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Syria frees horse rider who rivalled Assad brother

(AFP)- Syria has freed after 21 years in jail an ex-horse rider known to have been an equestrian rival of one of President Bashar al-Assad's late brothers, reports said Sunday. The release of Adnan Qassar is part of a wide-reaching amnesty that Assad decreed last week, and has...

Syria pounds ISIL bases in coordination with Iraq: NGO

Syria's army has been pounding for 24 hours major bases of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in coordination with the Baghdad government, a monitor said Sunday. The strikes against ISIL -- which has spearheaded a week-long jihadist offensive in Iraq -- have been more...

Alma Shahhod, prominent activist dies in Amman

(Reporting by Faris al-Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Alma Shahhod, the well known activist, passed away yesterday after long battle with illness and injuries, in Amman, Jordan. Alma was considered an icon for the Syrian Revolution,...