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2 months ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
A packed audience at the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode, Kerala, south-west India. Photo: Kerala Literature Festival A packed audience at the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode, Kerala, south-west India. Photo: Kerala Literature FestivalPostcard from Kozhikode: Books by the beach in Unesco city of literatureTens of thousands flock every year to hear noted writers and thinkers at the Kerala Literature Festival
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
The Gaza ceasefire will not begin until Israel receives the list of hostages to be released by Hamas, Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Sunday morning, less than an hour before the truce was to have gone into effect at 8:30 am local time. “The Prime Minister instructed the IDF that the ceasefire, which is supposed to take effect at 8:30, will not begin until Israel has received the list of released hostages, which Hamas has committed to providing,” his office said in a statement.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
Migrant women rest at a temporary shelter in Beirut run by the Jesuit Refugee Service. Photo: Jesuit Refugee Service
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
Syrians and others celebrate at the Masnaa border crossing with Lebanon after the rebels announced they had ousted President Bashar Al Assad. Reuters
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
People displaced by violence arrive at a camp in Tabqa city, northern Syria, on Wednesday. AP People displaced by violence arrive at a camp in Tabqa city, northern Syria, on Wednesday. APFighting in Syria displacing civilians 'by the minute', UN official warnsAbout 150,000 people have been forcibly displaced in a week of clashes between rebels and government forces
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
A member of the Syrian opposition passes a Hama governorate sign on the Damascus to Aleppo motorway on Tuesday. EPAAnti-government fighters in the town of Suran, between Aleppo and Hama. AFPSyrian opposition fighters with a tank taken from the army in the town of Maarat Al Numan, south of Idlib. APAn abandoned Syrian army tank on the outskirts of Hama. APMore abandoned tanks on the highway to Damascus, near the town of Suran, north of Hama.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
A member of the Syrian opposition passes a Hama governorate sign on the Damascus to Aleppo motorway on Tuesday. EPAAnti-government fighters in the town of Suran, between Aleppo and Hama. AFPSyrian opposition fighters with a tank taken from the army in the town of Maarat Al Numan, south of Idlib. APAn abandoned Syrian army tank on the outskirts of Hama. APMore abandoned tanks on the highway to Damascus, near the town of Suran, north of Hama.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
A boy stands next to a destroyed building after an air strike in Idlib, northern Syria. EPA A boy stands next to a destroyed building after an air strike in Idlib, northern Syria. EPAAbout 50,000 displaced in Syria conflict as Turkey urges regime and rebels to reconcileUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls for return to the UN-enabled political processThe must read newsletter for the region By signing up, I agree to The National's privacy policy
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
As fresh fighting unthawed the frozen front lines of Syria's civil war in recent days and insurgents seized control of large areas of the country's north, the world's attention is once again on the 13-year war between the government of President Bashar Al Assad and a myriad rebel groups. The war was initially sparked by pro-democracy demonstrations in the southern city of Deraa in response to the arrest and torture of teenagers who had painted revolutionary slogans on a school wall.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
thenationalnews.com | Anjana Sankar
Militants gather near the northern Syrian town of Azaz on December 1. Renewed violence in the country has led to the first Russian strikes on Aleppo since 2016. AFP
