by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 4, 2017 | Middle East
Damascus- In an effort to escape the Syrian regime’s compulsory military drafting, which would see him tossed at frontlines of bloody battles fought by authoritarian Bashar Al-Assad against his people, a young male self-mutilated in a vivid public display which left...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 7, 2017 | Middle East
The Syrian regime executed at least 13,000 prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail near Damascus, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Amnesty said the atrocious executions took place between 2011 and 2015,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 2, 2017 | Middle East
Washington- United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) declassified documents exposed details which led and in part contributed to the 1976 occupation of Lebanon by Syria– carried out by Hafez al-Assad’s administration to end the then conflict pitting the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East
International investigators first time said that they suspect Syrian regime head Bashar al-Assad and his brother are responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, according to a document seen by Reuters. A joint inquiry for the United Nations and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 22, 2016 | Middle East
At least 1,000 Iranian soldiers deployed to Syria have been reportedly killed, an Iranian official said, underlining Tehran’s increasing presence on front lines of the Syrian conflict. Iran has been sending countless troops to back authoritarian Bashar al-Assad...
