India said terror groups have taken an advantage of the decade-long conflict in Syria to entrench themselves and pose a threat to the entire region, asserting that the world cannot afford to give …
Report: Extortion in Syrian Prisons Funding Assad Regime
Corrupt prison officials and military personnel in Syria are using the systematised extortion of detainees and their families to fund the Assad regime, according to a recent report.
Extortion from families of disappeared funded Syria gov’t: Report
Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison report says families were forced to bribe corrupt officers.
French Bank to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Syria Sanctions Case
Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises agreed to pay the fine to settle its potential civil liability for apparent violations of U.S. sanctions against Syria, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets …
Syrian detainees’ families forced to pay huge bribes to corrupt officials – report
Report says arrest and extortion of Syrian population is major source of funding for Assad regime …
Syrian detainees’ families forced to pay huge bribes to corrupt officials – report
Report says arrest and extortion of Syrian population is major source of funding for Assad regime …
At Least 15 Killed after Militants Attack Bus in Syria: Report
The attack late Sunday resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers, four allied fighters and three civilians, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, updating an earlier toll.
Militants attack bus in central Syria, killing nine
The ambush is the second this week to target buses traveling between government-controlled areas and to be blamed on suspected Islamic State militants.
Nine people killed in attack on bus in Syria – newspaper
At least nine people were killed Sunday in a terrorist attack on a bus in the Syrian province of Hama, Al Watan newspaper reported with reference to a military source. According to the source, …
Fire strikes fuel warehouse on Syria-Lebanon border, 7 hurt
Lebanon’s army and Red Cross say a massive fire has torn through a warehouse where fuel and gas canisters were stored along the border between Lebanon and Syria …