Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it
While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences of other Arab countries more than a decade ago. In the winter of 2010, an outbreak of protests in Tunisia spread across the region, toppling several regimes in what became known as the Arab Uprisings.
As the international community celebrates the fall of another dictatorship following the collapse of Syria's Assad regime, the future of women's righ
Decades of authoritarian rule have left Syria’s justice system ill-equipped to handle complex human rights cases. Thousands of Syrians could be implicated in regime abuses, far more than could feasibly be prosecuted, raising thorny questions about how to deal with lower-level collaborators. Meanwhile, nine in 10 Syrians live in poverty.
Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face many of the same problems that beset other Arab countries after their Arab Spring revolutions.
The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north and provided the only safe access route to Idlib, where HTS was based. Even so,
Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus port.
TUNIS: Tunisia is closely monitoring the recent escalation of hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with great concern, according to a statement released by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Following the collapse of the Assad regime, Tunisia and other countries are concerned about the return of thousands of jihadist nationals believed to have been held in Syria. Amid overcrowded prisons and fears of extremism,
Polish paramedics treated 16 injured coal miners on Wednesday after methane ignited in a mine in southern Poland, the ambulance service said.