‘Dawn of Freedom’: Chronicles of the day Syria ended 50 years of Assad’s rule

‘Dawn of Freedom’: Chronicles of the day Syria ended 50 years of Assad’s rule

  • Syrians at home, refugees wake up to new reality led by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham
  • Saudi Arabia calls for efforts to prevent Syria from falling into disarray
By Siraj Wahab ·

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday in Riyadh. (SPA) video

Saudi crown prince welcomes UK PM in Riyadh

  • Starmer, on his first visit to the region since winning power earlier this year, is due to visit Cyprus after leaving Riyadh
By Arab News ·

Israeli armored vehicles maneuver on the Syrian side of the Quneitra crossing, between Israel and Syria.

Jordan denounces Israel’s Golan buffer zone seizure

  • “We condemn the fact that Israel has entered Syrian territory and taken control of the buffer zone,” Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said
  • Safadi, whose country borders the Golan Heights, called the move a “violation of international law”
By AFP ·

Special Italian ambassador wants ‘to create a big space’ for design collaboration between Italy and Saudi Arabia

Italian ambassador wants ‘to create a big space’ for design collaboration between Italy and Saudi Arabia

  • Carlo Baldocci: ‘We feel that there is room to create a big space, which might be a sort of a museum for Italian design in Riyadh’
  • Baldocci: ‘Vision 2030 is a spectacular and very successful approach and vision for the future of this country and of the region’
By Rashid Hassan ·

US seeks to stop Daesh resurgence, Syria fragmentation: Blinken

US seeks to stop Daesh resurgence, Syria fragmentation: Blinken

  • Antony Blinken: ‘Daesh will try to use this period to reestablish its capabilities, to create safe havens’
  • Blinken: ‘We have a clear interest in doing what we can to avoid the fragmentation of Syria’
By AFP ·

Syrian refugee Anas Modamani records a video with his phone in front of Aljoud bakery in Neukolln district in Berlin, Germany.

Germany, other European countries suspend decisions on Syrians’ asylum bids after Assad’s fall

  • Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said Monday that more than 47,000 applications are currently pending
  • It said it would reassess the situation and resume decisions once things in Syria have stabilized
By AP ·

Georgian journalists allege brutal beatings as protests rage against ending EU talks

Georgian journalists allege brutal beatings as protests rage against ending EU talks

  • On Sunday, several hundred media workers marched down Tbilisi’s central Rustaveli Avenue before putting up posters of colleagues they say had been assaulted while doing their jobs
By AP ·

Georgian journalists allege brutal beatings as protests rage against ending EU talks

Georgian journalists allege brutal beatings as protests rage against ending EU talks

  • On Sunday, several hundred media workers marched down Tbilisi’s central Rustaveli Avenue before putting up posters of colleagues they say had been assaulted while doing their jobs
By AP ·