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Life in Aleppo is getting back to normal since the ousting of former president Bashir al-Assad almost one week ago. “The streets are heaving with people and traffic going about their business, repairing damage from the conflict, [and] removing signs and symbols of the Assad regime,” said FRANCE 24 journalist Andrew Hilliar reporting from the … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to finally name a new prime minister Friday morning after outgoing prime Michel Barnier resigned last week following a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly. Macron is under pressure to select a candidate who will be able to bridge deep divides in parliament and successfully pass a budget to … Read more
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday chose not to join a potential initiative discussed among some European countries to send peacekeepers to Ukraine. With Donald Trump’s January inauguration looming, Ukraine’s European allies look to map out its long-term support for Kyiv, anticipating that Russia will opt to extend its war into one of attrition. … Read more
As Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebels continue to uncover the full scope of former President Bashar al-Assad’s criminal and human rights transgressions throughout his regime, the new de facto leaders discovered large-scale factories in Damascus producing million of Captagon pills daily , helping make Syria the largest drug supplier in the Middle East. Source link
Pro-EU demonstrations which have rocked Georgia for over two weeks are feared to escalate as the ruling far-right Georgian Dream party prepares to appoint its loyalist candidate on Saturday, further endangering the country’s chances of joining the European Union. Source link
During a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Erdogan to protect Syrian civilians after Turkish-backed rebels toppled the Bashar al-Assad regime. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Source link
In a traditional custom for lame-duck presidents, Joe Biden announced he would grant a record-breaking 1,500 commutations and 39 pardons on Thursday, weeks after he controversially pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, after promising not to grant him clemency. Source link
Niger cut ties with another Western actor on Thursday, as it suspended BBC radio for three months after it reported that jihadists had killed 90 Nigerien soldiers on Wednesday, adding the British media outlet to a list of Western media deemed guilty of spreading “erroneous information” . Source link
Sales of the synthetic drug Captagon were used as a source of funding for the brutal regime, making Syria its largest producer. Among the secrets uncovered by rebel fighters since Assad fled the country, large-scale illegal drug factories housed in villas on the outskirts of Damascus. FRANCE 24’s Emily Boyle reports. Source link
Texas state Congressman Giovanni Capriglione formally introduced a bill to create a strategic bitcoin (BTC) reserve, becoming the fourth state in the United States to show interest in developing its own BTC treasury. The presentation was made by Capriglione during a Space of Texas, itself one of the largest economies in the world, is moving … Read more