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Cuts to vital subsidies have enraged even government supporters in a country where 90 percent live in poverty People walk past a giant billboard showing Syria's president Bashar al-Assad dressed in military uniform, Damascus 15 December 2021 (AFP/file photo) By Harun al-Aswad Published date: 12 February 2022 13:18 UTC  Hundreds of people took to the streets of … Continue reading Syria: Protests mount amid anger over ‘unfair’ cuts to government subsidies →

Once a place of olive farmers, this corner of Idlib province has at turns become a rebel headquarters, refugee sanctuary and most recently the home of IS's leader A displaced man from Homs sells fruits in the main square, Atmeh village, northern Syria (MEE) By Harun al-Aswad Published date: 8 February 2022 12:23 UTC  The photographers have … Continue reading Atmeh: The Syrian village transformed from rural idyll to Islamic State hideout →

US president says Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during raid by US special forces in Idlib's Atmeh, during which women and children were reported to have been killed Qurayshi succeeded Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as leader, who had led Islamic State when it took over large swathes of Syria and Iraq (social media) By Harun al-Aswad Published … Continue reading Biden says Islamic State leader killed in US raid in Syria  →

Syrians returned home tell MEE they were forced to sign papers agreeing to their own deportation A bus in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul carrying Syrian refugees returning voluntarily to Syria, 6 August 2019 (AFP/Ozan Kose) By Harun al-Aswad in Istanbul, Turkey | Published date: 2 February 2022 09:29 UTC  Turkish authorities deported up to 150 Syrian refugees from … Continue reading Turkey accused of sending scores of refugees back to Syria →