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In this In this March 12, 2016 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem sits beneath a portrait of Syrian regime head Bashar Assad as he speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Reuters

Kerry Discounts Syrian Suggestion of Talks on Unity Government

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 26, 2016 | Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday dismissed a suggestion previously presented by pro-regime Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem that the ruling regime is prepared to take part in a unity government, given its continued bombing of the city of Aleppo....

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French President Francois Hollande talks to Vietnamese chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at the National Assembly’s Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, Reuters

France’s Hollande Blames Assad’s Regime for Ceasefire Failure

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 20, 2016 | Middle East

French President Francois Hollande blamed the Syrian regime on Tuesday for the collapse of a U.S.-Russia-backed ceasefire and urged foreign backers of regime head Bashar al-Assad to help enforce peace or risk the country fragmenting. “I say to the Syrian...

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Iranian Hajj Pilgrim Tells Horrific Story of Prison Torture Back Home

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Sep 9, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah- Jamal Boukareem tells the horrific tales of ongoing torture, which seems to be the norm in Iranian prisons. Cringing at the sight of soup, Boukareem recollects horrifying memories of prison officers in Tehran promising to chop his child into cutlets that would...

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70 Cases of Suffocation After Barrel Bombs Are Dropped on Eastern Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2016 | Middle East

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, barrel bombs dropped on eastern neighbourhoods in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria, yesterday, caused 70 cases of suffocation. Opposition activists accused the Syrian regime’s forces of using poisonous chlorine...

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A woman breathes through an oxygen mask at al-Quds hospital, after a hospital and a civil defense group said a gas, what they believed to be chlorine, was dropped alongside barrel bombs on a neighborhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo, Syria, early August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Rescue Workers Report on Suspected Aleppo Chlorine Attack Choking Dozens

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 6, 2016 | Middle East

A suspected chlorine gas attack on an opposition-held neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo had reportedly caused dozens of cases of suffocation on Tuesday, rescue workers and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Civil Defense, a rescue workers’ organization...