Tag: Civil wars
Syrian court accepts 3 candidates to run for president
BEIRUT — Syria’s Supreme Constitutional Court has accepted three applications out of 51 for candidacy for this month’s presidential elections in the war-torn country,...
UN Syria envoy says there’s interest in stepped up diplomacy
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Syria said Wednesday that key global players are interested in stepped-up international diplomacy to “unlock progress”...
Denmark tells some Syrians to leave, separating families
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — An email brought Faeza Satouf’s world to a standstill.
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France urges rebuke for Syria over chemical weapons use
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A group of 46 nations called Tuesday on member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog to diplomatically rebuke Syria...
1st woman applies to run for Syria’s presidential elections
BEIRUT — A woman from the capital Damascus has applied to run for Syria’s presidential elections, the parliament speaker said Tuesday, becoming the first...
Veteran Syria opposition figure Michel Kilo dies of COVID-19
PARIS — Michel Kilo, an exiled veteran Syrian opposition figure, died Monday of complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Paris where he lived,...
Veteran Syria opposition figure Michel Kilo dies of COVID-19
PARIS — Michel Kilo, an exiled veteran Syrian opposition figure, died Monday of complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Paris where he lived,...
‘No Sweets’: For Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a tough Ramadan
BHANNINE, Lebanon — It was messy and hectic in Aisha al-Abed’s kitchen, as the first day of Ramadan often is. Food had to be...
UN envoy: Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale”...
Syria says Assad, his wife have recovered from coronavirus
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have recovered from COVID-19 and returned to their regular duties on Tuesday, three weeks after...