Syria's tentative hope
Manchester Evening News|December 16, 2024
SYRIA is taking its first steps in the post-Assad era as its people come to terms with life under new rulers, writes AP's Sarah El Deeb.

The few maintenance workers at Damascus' international airport who showed up for work huddled around rebel officer Major Hamza al-Ahmed.

They quickly unloaded all the complaints they had been too afraid to express during the rule of President Bashar Assad, which now, inconceivably, is over.

They told the bearded fighter they were denied promotions and perks in favour of pro-Assad favourites, and that bosses threatened them with prison for working too slowly.

Esta historia es de la edición December 16, 2024 de Manchester Evening News.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

Esta historia es de la edición December 16, 2024 de Manchester Evening News.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

MÁS HISTORIAS DE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWSVer todo
Manchester Evening News

We defended like U15s - Silva

MANCHESTER City defended like under-15s and totally deserved their derby defeat yesterday, a scathing Bernardo Silva said.

time-read
2 minutos  |
December 16, 2024
Worse than I could imagine'
Manchester Evening News

Worse than I could imagine'

PEP INSISTS HE'S THE MAN TO TURN IT AROUND

time-read
1 min  |
December 16, 2024
Manchester Evening News

Picking up the pieces

UNITED FIGHT BACK FOR DRAMATIC DERBY VICTORY

time-read
4 minutos  |
December 16, 2024
Amorim: We'll be careful with match-winner
Manchester Evening News

Amorim: We'll be careful with match-winner

UNITED WILL PROTECT YOUNG STAR AMAD AND LET HIM CONTINUE PROGRESS

time-read
2 minutos  |
December 16, 2024
'Lifestyle choices' behind duo's exclusion - Amorim
Manchester Evening News

'Lifestyle choices' behind duo's exclusion - Amorim

RUBEN Amorim suggested clothing and lifestyle choices contributed to Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho's exclusions from the Manchester United squad against Manchester City.

time-read
2 minutos  |
December 16, 2024
Manchester Evening News

Top doctors fear 'danger normalised'

LEADING emergency doctors have expressed concern about a new guide on how to treat patients in corridors, saying it is \"normalising the dangerous\" NHS England has produced guidance on \"providing safe and good quality care in temporary escalation spaces\".

time-read
1 min  |
December 16, 2024
Manchester Evening News

Syria's tentative hope

SYRIA is taking its first steps in the post-Assad era as its people come to terms with life under new rulers, writes AP's Sarah El Deeb.

time-read
1 min  |
December 16, 2024
'Moral responsibility to tackle the boats'
Manchester Evening News

'Moral responsibility to tackle the boats'

THE Home Secretary said the Government has a moral responsibility to tackle the small boats crisis, but refused to say when the number of people arriving over the English Channel will decline.

time-read
1 min  |
December 16, 2024
Manchester Evening News

Israel to shut embassy

ISRAEL will close its embassy in Dublin in light of \"the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government\", foreign minister Gideon Saar has said, accusing the country of \"crossing every red line\".

time-read
2 minutos  |
December 16, 2024
Manchester Evening News

That's an 'L' of a pass rate!

AREAS MOST LIKELY TO GRANT LICENCE

time-read
1 min  |
December 16, 2024