Former prison head charged with torture in US
A former Syrian government official has been charged with torture in the United States, authorities said on Thursday. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, who oversaw the Damascus Central Prison from 2005 and…
A former Syrian government official has been charged with torture in the United States, authorities said on Thursday. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, who oversaw the Damascus Central Prison from 2005 and…
Here is the result in plain text: "It wasn't too bad" - US man on his time in a Syrian prison A US man, detained for months in a Syrian…
"We gave our blood and soul to the revolution," crowds chanted, as they carried Mazen Al-Hamada's coffin through the streets of Damascus, draped in the green, white and black flag…
US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 other people. The White House described it as…
Aymara shamans, or amautas, in Bolivia are refusing to leave their homes El Alto despite being just feet away from a deadly drop. Locals call the shacks on the edge…
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Embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has defended his shock decision to declare martial law last week, saying he did it to protect the country's democracy. In a surprise…
Here is the text without the HTML markup: Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family's hometown. Videos…
Decades of rule by the Assad family came to an end over the weekend following the overthrow of president Bashar al-Assad. But as the BBC's Jeremy Bowen explains, there are…
Taliban refugee minister Khalil Haqqani has been killed in a suicide bombing inside the interior ministry in Kabul, the movement's most high profile casualty since it returned to power in…