You can’t extinguish fire with fire. You can’t address a mistake with another mistake. You have to correct the situation in Syria.”

The French judiciary has issued an arrest warrant for ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad on charges of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity, an official said Tuesday.

The crimes of the regime, whose horrors I witnessed at Sednaya Prison, must not go unpunished,' says French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot

The crimes of the regime, whose horrors I witnessed at Sednaya Prison, must not go unpunished,' says French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot - Anadolu Ajansı

Yet as they depart, those same envoys insist it is far too early to ease the web of sanctions on Syria’s economy. America and Europe seem eager to meet Syria’s new rulers, but not to help them. PREMIUM People celebrated at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 8,

Socialist Alternative’s Omar Hassan is roaming around al-Qaeda controlled Syria, presenting its imperialist-backed takeover as an exciting new stage in a "revolution."

After rebel groups closed in on Damascus, it was reported on the 8th December that Syrian President Bashar as-Assad and his family had fled to Moscow. Leading the rebels was Ahmed al-Sharaa, the emir of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), who now assumes the leadership of a country that has been in the midst of a brutal civil war since 2011.

Freed from the Assad family and its apparatus of cruel repression, Syrians remain euphoric about the sudden collapse of a regime that ruled by leveraging fear, surveillance and intimidation, resorting to bestial torture and wanton slaughter when all else failed.

German defence ministry suspends posting on X, Scholz says Gaza deal 'opens the door' to end war, and more news from around Germany on Thursday.

The European Union on Monday agreed to gradually suspend sanctions on Syria weeks after the ousting of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad by rebel forces. "We reached the political agreement to begin easing sanctions on Syria.

European Union top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Monday that she hopes EU foreign ministers will be able to agree on gradually suspending the bloc's economic sanctions on Syria. Ministers are to decide on a "roadmap" for a step-by-step approach,

China and India agreed to facilitate the exchange of journalists between the two countries, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. China and India also agreed to continue cooperation on cross-border rivers and maintain communications on holding a new round of meetings at an early date,