Who controls what in Syria as post-Assad transition begins?
6 days ago · Syria is predominantly controlled by rebel groups and Kurdish-led forces following the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday. A transition involving Assad’s government is currently underway, though questions remain about who will rule the country and the status of foreign forces, including Russia’s.
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3 days ago · Washington laid out its conditions for a post-Assad government but appears reluctant to leverage its military foothold as Turkish-backed rebels continued to attack the Syrian Kurdish-led SDF, threatening the fragile cohesion among US-backed militias seen as essential to keeping a lid on the dangerous remnants of Islamic State.
Wary Europe eyes Syria with hope -- and fear - Al-Monitor
5 days ago · European leaders have hailed the end of Bashar al-Assad's brutal rule in Syria as a moment of hope -– but they also view his sudden toppling as fraught with dangers.As the war-torn country charts a new course, Europe is anxious to avoid fresh turmoil that could send migrants and jihadists once again heading to the continent."This historic change in the region offers …
Australian police seek three suspects in synagogue blaze
6 days ago · Australian police said on Monday they are hunting for three suspects over an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, which has been designated as a terrorist act.Mask-wearing attackers set the Adass Israel Synagogue ablaze before dawn on Friday, police said, gutting much of the building.Some congregants were inside the single-storey building at the time but …
Huthi drone fired from Yemen hits central Israeli residential building
5 days ago · A drone claimed by Yemen's Huthi rebels exploded on the top floor of a residential building in the central Israeli city of Yavne on Monday, causing no injuries, the Israeli military and emergency services said.The Iran-backed Huthis have launched several attacks against Israel during Israel's war with militant group Hamas that began more than a year ago in Gaza.
Prisoners stagger free from Syria's 'slaughterhouse' jail
5 days ago · Armed men broke the bolts on the cell and the prisoners crept out: haggard, bewildered and scarcely believing that their years of torment in Syria's most brutal jail were over."What has happened?" asked one prisoner after another."You are free, come out! It is over," cried the voice of a man filming them on his telephone."Bashar has gone. We have crushed …
Australian police seek three suspects in 'terrorist' synagogue blaze ...
6 days ago · Australian police said Monday they are hunting for three suspects over an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, designating it a terrorist act.Mask-wearing attackers set the Adass Israel Synagogue ablaze before dawn on Friday, police said, gutting much of the building.Some congregants were inside the single-storey building at the time but no serious …
Syria rebel leader discusses 'transfer of power' after Assad's fall
5 days ago · Syria's Islamist rebel leader on Monday began discussions on transferring power, a day after his opposition alliance dramatically unseated president Bashar al-Assad following decades of brutal rule. Assad fled Syria as the Islamist-led rebels swept into the capital, bringing a spectacular end on Sunday to five decades of brutal rule by his clan.He oversaw a crackdown …
'The revolution has won': Syrians in Iraqi Kurdistan celebrate …
6 days ago · Brandishing the flag of the opposition, dozens of Syrian refugees in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Sunday celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad, dubbing the Syrian president's fall a victory for the "revolution".After nearly 14 years of civil war in their home country, Syrians gathered near the centuries-old citadel in the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil, many of them breaking …
US envoy travels to seek journalist Tice in Syria
5 days ago · The United States on Monday vowed to make all efforts to bring back journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria in 2012, with a US envoy heading to the region after strongman Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.Roger Carstens, the US special envoy on hostage affairs, has arrived in nearby Beirut on a mission to find information on Tice, US officials said.