The surprise attack shattered a period of relative calm during Ramadan and raised the prospect of a full return to fighting in the 17-month war.
The former Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,leader of the offensive that overthrew the Assad regime,is trying to build a new state.
Rodger Shanahan perfectly sums up the disturbing nature of Middle East commentary,where “advocates press hard for their side without conceding any ground to the other”.
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.
Israel has the right under international law to use military force to defend its very existence. The Albanese government’s response is despicable.
Israeli troops are advancing up the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon and had come within 25 kilometres of Damascus,two sources said.
The United Nations says Israeli forces are occupying a demilitarised buffer zone between Israel and Syria in violation of a 1974 ceasefire agreement.
Footage emerging from the liberation of Bashar al-Assad’s most notorious prisons has revealed underground cells and body-crushing iron presses used to detain and torture.
The rebels’ lightning offensive ousted the head of a country bled dry by decades of neglect and an appalling civil war. It offers hope to some,despair to others.