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Tears of joy and sadness as ‘disappeared’ Syrians emerge from Assad’s prisons
As Syrian rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) captured city after city on the road to Damascus, forcing Bashar al-Assad to flee the country, they also opened the doors of the regime’s notorious prisons, into which upwards of 100,000 people disappeared during nearly 14 years of …
Police offer £50k reward to find killer of Greater Manchester schoolgirl in 1984
Police have offered a £50,000 reward as a new appeal for information is launched over the murder of a schoolgirl in Greater Manchester 40 years ago.
Lisa Hession, 14, was sexually assaulted and strangled in an alleyway less than 200 metres from her home in Bonnywell Road, Leigh, after walking …
We need proper policies, Keir Starmer, not more pledges | Letters
How depressing that the Labour party seems so bereft of ideas that all it can do as a new government is to castigate the civil service for its lacklustre performance (
Starmer may view Whitehall reform as essential to his missions, 6 December
). What does Labour expect? Any …Here’s a way to make politics more equal | Brief letters
Further to Michelle Bachelet’s excellent article about women fixing politics (
This mammoth year of elections has shown how badly global politics is neglecting women, 6 December
), I have often thought that, for equality, each constituency should elect two MPs: one male, one female. With that method, the …ITV faces a hard sell to tempt suitors despite Carolyn McCall’s best efforts
enters her eighth year as boss of ITV
she might be forgiven for wondering if maybe she shouldn’t haveturned down a chance to run Marks & Spencer instead.
McCall revealed the approach back in 2016 while quashing speculation she was poised to …
Bashar al-Assad has fled Syria – but where is the former dictator now?
former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad
remained unclear on Sunday as his ally Russia, which had long sustained him in office, said he hadresigned and departed the country
.“As a result of negotiations between B. Assad and a number of participants …
Undercover officer denies role in arson attack on Debenhams in 1987
An undercover police officer has denied that he set fire to a high street department store while masquerading as an animal rights campaigner, a public inquiry has heard.
Six witnesses have told the undercover policing inquiry that Bob Lambert, a police spy, was involved in an arson attack on a …
Syria’s rebels had strengths, but it was his regime’s weakness that undid Assad | Jason Burke
From doctor to brutal dictator: the rise and fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
On the face of it at least, the Bashar al-Assad of 2002 presented a starkly different figure to the brutal autocrat he would become, presiding over a fragile state founded on torture, imprisonment and industrial murder.
He had been president then for just two years, succeeding his father, Hafez, whose …
Christmas dips and party nibbles run short as Bakkavor factory strike continues
Industrial action at …