According to reports, a total of 318 Pakistani citizens returned via a chartered flight. They traveled from Syria to Lebanon’s capital Beirut before arriving in Pakistan. Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal welcomed the returnees, noting that they had been stuck due to the adverse situation. Ahsan Iqbal extended his congratulations […]
The offensive, which took just 10 days to sweep across Syria and take the capital Damascus, stunned the world and brought an end to more than half a century of rule by the Assad clan. The rebels, led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), appointed an interim prime minister on Tuesday to lead […]
“We are following developments in Syria and are concerned about the escalation in violence… We express full support for the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Syria. Any solution to the Syrian situation should correspond to the aspirations of the Syrian people for their security, stability, and development,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said […]
Assad fled Syria after a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group and its allies, which brought a spectacular end to five decades of brutal rule by the Assad clan. Syrians across the country and around the world erupted in celebration after enduring decades during which suspected dissidents were jailed or killed, […]
Hundreds of Pakistani pilgrims are still trapped in Syria following the crisis triggered by the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government. The Foreign Office said in a statement that under the directions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, the Embassy of Pakistan in Damascus facilitated the repatriation process. Deputy Head […]
“Over the past three days, 4,000 Iranian citizens were returned to Iran,” Fatemeh Mohajerani, a spokeswoman for Iran’s government, said at a press conference in the capital. On Sunday morning, assailants rummaged through furniture and documents at the Iranian embassy in Damascus, according to footage. Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said embassy staff had […]
Israel, which borders Syria, sent troops into a buffer zone on the east of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights after Assad’s fall, in what Foreign Minister Gideon Saar described as a “limited and temporary step” for “security reasons”. It has also carried out “about 250 air strikes on Syrian territory” over the last 48 hours to […]
Al Jazeera television reported that the Syrian transitional authority would be headed by Mohammed Al Bashir, who ran the administration in a small pocket of rebel-held territory before the 12-day lightning offensive that swept into Damascus. A source close to the Syrian rebels in Idlib confirmed Mohammed Al Bashir had been nominated, though there had […]
Daraa was dubbed “the cradle of the revolution” early in Syria’s civil war after activists accused the government of detaining and torturing a group of boys for scribbling anti-Assad graffiti on their school walls in 2011. While Aleppo and Hama, the two other main cities taken from government control in recent days, fell to an […]
At her weekly news briefing in Islamabad today, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Pakistan has consistently advocated constructive engagement and result-oriented dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. She, however, said the political will to resolve disputes and differences through dialogue seems lacking on India’s part. Zahra Baloch […]
