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Bashar Assad, Maher Assad get death sentence by Syrian court

August 11th, 2026

Sally Shakkour

ALBAWABA - Damascus Criminal Court handed over on Tuesday death sentence against former Syrian President Bashar Assad and former military officer Maher Assad amid crimes during the 14-year Syrian civil ...

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August 11th, 2026 - 09:32 GMT

P. Choiaqo

South Korean police raid transport ministry as part of Jeju air crash investigation

ALBAWABA - South Korean police raided state-run Korea Airports Corp (KAC), the Transport Ministry and a regional aviation office on Tuesday as a part of 2024 Jeju crash investigation. The objective of the raids is to collect further evidence of professional negligence which led to the deaths of 179 people, all but two of those onboard, on Jeju Air Flight 2216 in 2024. KAC, which operates most of South Korea’s ...

MSF has called on Libyan authorities to end arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers (AFP)

September 4th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Revealed: The Reality Inside Libya's Detention Centres

On the third day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage shows pilgrims leaving after throwing the final pebbles in the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual, in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca.

KARIM SAHIB / AFP

September 3rd, 2017 - 10:14 GMT

Hajj Pilgrims Perform Devil-Stoning Ritual Near Mecca

One of 300 ISIS fighters in the convoy leaving the Syria-Lebanon border area (AFP)

September 3rd, 2017 - 09:58 GMT

Lebanese PM on Allowing ISIS Evacuation: 'What's Important is Our Troops' Safety'

Iraqi forces liberate Tal Afar from ISIS, August 2017 (AFP)

September 3rd, 2017 - 08:56 GMT

Iraq Prepares For Next Battle in War Against ISIS: Hawija

A Bangladeshi man distributes meat from a sacrificed animal to Rohingya refugees, during Eid al-Adha (AFP)

September 3rd, 2017 - 07:31 GMT

‘Humanitarian Catastrophe’ Feared as Food Aid Suspended for Myanmar’s Rohingya

Walid Kurdi is the former chairman of Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) Walid Kurdi.

September 2nd, 2017 - 09:35 GMT

Jordan Requests Extradition Of Walid Kurdi From UK

An SDF fighter in war-torn Raqqa, July 2017 (AFP)

September 2nd, 2017 - 09:30 GMT

Raqqa Old City Seized From ISIS But With Growing Civilian Cost

The convoy agreement came in exchange for information on the fate of Lebanese Army soldiers taken hostage by the group in 2014. /shutterstock

September 2nd, 2017 - 09:01 GMT

600 ISIS Militants Cross to Eastern Syria in Hezbollah Convoy Deal

“Given the last day’s events, perhaps it is necessary to rethink [ties with Turkey] ever further.” (AFP)

September 2nd, 2017 - 08:11 GMT

Merkel May Further ‘Rethink’ Turkey Ties After More Germans Arrested

Members of ISIS and their families are transported from the Lebanese border to eastern Syria (Louai Beshara/AFP)

September 2nd, 2017 - 06:54 GMT

ISIS Convoy Remains Stranded in Regime-held Syrian Desert, Says US Coalition

The bus was travelling to the southern city of Shiraz (Ali Mjr / CC)

September 1st, 2017 - 03:27 GMT

Iran: 11 Children Killed in Horror Bus Crash

Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha (Shutterstock)

September 1st, 2017 - 02:54 GMT

Muslims celebrate Eid as Pilgrims Begin Final Hajj Ritual