Category: The Eastern Herald

Syrian opposition seizes two towns around Homs

By Arab Desk Opposition forces take control of areas outside Aleppo, Syria, [PHOTO: AP] ” data-medium-file=”https://easternherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Opposition-forces-take-control.avif” data-large-file=”https://easternherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Opposition-forces-take-control.avif”>In Syria, anti-regime groups have captured the Rasten and Talbise districts in the strategically important Homs province, which is a gateway to the capital Damascus. Anti-regime groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has been clashing with the […]

US denies Amnesty International’s claim of genocide by Israel in Gaza

By News Room US State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel speaks during the daily press briefing at the State Department in Washington, United States [PHOTO: Celal Güneş/Anadolu] ” data-medium-file=”https://easternherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/US-State-Department-Deputy-Spokesman-Vedant-Patel.webp” data-large-file=”https://easternherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/US-State-Department-Deputy-Spokesman-Vedant-Patel.webp”>The US State Department announced that it did not accept Amnesty International’s claims that “Israel is committing genocide in Gaza” and that it did not conclude […]

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov exposes Blinken’s hypocrisy in conflict Ukraine talks

By Jasbir Singh US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov [PHOTO: AP] ” data-medium-file=”https://easternherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/US-Secretary-of-State-Antony-Blinken-and-Russian-Foreign-Minister-Sergey-Lavrov.webp” data-large-file=”https://easternherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/US-Secretary-of-State-Antony-Blinken-and-Russian-Foreign-Minister-Sergey-Lavrov.webp”>Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told American journalist Tucker Carlson about a previously unknown conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about Ukraine before the conflict began. Lavrov said that he had not seen the […]