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☆ Mohammad Faris: ‘Armstrong of the Arab World’ and Syria’s first astronaut dies in exile
  + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Eyad Kourdi | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
In 1987, Faris, a pilot in the Syrian Air Force, spent eight days in space with the Soviet Union’s Interkosmos spaceflight program. Faris flew with a Soviet crew to Mir space station becoming the first and only Syrian astronaut and second Arab to make it to space. Upon his return to Syria, Faris was celebrated as a national hero by tens of thousands of Syrians. Faris decided in 2012 to defect and publicly oppose the Syrian regime, putting his family and himself in life-threatening danger. In 2020, Faris was granted Turkish citizenship, as reported by the Turkish state broadcaster TRT.
Persons: CNN — Mohammad Faris, Armstrong, Faris, Hafez al, Assad, Bashar, “, Jazeera, Assad, Faris –, Hafez al - Assad, Prince Sultan bin Salman, Allah, “ let’s, ” Faris, Bashar al, Al Jazeera, Moscow propping Organizations: CNN, Syrian Air Force, Saudi, Free Syrian Army, Turkish, TRT, Star City, AP Locations: Turkish, Gaziantep, Soviet, Syria, ”, Aleppo, Turkey, Istanbul, Russia, Moscow, Soviet Union
☆ Drones have ushered in a brutal new phase of Syria's civil war
  + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Read previewDrones are increasingly shaping warfare in the Syrian civil war that entered its 14th year in March. Kasim Rammah/Getty ImagesHowever, unlike drones, Syrian Air Force aircraft require significant support from Russia. Advertisement"The Russians might not want to spend any more jet fuel and Soviet-designed bombs on Assad just to help him blow up hospitals and marketplaces in Idlib," Lund said. Advertisement"It seems well within the means of Tahrir al-Sham, the dominant jihadi militia in Idlib, to manufacture and use kamikaze drones," Lund said. Even though many of these opposition drones are often described as crude, low-tech, and DIY, Lund also does not rule out the possibility that Syrian opposition groups have received state backing for some attacks.
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☆ Assad Regime Carried Out 2018 Chlorine Attack in Syria, Investigators Say
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Jared Malsin | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Government forces dropped chlorine cylinders from a helicopter on apartment buildings in Douma city during Syria’s civil war, investigators concluded. ISTANBUL—An international chemical-weapons watchdog on Friday blamed the Syrian air force for a 2018 chlorine attack that killed at least 43 people, adding more evidence of war crimes committed by President Bashar Al Assad ‘s government during the country’s decadelong civil war. A report from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said investigators concluded that Mr. Assad’s forces were behind the April 2018 attack, basing their findings on 70 chemical samples, 66 witness statements, satellite data and other forensic evidence.
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