[ad_1] Damascus, Syria: Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday announced a new transitional government dominated by close allies and including one woman, replacing caretaker authorities in place since the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The announcement, initially scheduled for earlier this month, comes amid international calls for an inclusive Syrian transition following recent…
[ad_1] Damascus: Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday appointed Osama al-Rifai, a moderate Muslim cleric known for having opposed now ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad, as the country’s grand mufti. “Today, this position is held by one of the finest scholars” in Syria, Sharaa said in a statement. Rifai, a Damascene born in 1944, publicly…
[ad_1] Damascus: A Syria war monitor said Israeli jets struck a military site in central Syria on Tuesday, the latest such attack in recent days. According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, “Israeli air strikes targeted a missile battalion” near Homs city, reporting explosions in the area with no immediate word of casualties….
[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israel’s military said on Monday it was striking military sites in southern Syria, as Syrian state media reported two killed in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Daraa. “The IDF (military) is currently striking military targets in southern Syria, including command centres and military sites containing weapons and military vehicles belonging…
[ad_1] Latakia: Syria’s new authorities announced on Monday the end of an operation against loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad, after a war monitor reported more than 1,000 civilians killed in the worst violence since his overthrow. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the overwhelming majority of the 1,068 civilians killed since Thursday were…
[ad_1] New Delhi: With Bashar al-Assad’s departure, the fate of Syria’s Alawite community remains precarious. Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who suffered under Assad’s rule. Revenge attacks have already killed over 1,000 people, including hundreds of Alawites, as power dynamics in Syria shift…
