Scenes from Damascus suburb of Jaramana amid reports of rebels toppling Hafez Assad statue

(7 Dec 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Damascus, Syria – 7 December 2024 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Traffic and pedestrians in…

UN special envoy to Syria calls for urgent political talks in Geneva to ensure ‘orderly political tr

(7 Dec 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Doha, Qatar – 7 December 2024 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Geir…

Brendan Fraser and producer Mohamed Hefzy among stars on red carpet, as Red Sea International Film F

(7 Dec 2024) ASSOCIATED PRESS Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 7 December 2024 1. Various Brendan Fraser 2. Various premiere guest…

Will Europe let a billionaire with a zebra block Georgians from EU entry? | Berlin Briefing Podcast

“We are basically playing by the rules, whereas Moscow is not,” says Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Die Zeit magazine Michael…

How the Assads stole Syria’s riches | DW News

Syra’s ruling family is out of power. Can a new government now keep the economy going and even improve it…

Iran’s ‘entire strategy’ has ‘crumbled’ with Assad’s overthrow in Syria | To The Point

German-Iranian political scientist Ali Fathollah-Nejad says that the Iranian government’s ‘entire strategy’ in the Middle East has ‘crumbled’ following the…

Israel was ‘quite happy with the Assad regime’ over the Golan Heights | To the Point

Journalist and Middle East expert Kristin Helberg says that Israel was "quite happy with the Assad regime" for maintaining the…

Syria needs its own Marshall Plan now Assad is gone | To The Point

DW’s Maissun Melhem says that Syria needs its own Marshall Plan following the fall of the Assad regime on this…

Hundreds march through Damascus to mourn Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada

Hundreds of mourners joined a funeral march through Damascus on Thursday for Mazen al-Hamada, a Syrian activist who fled to…

Israeli troops seen in Syrian buffer zone. Netanyahu says will stay until secure

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will remain in a Syrian buffer zone until a new force on…