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The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.
Human Rights First today released an extensive new report detailing both positive developments and serious human rights concerns in Syria following the fall of the Assad government in December 2024.
Human Rights First (HRF) travelled to northeastern Syria to meet with human rights defenders as the country goes through a massive transition following the December 2024 overthrow of the Assad ...
The revelation raises huge doubts about the regime's declared commitment to a new democratic system, reports Rana Sabbagh ...
Iran ’s top cleric has issued a fatwa against US president Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Netanyahu for being “enemies of God”, according to Iranian state media. At such a critical moment in ...
The Senegalese navy has intercepted 201 West African migrants attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Authorities reported Wednesday that 69 were stopped on land, while 132 were found aboard a ...
When Dr. Natalia Kanem reflects on her eight-year tenure at the helm of the UN reproductive-health agency, she doesn’t begin ...
Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes on amendment to the Trump-backed Republican domestic policy bill.
BERLIN - A Kurdish member of Germany’s federal parliament (Bundestag) said that Kurds must be recognized by their ethnicity ...
By Manish Rai The question of regime change in Iran has recently resurfaced after the killing of Iran’s top military commanders following the Israeli airstrikes. However, Israel’s short-term goal was ...
But Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has faced years of challenge to his rule, beginning with the Women, Life, Freedom movement after ... For China, two issues are at stake: oil supply ...
The U.S. no longer sees the quests for equality, global justice or human rights as foreign policy imperatives, or as ...