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Suicide Bombing in Eastern Syria Kills Police Officer, Daesh Suspected ———————————— A suicide attack at a security checkpoint in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province on Friday killed one police officer, Arab News reported citing state media, which blamed the assault…

Syrian Government Push to Recruit Kurds and Minorities in Afrin Met with Hope and Skepticism ———————————— The Syrian government has launched a new recruitment drive to bring Kurds and religious minorities into its General Security forces in Afrin, a region…

TikTok to Cut Hundreds of UK Jobs as It Shifts to AI Moderation ———————————— According to reports from Anadolu Agency, Sky News, and The Guardian, TikTok plans to lay off hundreds of content moderation staff in the United Kingdom. This…

Harvard Scientists Suggest Lithium Deficiency Could Be Key to Stopping Alzheimer’s ——————————— According to an article by SciTech Daily, a study by Harvard Medical School scientists, published in the journal Nature, suggests that a deficiency of lithium in the brain…

UK Teen Sentenced to 10 Years for Attempted Arson Attack on Mosque in Scotland ————————————- A 17-year-old British teenager has been sentenced to ten years in prison after being found guilty of attempting to set fire to a mosque in…

Forced Migration of Syrian Alawites: Silent Religious Cleansing in Northern Hama —————————— Reports from Syria’s Hama province indicate that Alawite communities in the al-Ghab Plain are facing systematic forced migration, raising fears of a targeted campaign of sectarian cleansing, Shia…

Syrian Forces Foil Daesh Suicide Attack in Deir ez-Zor’s Al-Mayadin ———————————– Syrian security forces thwarted a suicide attack by Daesh militants in the city of Al-Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor province, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Thursday. According…

Afghanistan’s Media Silenced Under Four Years of Taliban Rule, Press Freedom on Brink of Collapse ———————————————– Four years into the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, the country’s media landscape faces an unprecedented crisis, with press freedom described as being…

Shopkeepers and vendors in Kabul city are increasingly worried about the declining purchasing power of the public and the shrinking job market. According to multiple vendors, the combination of widespread unemployment, unstable incomes, capital flight, soaring prices, blocked foreign aid,…

UN: DR Congo Facing One of the World’s “Most Acute Humanitarian Emergencies” ————————————- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the most severe humanitarian emergencies in the world, Anadolu Agency revealed quoting a senior UN official.…