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UN green light for aid to Idlib puts miseries of Syria’s war into stark relief

Arab News 13 Jan 2022
Many analysts argue that Assad has “won” the Syrian civil war and therefore the international community ought to accept the new status quo ... Children have suffered the brunt of the Syrian conflict, which began more than a decade ago when anti-government protests met with violent repression, sparking a civil war.
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Verdict Due in Landmark Syrian War Crimes Trial

New York Times 13 Jan 2022
A court in Germany will rule in the case of a former Syrian colonel who is accused of overseeing torture in a Damascus detention center. Follow our updates ... .
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Russian strikes in Syria kill 11 IS fighters: monitor

The Times of India 13 Jan 2022
Russian air strikes in desert areas of eastern Syria have killed 11 suspected members of the Islamic State group, a war monitor reported Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors casualties of the decade-old conflict, said the overnight strikes focused on an area between Palmyra and Al-Sukhna.
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German court finds main suspect in first Syria torture trial guilty

The Philadelphia Inquirer 13 Jan 2022
... regional court in the western city of Koblenz for crimes against humanity in the Syrian civil war....
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German court finds Syrian ex-colonel guilty of crimes against humanity

Deutsche Welle 13 Jan 2022
A German court has found a Syrian former army colonel guilty of crimes against humanity, handing him a life sentence. The trial is the first to take place anywhere examining state-sponsored torture in Syrian Civil War ... .
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Strike paralyzes Lebanon amid worsening economic conditions

Beaumont Enterprise 13 Jan 2022
The political class that has run the small nation of 6 million people, including 1 million Syrian refugees, since the 1975-90 civil war is resisting reforms demanded by the international community. Universities and schools were closed all over Lebanon and many people were not able to reach work because of road closures.
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Iran eyes 'new era of economic relations' as minister visits Syria

Press TV 12 Jan 2022
With the war almost over in Syria, Tehran and Damascus are determined to reach real trade agreements and expand their economic relations, says Iran’s transportation minister ... The Syrian industry, construction, and infrastructure will be the main focus of the bilateral talks.
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Jordan PM denies Amman opened secret talks with Syria regime

The New Arab 12 Jan 2022
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh denied on Tuesday that the kingdom had opened secret channels of communication with the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad ... Jordan has taken steps to mend ties with the Syrian regime, severely damaged since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
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Syrian torture survivors brace for verdict in landmark trial on crimes against humanity

The Independent 12 Jan 2022
Survivors of torture in Syria and families of slain activists are bracing for a potentially landmark court verdict in Germany on Thursday, which they hope will pave the way to pursue wider justice for abuses committed during the Syrian civil war that ...
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German court expected to accuse Assad regime in Syria of torture

The Guardian 12 Jan 2022
The verdict against Anwar Raslan, a former colonel loyal to the regime who later defected and fled Syria, is both a highly symbolic moment for the Syrian ...
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For victims, Syria torture trial is first step toward justice

Stars and Stripes 12 Jan 2022
The court concluded that al-Gharib was part of a unit which detained anti-government protests and took them to a facility in the Syrian city of Douma known as Al Khatib, or Branch 251, where they were tortured ... About 800,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Germany since the start of the war, including Raslan and al-Gharib, who were arrested in 2019.
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For victims, Syria torture trial is 1st step toward justice

Albuquerque Journal 12 Jan 2022
The court concluded that al-Gharib was part of a unit which detained anti-government protests and took them to a facility in the Syrian city of Douma known as Al Khatib, or Branch 251, where they were tortured ... About 800,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Germany since the start of the war, including Raslan and al-Gharib, who were arrested in 2019.
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From the NS archive: Dog’s dinner

New Statesman 12 Jan 2022
Marlene Dietrich is dog’s-dinner German while Mozart and Beethoven, of course, are not.” This was one of Tomalin’s last articles published before his death; only a few days later he would be killed on the Golan Heights by a Syrian missile when reporting on the Yom Kippur War.
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5 weapons Russia would likely use to attack Ukraine

Business Insider 12 Jan 2022
A servicemen on a Russian army vehicle outside a Ukrainian border post in the Crimean town of Balaclava, March 1, 2014 ... 5 Weapons Russia Could Use to Attack Ukraine ... The following analysis will focus on ground warfare ... It should be pointed out that the T-90s had difficulty in the Syrian Civil War when militants destroyed five with anti-tank missiles.
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Rare Moments of Unity on Aid to Afghanistan, Syria Punctuate Security Council Agenda in 2021, as Demands for Vaccine Equity Dominate Year’s Discussions

Reliefweb 12 Jan 2022
“This is not the first time we are witnessing the end of a war in Gaza.” ... Calling for more creative international diplomacy, he said Syrians had endured unspeakable horrors and most children had never lived a day without war ... Against that backdrop, he said, the time was ripe for political progress to finally end the war.
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