Syria

The foreign ministers of the European Union have reached a pivotal agreement to lift economic sanctions on Syria, as announced by the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas. In her statement, Ms. Kallas emphasized the EU's commitment: "We want to help the Syrian people rebuild a new, inclusive and peaceful Syria." This declaration followed important discussions held in Brussels. This shift in EU policy mirrors recent actions from the United States, with President Donald Trump indicating last week that he would initiate…

In the vibrant, bustling heart of Mogadishu, news has surfaced about significant diplomatic maneuvers between the Somali government and Syria after the dramatic shift in power in December 2024. Following the fall of Assad's reign, there is renewed hope for strengthened connections. This news, echoing across the globe, resonates in the corridors of diplomacy and among those longing for peace. While chatting with Al Jazeera, Somalia’s remarkable Foreign Minister, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, expressed a hopeful outlook on building…

In recent developments, Israel has announced the elimination of a Hezbollah operative in Syria, who allegedly provided intelligence impeding Israeli operations in the Golan Heights. Simultaneously, Syrian state media reported that Israeli airstrikes were targeting various sites within Syria. For years, Israel has conducted military actions in Syria, but the intensity of these strikes has noticeably escalated following the unprecedented Hamas assault on October 7, 2023. This brutal attack marked the commencement of Israel's…

In Libya, thousands of Africans have been imprisoned for years in abuses where they have been abused. Among them are many Syrian migrants, who had chosen to become mercenaries in order to cross into Europe. The migrants who are in these centers are intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard during the crossing of the Mediterranean…

How to rebuild after a civil war? This is the question that arose for Omar and Wael Jalabi when they arrived in France and fled the civil war that began in 2011 in Syria. A few years later, the two cousins ​​had the solution. Before the war, they owned a restaurant in Aleppo, one of the country's largest cities. Emigrated to France, they would open in Lille, Syriana, the seed copy of the restaurant they had to close in Syria. Since then, this establishment has become the focal point of Syrian society. This is the first…

Is it time for the departure of the Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey in Libya? In any case, it seems that Ankara transferred almost a thousand of these mercenaries to Azerbaijan to fight Armenia in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Several planes left Libya on 28 and 29 September with mercenaries on board. On September 29, a Libyan civilian plane from the company al Borak took off from Maitigua airport in Tripoli with more than 260 Syrian mercenaries on board. He made a direct Tripoli-Baku flight, an unprecedented…