Syria's Counteroffensive Pushes Back Insurgents Near Strategic City Syria's counteroffensive in Hama pushes back insurgents amid escalating civil war tensions and potential regional implications. Top News · Dec 4, 2024
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Army Resistance Toughens As Rebels Near Syria's Hama Islamist-led rebels advanced on Syria's fourth-largest city Hama Tuesday, buoyed by their lightning capture of swathes of the north in an offensive that ended four years of relative calm. International Business Times · Dec 3, 2024
With the world distracted by conflicts elsewhere, the Syrian civil war flares up again The forgotten Syrian civil war has again flared up with the spectacular capture of Aleppo by opposition forces. A complex set of circumstances created the right time for rebels to strike, plunging Syria into an uncertain future and catching President Bashar al-Assad by surprise. The Conversation · Dec 3, 2024
What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And how did the Islamist group evolve into a key player in Syria’s civil war? A major offensive has seen rebel groups in Syria retake the country’s second city, Aleppo – and demonstrated the growing prominence of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the 13-year-long civil war. The Conversation · Dec 2, 2024
Key players in Syria's long-running civil war, reignited by a shock rebel offensive Syria’s civil war has exploded back onto the world stage after insurgents poured out of their main bastion in northwestern Syria and seized large parts of nearby Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, and dozens of nearby towns and villages The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024
Airstrikes hit hospitals in Syria’s Idlib region as insurgents fight Assad forces White Helmets say at least 18 people killed in strikes on five healthcare facilities including maternity hospital The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024
Public to see king’s ‘penthouse view’ for first time since 1646 destruction A new viewing platform will let visitors to Corfe Castle get close to Henry I’s keep, which was built in 1107 but destroyed in the English Civil War. Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2024
Public to see king’s ‘penthouse view’ for first time in almost 400 years A new viewing platform will let visitors to Corfe Castle get close to Henry I’s keep The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024
What’s happening in Syria? Everything we know as President Assad flees and rebels claim victory Syrian rebels freed prisoners, tore down statues and plundered Bashar al-Assad’s Damascus palace as his brutal regime collapsed The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024
Rebels Continue to Breach Aleppo Ceasefire in Syria Insurgents continue to breach the ceasefire in Syria's civil war by attacking Aleppo, the country's second largest city, in an effort to reignite a war. International Business Times · Nov 29, 2024
The 25 Best Marvel Comics covers ever From Jack Kirby's X-Men #1 to Jim Lee's X-Men #1 and beyond, these are the 25 best Marvel Comics covers GamesRadar · Nov 28, 2024
Goncourt winner Kamel Daoud accused of exploiting war survivor’s story Kamel Daoud, the Franco-Algerian author who recently won the Goncourt Prize for his novel Houris, is being accused by an Algerian civil war survivor of using her personal story without consent. The allegations, which include claims of breaching medical confidentiality, have sparked legal action in Algeria. Radio France Internationale · Nov 23, 2024
Pete Hegseth once made ominous prediction about ‘civil war’ if Democrats won the election Donald Trump announced veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his pick for defense secretary earlier this month The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2024
The Guardian - US · Nov 22, 2024 Trump’s Pentagon pick Hegseth wrote of US military taking sides in ‘civil war’ Defense secretary pick said in 2020 that should Democrats win election the military ‘will be forced to make a choice’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2024 ‘Every night we only hoped to survive’: Sudanese refugees’ search for safety Refugees who escaped Sudan’s civil war and fled to Ethiopia have found themselves on the run from another conflict
International Business Times · Nov 21, 2024 Civil War Economy Hits Myanmar Garment Workers As civil war pounds Myanmar's economy and drives up prices, garment worker Wai Wai often starts her shift making clothes for international brands on an empty stomach.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024 Author Kamel Daoud sued over claim he used life of wife’s patient in novel Woman says French-Algerian writer’s prize-winning Houris uses her story as she told it to therapist Aicha Dehdouh
The Guardian - US · Nov 19, 2024 El Salvador ex-president among 11 to face trial for 1989 murder of Jesuits Army killing of six priests, their housekeeper and her daughter was one of civil war’s most notorious crimes
Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024 Lammy hits out as Russia vetoes UK-backed Sudan ceasefire plan Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Russia was ‘condemning black Africans to further killing, further rape, further starvation in a brutal civil war’.
Al Jazeera · Nov 18, 2024 Lebanese Australians reminded of past wars as Israel attacks Lebanon again Israel’s latest military attacks on Lebanon stir up traumatic memories of civil war for Australia’s Lebanese community.
Top News · Nov 14, 2024 UAE Armored Vehicles Equipped With French Systems Captured In Sudan Amnesty International reports UAE-made armored vehicles with French systems seized in Sudan civil war, violating UN arms embargo.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024 ‘We have so much heart’ – Sudan aim to reach first World Cup despite civil war Abdelrahman Kuku is part of a side that cannot play at home but wants to bring joy to Sudan
The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2024 Why is there no official memorial in Australia to citizens who fought and died in the Spanish civil war? It is high time we properly acknowledge those 70 Australians who joined the International Brigades to bolster the resistance to Franco’s fascist forces
The Guardian - US · Nov 10, 2024 ‘No time to pull punches’: is a civil war on the horizon for the Democratic party? Accusations and recriminations abound as Democrats try to figure out what went wrong after an electoral trouncing