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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Assad regime

FILE - Syria's first lady Asma Assad, second left, listens to her husband Syrian President Bashar Assad as he speaks to the media after they voted at a polling station during the presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, on May 26, 2021 (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
May 21, 2024, 2:17 pm
Syrian first lady Asma Assad diagnosed with aggressive form of blood cancer
President’s office says she’ll undergo specialized treatment for acute myeloid leukemia; has previously been treated for breast cancer
By AP
Syrian President Bashar Assad speaking during an interview in Damascus, Syria, on August 9, 2023. (Syrian Presidency Telegram page via AP)
April 21, 2024, 11:56 pm
Assad says Syria has held ‘meetings’ with US on possibly mending ties with West
US-sanctioned president says meetings don’t amount to much but he continues with them because ‘there is always hope’ relations can be fixed
By Agencies
Syrian regime soldiers walk down a road in an area around Kweyris military airport, in the eastern Aleppo province on October 16, 2015. (AFP/George Ourfalian)
April 15, 2024, 2:40 pm
Senior Syrian military official appears in Swedish court on war crimes charges
Former brigadier general Mohammed Hamo faces possibility of life in prison for ‘aiding and abetting’ crimes against humanity during the Syrian Civil War
By Johannes LEDEL
In this photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, speaks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2023. (Syrian Presidency via AP)
April 26, 2023, 10:43 am
As Assad restores relations with Arab states, Syrians divided by hope, fear
In government-held territory, residents hope rapprochement will bring trade and investment, while in opposition-held areas locals feel increasingly isolated and abandoned
By ABBY SEWELL
People stand in front of damaged buildings, in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
January 27, 2023, 2:27 pm
Chemical weapons watchdog blames Syria’s air force for deadly 2018 chlorine attack
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigation finds ‘reasonable grounds to believe’ helicopter dropped two cylinders containing gas, killing 43
By Mike Corder
A picture taken on March 26, 2019 from the Syrian town Ain al-Tineh on the Syrian Golan Heights shows a United Nations outpost. (Louai Beshara/AFP)
October 26, 2022, 11:49 am
Syrians sanctioned for rights abuses got $68m in UN contracts — report
Almost half of UN contracts in 2019-2020 are with suppliers blacklisted by West, including group that killed blindfolded prisoners in 2013 and buried them in mass grave
By Kareem Chehayeb
Soldiers of a Russian military convoy and their US counterparts pose for pictures as their patrol routes intersect in an oil field near Syria's al-Qahtaniyah town in the northeastern Hasakah province, close to the border with Turkey, on Octobre 8, 2022. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
October 11, 2022, 1:30 am
Russian, US troops in Syria hold their fire in rare congenial moment
Instead of zipping past each other, convoys backing opposing sides of Syrian civil war stop to chat, pose for pictures and exchange uniform patches as mementos of the interaction
By Delil Souleiman
File: A member of the Alawite community pasting on a wall in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli pictures of Syrian opposition leader Rifaat Assad (R) and his son Ribal, December 6, 2007. (Ramzi Haidar/AFP)
September 7, 2022, 11:11 pm
French court upholds Assad uncle’s conviction under ‘ill-gotten gains’ law
Rifaat Assad found guilty of conspiracy to launder public money, tax fraud; law may enable return of money to Syrian public
By Anne Lec'hvien
A man identified as a Syrian intelligence officer Amjad Youssuf is seen executing a prisoner during a 2013 massacre in Syria (Screencapture/The Guardian)
From the WebApril 28, 2022, 1:57 am
How two academics tracked down the war criminal behind a brutal Syrian massacre
The Guardian details how, after receiving a harrowing video of the 2013 killing of 41 people in Tadamon, the scholars went undercover online to find the killer and get a confession
By Martin Chulov
Photos on porcelain decorated with the images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar Assad are displayed in a souvenir shop in Damascus, Syria, on April 18, 2016. Political observers say Russia’s brazen Syria intervention emboldened Putin, giving him a renewed Middle East foothold and helped pave the way for his current attack on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
March 1, 2022, 11:30 am
How Russia’s intervention in Syria provided blueprint for Ukraine invasion
After essentially turning Mediterranean ally into a protectorate, Putin has been emboldened in latest expansionist attempt, critics and observers say
By Zeina Karam, AJ Naddaff and Bassam Mroue
A rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria, on April 8, 2018. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)
December 26, 2021, 11:55 pm
France arrests man suspected of helping Syria produce chemical weapons
Unidentified detainee, who lives abroad, suspected of aiding crimes against humanity committed by Assad regime during civil war
By AFP
Joe Jajati in the al-Franj Synagogue in Damascus. (Courtesy)
December 3, 2021, 4:14 am
How did 12 Jewish New Yorkers end up vacationing in Syria?
Syrian Jews from Brooklyn visit synagogue in Damascus, call trip ‘extremely normal’; expert says Assad welcoming foreigners to boost reconstruction
By Luke Tress
Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, speaks with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before their meeting in Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2019. (SANA via AP)
November 11, 2021, 10:10 am
Assad regime said to shun Iranian commander for nearly starting war with Israel
Saudi outlet says Quds Force chief in Syria accused of ‘major breach of Syrian sovereignty’ after attacking US forces, placing Iranian weapons in unapproved places
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Syrian man walks over a bridge past a campaign poster of President Bashar Assad in the Syrian capital Damascus, on May 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 9, 2021, 6:56 pm
12 Brooklyn Jews reportedly visit Syria with support of Assad regime
Group meets with handful of remaining Jews in Damascus, is welcomed by residents, report says
By ToI Staff
In this May 26, 2021 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in Douma, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
October 22, 2021, 10:41 pm
Syria lined pockets with millions in aid using distorted exchange rate — study
Think tank says manipulations helped Damascus evade sanctions and deny help to worst hit in civil war-wracked country; UN reviewing donations
By Sarah El Deeb
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