Etiqueta: Syria
‘It’s a kind of revenge’: Damascus suburb demolished as Assad builds a ‘new Syria’
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The Syrian regime is bulldozing former rebel-held neighbourhoods in Damascus under the guise of mine clearance to make space for a “new Syria” of upmarket new building developments and pristine gardens. An investigati...
Siria utiliza un laberinto de compañías ficticias para evitar sanciones a la élite del régimen de Assad
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Russia’s ‘warning’ of Ukraine’s biological weapons sounds just like Syria
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When a Russian spokeswoman took to a podium in Moscow on Wednesday and warned of a “biological weapons programme” in Ukraine, fighters on another battlefield – Syria – understood what she meant. The anti-Assad opposit...
Syria, Afganistán, Guardería golpeada por bombardeos después de que separatistas respaldados por Rusia abrieran fuego en el este de Ucrania – video: how many refugee crises can the world cope with?
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The province of Van, in the east of Turkey, is a place of unbelievable beauty, where snow-covered mountains sweep out of the country and into Iran. Turkey is building a six-metre high wall across its border there, y...
US special forces kill suspected jihadists in north-west Syria raid
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US special forces have hunted down high-ranking jihadists in an airborne raid in north-western Syria, asesinato 13 people in an operation the Pentagon described as “successful”. The overnight operation was thought to be...
Syria cement plant at centre of terror finance investigation ‘used by western spies’
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A cement plant in Syria at the centre of a terror financing investigation in France was used by western intelligence agencies to gather information on hostages held by Islamic State, sources connected to the operation...
Syria: Assad attacks former opposition stronghold with missiles and artillery
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Bashar al-Assad has attacked a former opposition stronghold with missiles and artillery shelling in an attempt to crush a simmering insurrection, in an unprecedented development in Syria’s decade-long war. Deraa al-Ba...
US pushes France and UK to take Isis fighters back from Iraq and Syria
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The continued detention of former Islamic State fighters in Iraqi and Syrian camps is untenable, and more of them must be repatriated to their home countries, the US secretary of state said at a summit of the internat...
El sitio en Siria podría ser el monumento de guerra más antiguo del mundo, hallazgos del estudio
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Los investigadores han identificado un túmulo funerario en el norte de Siria como quizás el monumento de guerra más antiguo conocido del mundo.. El sitio, conocido como el Monumento Blanco, en la ciudad de Tal Banat anteriormente se pensaba que era un ....
‘A dirty business’: how one drug is turning Syria into a narco-state
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En el verano de 2015 a businessman in the Syrian province of Latakia was approached by a powerful security chief, seeking a favour. The official wanted the merchant, an importer of medical supplies, to source large a...
Syria sets May date for presidential election opposition says is farce
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Syria will hold a presidential election on 26 May that is virtually certain to return Bashar al-Assad for a third term, an event Washington and the opposition say is a farce designed to cement his autocratic rule. Ass...
Is Myanmar the new Syria? Rising violence threatens a repeat tragedy
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En agosto 2011, Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s then foreign minister, made a “mercy dash” to Damascus. He appealed in person to Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, to stop killing his people and talk to his opponents after...
UK slashes aid to Syria despite direct appeals from UN
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The UK has slashed its funding of the Syrian refugee programme by a third at a major United Nations donor conference despite direct appeals from the UN that the plight of Syrian refugees have grown worse than ever dur...
The UK professor, a fake Russian spy and the undercover Syria sting
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A more sceptical academic than Paul McKeigue might perhaps have wondered if the emails flooding into his inbox from “Ivan”, a purported Russian spy, were too good to be true. Ivan appeared to share many of McKeigue’s ...
Canal de Suez: Syria ‘rations’ fuel as efforts to free stuck ship fail
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Syrian authorities say they have begun rationing fuel as the blockage of the Suez canal stretched into a sixth day, delaying vital shipments and worsening the country’s oil shortages. Syria has been mired in civil war...
UK imposes sanctions on six senior Syria regime figures
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The UK government has marked the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising against Bashar al-Assad by imposing sanctions on six senior Syrian regime figures including Faisal Mekdad, the new Syrian foreign minister. los ...