London, Dec 15, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Nearly 13,500 migrants have been removed from Britain since the election, the government has said, as the home…
Middle East
Iran releases singer Parastoo held for infringing dress code
Tehran, Dec 15, (dpa/GNA) – Iranian authorities have released singer Parastoo Ahmadi, who had been held for performing without a hijab, her lawyer told…
Syria’s HTS wants to integrate armed fighters into military
Beirut, Dec. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s de facto leader following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, said on Tuesday that he plans to dissolve armed groups…
Reports of 20 dead in Israeli attack in Khan Younis in Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv/Gaza, Dec. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Around 20 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a former school building in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources…
Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Israeli attack in Gaza Strip
Gaza/Tel Aviv, Dec. 16, (dpa/GNA) – The Qatari-based Al Jazeera television news channel said on Sunday evening that a cameraman working for it and five employees of…
Hope and fear as world powers absorb al-Assad’s stunning end in Syria
Cairo, Dec. 9, (dpa/GNA) – Government around the world have reacted to the abrupt fall of the al-Assad family’s five-decade rule over Syria with a mixture of…
Syria faces future without al-Assad as ousted leader flees to Moscow
Cairo/Beirut, Dec. 9, (dpa/GNA) – Syrians were facing a new political reality on Sunday after rebels took the capital Damascus, ending the two-decade regime of president Bashar…
UN: Around 150,000 people have fled Syria amid ongoing fighting
Beirut, Dec. 5, (dpa/GNA) – Around 150,000 people have been forced to flee their homes amid escalating fighting between rebel-led forces and government troops in Syria, according…
dpa photographer Alkharboutli killed in Syria
Hama, Dec. 4, (dpa/GNA) – A photographer working for dpa, Anas Alkharboutli, has been killed during the latest fighting in Syria. The 32-year-old photojournalist was killed in…
Tehran condemns attack on Iranian consulate in Syria’s Aleppo
Tehran, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Tehran on Saturday, strongly condemned an attack on the Iranian consulate general in Aleppo, after a rebel alliance captured…
Syrian rebels advance south, capture villages around Hama
Beirut, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Syrian rebels have captured at least 11 villages in the countryside around Hama, where Syrian government forces were stationed,…
Israel confirms killing Gaza volunteer linked to October 7 attack
Tel Aviv, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Israel on Saturday said it killed an aid worker, accused of involvement in the October 7 attacks, as…
Israel strikes Hezbollah targets on Syria-Lebanon border
Cairo, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli warplanes on Saturday, hit a crossing and bridges on Syria’s border with Lebanon, according to a war monitor.…
Syrian war monitor: 16 killed in airstrike on Aleppo amid fighting
Beirut, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – At least 16 people were killed in an airstrike on central Aleppo on Saturday, a war monitor reported, amid…
Dozens of deaths reported in fresh Israeli attacks in Gaza
Tel Aviv, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Dozens of people have been killed in the latest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian…
Rebels continue their advances as more people are displaced
Idlib, Nov. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Rebel fighters continued their advances for the third day on Friday towards Syrian government force posts and areas in the north-western part of…
Death toll rises to 132 in Islamist rebel attack on Syrian troops
Cairo, Nov. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Syria’s armed forces said on Thursday they were continuing to fight rebels in the north-western part of the country, as a war…
Turkey hits targets in Syria and Iraq after attack on allied militia
Istanbul/Beirut, Nov. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Turkish forces have attacked positions of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Syria and Iraq, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on…
Tourist boat sinks with 45 people on board in Egypt, some rescued
Cairo, Nov. 25, (dpa/GNA) – A boat carrying 45 people, most of them tourists, sank in the Red Sea on Monday, Egyptian authorities said, adding that some…