UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk visits Damascus’ Sednaya prison
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has visited the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus.
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UN rights chief says transitional justice 'crucial' in Syria
United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of ...
UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad
The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...
UN Rights Chief Urges Reconciliation Process in First Syria Visit
In the first visit ever by a U.N. rights commissioner to Damascus, Turk met with the head of Syria's new administration, ...
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A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
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Syrian activists work to avoid return to dictatorship
In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism ...
Middle East Eye1h
Looting and destruction: The reality of return for Syria’s 13 million displaced
Around 6.2 million Syrians fled the country during the 13-year conflict. Since the fall of Assad in a rebel offensive on 8 ...
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Forging a Mini Damascus Steel Cleaver from Chains
Watch the transformation of ordinary chains into a stunning mini Damascus steel cleaver! See each step, from forging to ...
US can't be complacent to growing terrorism threat, a Counterterrorism Center official says
Brett Holmgren got woken up early on New Year's Day by alerts that a driver had plowed into a crowd of revelers in New ...
Turkey is filling the power vacuum left by Assad, but peaceful coexistence is vital for the Middle East’s future
Geopolitics abhors a power vacuum. One country’s loss is another’s gain, and the space left by Iran is being occupied, for ...
Syria detains Egyptian after videos threatening Egypt's government
Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian militant who had fought with Islamist forces against toppled Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad's rule over threats he made on social media to the Cairo ...