Israeli airstrikes have killed dozens of people in Gaza overnight,as Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of genocide and MSF said signs of ethnic cleansing “were undeniable”.
“We really haven’t seen anything quite like this since the Nazis,” says an international war crimes prosecutor who estimates 100,000 people were killed.
Israel had every right respond to Hamas,but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.
The man found under a blanket in a prison in Damascus had claimed he had been arrested three months ago and interrogated about his phone contacts.
In his first statement since the fall of Damascus,the exiled former president said he wanted to continue fighting.
The announcement comes after Israel’s ambassador to Dublin was recalled in May following Ireland’s decision to support a Palestinian state.
At the country’s most notorious prison,Syrians confront their worst fears:that they will never know what happened to the loved ones who disappeared.
In the dark,cavernous warehouses at the abandoned site in Douma,fighters who ousted Assad found thousands of pills hidden in furniture,fruit and electronics.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,the Islamist group that led the overthrow of the Assad regime,will need to show it is willing to give political representation to Syria’s diverse sects and minorities.
Susli,a vocal supporter of the Assad regime for more than a decade,blames Assad’s demise on a “treason revolution”.
The world is carefully watching to see if Syria’s new rulers can stabilise the country and avoid unleashing violent revenge.