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Mohammed al-Bashir chaired a meeting with ministers from both the transitional and former governments
Syria's new transitional PM calls for stability and calm
DAMASCUS — The prime minister of Syria's new transitional government has said it is time for people to "enjoy stability and calm" after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.Mohammed al-Bashir, the former head of the rebel administration in the north-west, was speaking to Al Jazeera after being tasked with governing until March 2025 by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies.Bashir chaired a meeting in Damascus on Tuesday attended by members of his new government and those of Assad's former cabinet to discuss the transfer of portfolios and institutions.It came as the UN envoy for Syria said the rebels must transform their "good messages" into practice on the ground.The US secretary of state meanwhile said Washington would...
December 11, 2024

Syria's new transitional PM calls for stability and calm

A sunken large boat close to the dockside in the Syrian port town of Latakia
Israel confirms attack on Syrian naval fleet
DAMASCUS — Israel has confirmed it carried out attacks on Syria's naval fleet, as part of its efforts to neutralize military assets in the country after the fall of the Assad regime.In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its ships struck the ports at Al-Bayda and Latakia on Monday night, where 15 vessels were docked.The BBC has verified videos showing blasts at the port of Latakia, with footage appearing to show extensive damage to ships and parts of the port.The IDF also said its warplanes had conducted more than 350 air strikes on targets across Syria, while moving ground forces into the demilitarised buffer zone between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights.Earlier, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said it had documented more than 310 strikes by...
December 11, 2024

Israel confirms attack on Syrian naval fleet

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the district court in Tel Aviv on Tuesday
Netanyahu testifies in historic corruption trial for the first time
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial to give testimony that will likely force him to juggle between the courtroom and war room for weeks, the Reuters news agency reported.Netanyahu, 75, is Israel’s first sitting prime minister to be charged with a crime. He is the country’s longest-serving leader, having been in power almost consecutively since 2009.“I have been waiting for eight years for this moment to tell the truth,” Netanyahu told the three judges hearing the case. “But I am also a prime minister ... I am leading the country through a seven-front war. And I think the two can be done in parallel.”He smiled confidently when he entered the Tel Aviv District Court around...
December 10, 2024

Netanyahu testifies in historic corruption trial for the first time

A man uses a sledgehammer during the search for secret cells containing detainees at Saydnaya prison, north of Damascus
Syria rescuers end search for secret cells in notorious prison
DAMASCUS — Rescue workers from the White Helmets say they have ended their search operation for possible detainees in secret cells or basements at Syria's notorious Saydnaya military prison without finding anyone.Specialized teams assisted by K9 dog units and individuals familiar with the layout combed the prison and its grounds on Monday, as crowds gathered in the hope of finding their missing relatives."The search did not uncover any unopened or hidden areas within the facility," a White Helmets statement said.The news came as rebel fighters said they had found almost 40 bodies showing signs of torture in the mortuary of a hospital in the capital, Damascus.Meanwhile, the leader of the Islamist militant group whose offensive led to the overthrow of President Bashar...
December 10, 2024

Syria rescuers end search for secret cells in notorious prison

Syrians arrive to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate, near the town of Antakya, southern Turkey, Monday, 9 December 2024
Syrian refugees in Turkey begin returning home as al-Assad’s regime falls
ANKARA — Hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at Turkey’s southern border crossings on Monday, preparing to return home following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government.At the Cilvegozu and Oncupinar gates, which correspond to Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salameh gates on the Syrian side, refugees arrived with belongings in suitcases or sacks, many camping overnight, despite the cold weather.Muhammed Zin, 28, who fled Damascus in 2016, expressed relief. “Assad was shooting us, killing us. I will return to Syria now. Thank God, the war is over,” he told The Associated Press.The fall of al-Assad has sparked celebrations among the 3 million Syrians in Turkey, with them replacing the Syrian Consulate’s flag with that of the opposition.Mustafa Sultan, 29, is crossing the border to...
December 10, 2024

Syrian refugees in Turkey begin returning home as al-Assad’s regime falls

Syrian citizens wave the revolutionary flag and shout slogans, as they celebrate during the second day of the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Monday
Syrian government services come to a 'complete halt' as state workers stay home after rebel takeover
DAMASCUS — Syria’s Prime Minister said on Monday that most cabinet ministers were back at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad.However, a UN official said the country’s public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt” with some state workers reportedly failing to return to their jobs.The public sector “has just come to a complete and abrupt halt," said UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Adam Abdelmoula, noting, for example, that an aid flight carrying urgently needed medical supplies had been put on hold after aviation employees abandoned their jobs.“This is a country that has had one government for 53 years and then suddenly all of those who have been demonized by the public media are now in charge in the nation’s capital,”...
December 10, 2024

Syrian government services come to a 'complete halt' as state workers stay home after rebel takeover

Abandoned tanks are seen at Mezzeh Air Base after Syrian government forces deserted their posts on December 8, 2024, in Damascus
US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals
WASHINGTON — Two former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officials have been charged with war crimes for allegedly torturing Americans and other civilians who were deemed enemies by the Syrian government and held in a military prison, the Department of Justice said Monday.US prosecutors say the two officials in former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime oversaw operations of the detention facilities at the Mezzeh Military Airport near Damascus, where detainees were beaten, electrocuted, hung by their wrists, burned with acid and had their toenails removed. The alleged crimes occurred during the civil war that wracked the country for over a decade and culminated in the extraordinary fall of the Assad regime over the weekend.Former Syrian air force intelligence officers Jamil Hassan, 72,...
December 10, 2024

US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals

Smoke rising on the horizon of a street in Damascus
Israel carries out dozens of air strikes across Syria, reports say
LONDON — Syrian media reports say Israeli warplanes have carried out dozens of attacks across the country, including in the capital, Damascus.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said there were more than 100 strikes on military targets.A research center with suspected links to chemical weapon production was among the sites hit, according to local media reports.Israel says it is acting to stop weapons falling "into the hands of extremists" following the overthrow of the Assad regime.On Monday, the UN Security Council met to discuss the situation in the country following the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad, and said they will work on a statement in the coming days."The council, I think, was more or less united on the need to preserve the territorial...
December 10, 2024

Israel carries out dozens of air strikes across Syria, reports say

A man in a baseball cap walks past a window at night. He's silhouetted against the building and the soft white light coming from the window
Syrian asylum seekers in limbo as countries stop applications
LONDON — A number of European countries, including the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad.Austria's caretaker government has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and says it is making plans to repatriate or deport people back to their homeland, arguing that the situation in the country has changed fundamentally.Germany (home to a million Syrians), the United Kingdom, France, and Greece have all said they will halt asylum decisions for now.The moves potentially leave thousands of Syrians in limbo, following the collapse of the Assad regime after 50 years of brutal rule.Since 2011, the UN says more than 14 million Syrians have been forced to flee their homes in search of safety.Austria's...
December 10, 2024

Syrian asylum seekers in limbo as countries stop applications

In one clip, a young child wanders through an open cell door
Reports of people trapped underground at notorious Syrian prison
DAMASCUS — The Syrian civil defense group known as the White Helmets says it is investigating reports from survivors of the country's notorious Saydnaya prison that people are being detained in hidden underground cells.Writing on X, the group says it has deployed five "specialized emergency teams" to the prison, who are being helped by a guide familiar with the prison's layout.Saydnaya is one of the prisons to have been liberated as rebels took control of the country.Authorities in Damascus province reported that efforts were continuing to free prisoners, some of whom were "almost choking to death" from lack of ventilation.The Damascus Countryside Governorate has appealed on social media to former soldiers and prison workers in Bashar al-Assad's regime to...
December 09, 2024

Reports of people trapped underground at notorious Syrian prison

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