Muhamad Yehia Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western Syria after it came under attack. “I did not leave the country as part of …

    Muhamad Yehia DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip  — Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 46 people including several children. The decision to close the embassy came in …

  Muhamad Yehia BELGRADE, Serbia — The United States plans to introduce sanctions against Serbia’s main gas supplier that is controlled by Russia, Serbia’s president said Saturday. President Aleksandar Vucic told state RTS broadcaster that Serbia has been officially informed that the decision on sanctions will come into force on Jan. …

  Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT (AP) — Personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians who until days ago were persecuted for criticizing his carefully crafted public image. The intimate and candid photos, reportedly discovered in albums from Assad’s mansions in the hills …

  Muhamad Yehia Let’s start with the question, how does one become an intellectual? Well, it often involves a lot of dedication to studying and research. If we don’t put the time in, we risk experiencing something psychologists call the Dunning-Kruger effect, a situation where people with limited knowledge of a given …

  Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT  — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away. Activists say some of them have managed to flee the country while others went to hide in their hometowns. For …

Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT— A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him. With Assad gone, the militant group based in Lebanon is even weaker. Hezbollah was dealt a major blow during 14 months …

Muhamad Yehia KYIV, Ukraine  — Rescue crews pulled two women from rubble several hours after a Russian missile struck a medical clinic in southern Ukraine, killing nine people and wounding 22 others, authorities said Wednesday. The women called rescue services to say they were buried by debris for seven hours …

  Muhamad Yehia KYIV, Ukraine — Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push, Ukraine’s top military commander said, with analysts estimating Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers (miles) of the city. Ukrainian troops repelled nearly 40 Russian …

محمد خليل لم يُطلع بشار الأسد إلا قلة قليلة على خططه للفرار من سوريا؛ بينما كانت أركان حكمه تتهاوى. ووفقًا لما رواه أكثر من 10 أشخاص على دراية مباشرة بالأحداث، ضمن تصريحات لوكالة “رويترز”، تم تضليل مساعديه ومسؤولي حكومته وحتى أفراد عائلته، أو “تركوا في الظلام تمامًا”. قبل ساعات من …