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TEHRAN: The fall of Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad shattered the key link in Iran’s “axis of resistance”, but Tehran will look for ways to adapt to the new reality, analysts say. After nearly 14 years of war in Syria, a lightning offensive launched by an Islamist-led rebel alliance brought Al Assad down. The offensive

THE HAGUE: The world’s chemical weapons watchdog has been probing Syria’s stockpiles since 2013, encountering delays, obstructions, and suspicions that Damascus was not giving a full picture. Here are some key questions in the wake of President Bashar Al Assad’s dramatic overthrow by Islamist rebels that has thrown up uncertainty over control of the suspected

This picture taken from Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, shows Israeli armoured vehicles manoeuvring amid the destruction caused by Israeli bombardment in the southern Lebanese village Meiss Al Jabal, on December 4, 2024. Image Credit: AFP JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Monday that four soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, the first deaths announced

PARIS: International diplomats reacted cautiously on Monday to the prospect of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) group taking control in Syria after the fall of President Bashar Al Assad. HTS, which led the rebel groups that ousted Al Assad, has its roots in the Syrian branch of Al Qaida and is proscribed as

Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles line up the area outside the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the fence with the buffer zone that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from the rest of Syria on December 9, 2024. Image Credit: AFP JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Monday that his country had struck “chemical

The Interior Ministry said the racket run by a Kuwaiti man and a Pakistani national had obtained KD500 ($1,626) per worker by placing them under a company’s sponsorship.Illustrative image. Image Credit: iStockphoto Cairo: Kuwait has said it dismantled a ring involved in human trafficking by illegally bringing to the country workers in exchange for money.

The Bahrain-Saudi Arabia King Fahd Causeway is also of economic importance for both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, particularly for their tourism and logistics sectors. Image Credit: Source: Al Jazirah newspaper/file Cairo: Around 30 million passengers have so far this year used the King Fahd Causeway, a vital link between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, according to

Saudi Arabia deported over 9,500 illegal residents in nationwide enforcement campaign. Illustrative image. Image Credit: Shutterstock Dubai: Saudi authorities have arrested 18,489 individuals for violations of residency, labour and border security laws during a weeklong nationwide campaign, the Ministry of Interior announced. The joint operations, conducted between November 28 and December 4, were carried out by

Dr Gargash blamed the fall of the regime on Al Assad’s refusal to implement political reforms. Image Credit: AFP file Dubai: The UAE remains “very worried” by threats to the territorial integrity of Syria and the risk that the country may succumb to extremism and terrorism, BBC quoted Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to His

President Bashar Assad delivering a speech at a meeting. Image Credit: AFP Moscow: Syria’s ousted president Bashar Al Assad and his family are in Moscow, Russian news agencies announced Sunday evening citing a Kremlin source, hours after he fled the country as rebels entered Damascus. The announcement comes as Russia called for an emergency meeting of