‘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 ·

People sit as they wait to cross into Lebanon at the Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, on December 9, 2024.

Syrian PM says government is still functioning, UN official says public sector came to a halt

  • Streams of refugees crossed back into Syria from neighboring countries, hoping for a more peaceful future and looking for friends and relatives
By AP ·

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 ·