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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 civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and sent into exile.
UN rights chief calls for sanctions relief during first Syria visit
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, called for sanctions on Syria to be 'reconsidered' on Wednesday (January 15) during his first ever visit to the country. Could AI-assisted program help badminton players with training?
UN Rights Chief Urges Reconciliation Process in First Syria Visit
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ensure justice for crimes committed over the past five decades of iron-fisted rule by the Assad family.
U.N. rights chief: Atrocities committed in Syria beyond belief
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and said transitional justice is "crucial" after the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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 Bashar al-Assad, during the first-ever visit by someone in his post to the country.
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What Does the Future Hold for Syrian Kurds Post-Assad?
NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and ...
Exclusive-Syria's new central bank chief vows to boost bank independence post Assad
Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary ...
Syria Confronts an Immense Challenge: Justice for Assad Regime Crimes
The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...
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Pro-Assad militias clash with Syria security in Latakia: What we know
The incident, which left two members of the transitional security forces dead, marks the latest violent challenge to the new ...
Saudi Arabia presses EU diplomats to lift sanctions on Syria after Assad’s fall
But Germany's foreign minister said sanctions against “Assad’s henchmen who committed serious crimes” must remain in place.
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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 ...
Syria's Kurdish community at the center of a post-Assad game of geopolitical tug-of-war
The fall of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad has created a power vacuum that threatens some of the United States' ...
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 ...
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Fear grips Alawites in Syria's Homs as Assad 'remnants' targeted
In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new ...
First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands at Syria’s main airport
The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad has landed at the Damascus ...
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IDF says troops operating in Syria have captured over 3,300 weapons, including 2 tanks
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