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Iranian Lawmakers Seek To Impose Stricter Hijab Penalties: Report
Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Israel, Hamas "Days Away" From Finalising Gaza Ceasefire, Hostage Deal
After over a year of deadly war in Gaza, a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas seems closer than ever before. With talks in Cairo making progress, an agreement to halt the 14-month-old war in the Palestinian enclave.
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"You Are Prisoner No. 3006": Inside Bashar Al-Assad's Jail
For five and a half months Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed languished in one of President Bashar al-Assad's jails, losing 40 kilograms, all the while under the threat of imminent execution.
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Iran Holds Back Hijab Law After Widespread Condemnation
The hijab discourse was reinforced more so when a woman, Parastoo Ahmadi, was arrested after she posted a video of herself singing on YouTube with her hair down without a hijab, in a sleeveless dress, with four male musicians
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Pope's Autobiography Reveals He Was Almost Assassinated In Iraq In 2021
The Pope disclosed that he was the target of an attempted suicide bombing during his historic visit to Iraq in March 2021. This was the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, and it turned out to be one of the riskiest foreign trips of his 11-year papacy.
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Syrian Prisoner US Reporter Freed Turns Out To Be Assad Regime Worker Accused Of War Crimes
Social media users have questioned CNN's role in the entire incident as it was revealed that the alleged prisoner was accused of war crimes.
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Abandoned Tanks, Russian Request: Bashar Al-Assad's Final Hours In Syria
Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Monday issued his first statement since his regime fell over a week ago and denied a "planned" departure from the country that his family ruled for nearly five decades.
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"Syria In Hands Of Terrorism": Assad's First Statement From Russia
Bashar al-Assad, in his first statement since his regime fell in Syria last week, has denied a "planned" departure from his country, news agency AFP reported.
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Flash Villas, Cars And Drugs: Assad's Legacy In Latakia
The drive winds between manicured lavender-lined lawns to a crescent-shaped home with a gleaming swimming pool on the Syrian coast: Bashar al-Assad's holiday hideaway disgusts those who now come here.
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Israel Will "Double" Population In Golan Heights After Fall Of Syria's Assad
Israel's government on Sunday approved a plan to double its population in the Golan Heights following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Once A Leading Force, Assad's Baath Party Now A Fading Relic In Middle East
The Baath party, once a powerful symbol of Arab nationalism, has become a fading relic of authoritarian rule in the Middle East after the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, analysts told AFP.
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Impact Of Israel's Heaviest Bomb Strikes In Syria Registered On Richter Scale: Report
The Israeli bomb explosion took place in northwestern Syria near the city of Tartus with a giant mushroom cloud fireball visible in the aftermath.
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30 North Korean Soldiers Killed, Wounded In Russia's Kursk Region: Ukraine
Ukraine said Monday that its troops killed or wounded at least 30 North Korean soldiers who had been deployed by Russia to its western Kursk region, where Ukraine has seized territory.
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Opinion | 14 Years On, The Arab Spring Morphs Into An Islamic Winter
All that one can safely say at this stage about the impact of the Arab Spring phenomenon is that it has shown a harsh mirror to the various stakeholders and made them aware of the limits of their respective powers.
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Bashar al-Assad Airlifted $250 Million Of Syria's Wealth To Moscow: Report
Assad fled Syria on December 8 following an 11-day rebel offensive led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
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After Assad's Ouster, Nations Intensify Contact Efforts With New Syria Rulers
Foreign countries stepped up efforts Sunday to establish contacts with Syria's interim rulers, a week after Islamist-led rebels sent President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Moscow, ending decades of brutal rule.
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UK In 'Diplomatic Contact' With Syrian Rebels After Bashar Al-Assad's Ouster
Britain's foreign minister said Sunday that London had established diplomatic contact with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group in Syria, which led the offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad.
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Antony Blinken Says US In Contact With New Syria Rulers
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's comment on "direct contact" with the HTS rebels came despite the United States having designated the group as terrorists in 2018.
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Lost Syrian Military Supply Route After Bashar al-Assad's Fall: Hezbollah Chief
Hezbollah head Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the Lebanese armed group had lost its supply route through Syria, in his first comments since the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad nearly a week ago by a sweeping rebel offensive.
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Syria's Assad Told Iran That Turkey Was Aiding Rebels To Unseat Him: Report
In the final days leading to his ouster, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad complained to Iran's foreign minister that Turkey was actively supporting Sunni rebels in their offensive to topple him, two Iranian officials told Reuters this week.
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