By Scott Simon Syria’s president visited China for the first time in nearly 20 years as he looks to end his international isolation and as Beijing seeks to deepen its influence in the Middle East. Source: China and Syria announce ‘strategic partnership’ after its leaders met in Beijing
By Eleanor Myers The story of 16-year-old Emina highlights Albania’s attempts to repatriate the wives and children of fighters. Eleanor Myers, winner of the fourth Rupert Cornwell Prize for Journalism, meets her and hears how her mother and sister decided to stay in Syria Source: She was forced to live under Isis in Syria as […]
Syria’s Bashar Assad was just welcomed back by the Arab League, but protests echoing the uprising that led to the country’s brutal civil war are gaining steam. Source: Syria protests challenge Assad as he tries to put civil war behind him