & anti-establishment advocate Khaled Khalifa passes away at 59

Khaled Khalifa has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 59 at his home in Damascus, a close friend told AFP. Khalifa, who hailed from Maryamin in northwestern Aleppo province, was celebrated for his novels, television screenplays and newspaper columns, and honoured with several of the Arab world's top literary awards. He «died in his home alone in Damascus» on Saturday, said journalist Yaroub Aleesa, who had spent time with the author during his final days. «We called him repeatedly and he didn't respond.

16.08 / 18:13

Citi Lowe's Target Waters country National Syrian president doubles public sector wages as national currency spirals downwards

Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has doubled public sector wages and pensions as the war-torn country’s national currency spiraled further downwards, reaching a new low for the year

07.08 / 02:19

UPS Citi Target Four Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli strikes near Damascus: state media

Damascus early Monday, state media said, citing a military source. «At 2:20 am (2320 GMT Sunday), the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting areas in the vicinity of Damascus,» state news agency SANA reported. The attack killed «four soldiers and wounded four others», it said, reporting unspecified material damage and adding that Syrian air defences intercepted some of the missiles.

28.07 / 13:33

Waves Southern country Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk

The head of a leading aid group says an impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is endangering 4.1 million Syrians living there

08.07 / 19:41

Provident Syria revokes BBC accreditation: ministry

Syria on Saturday announced it was cancelling the BBC's accreditation over what it called «misleading reports», a rare move against an international media outlet in the war-torn country. «Due to the broadcaster's failure to adhere to professional standards and its insistence on providing biased and misleading reports», the information ministry has decided to «cancel the accreditation» of the BBC's «correspondent and cameraman», it said in a statement.

02.07 / 06:25

Citi Target Israel's air force attacks Syria and Syrian air defence missile explodes over northern Israel

Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs early Sunday causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in a statement. Syrian state media quoted an unnamed military official as saying the air defences shot down some of the missiles fired by Israeli warplanes flying over neighbouring Lebanon.

19.01 / 19:24

Art Syrian doctor goes on trial in Germany accused of torture in military hospitals

A Syrian doctor has gone on trial in Germany accused of crimes against humanity during the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

13.01 / 12:43

NATO Sexual assault Jail Syrian ex-secret police officer given life jail term after landmark German trial

In a landmark verdict in Germany, a former Syrian secret police officer has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of crimes against humanity, the first such process in the world linked to abuses committed by Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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