The Guardian Weekly - December 13, 2024
The Guardian Weekly - December 13, 2024
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December 13, 2024
DISBELIEF TURNS TO ELATION
On the streets of Damascus, residents were in a daze as they tried to absorb Bashar al-Assad's dramatic downfall after a lightning offensive by rebel forces that swept through Syria in just 11 days
5 mins
The view from afar At last I can dream of a Syria for us all
IT HAPPENED SO FAST. In the evening, about 9.30pm UK time, 30 minutes after midnight in Homs, I spotted the first video indicating that my home city was finally free from Bashar al-Assad and his forces.
2 mins
FROM DOCTOR TO BRUTAL DICTATOR THE RISE AND FALL OF ASSAD
ON THE FACE OF IT AT LEAST, the Bashar al-Assad of 2002 presented a starkly different figure from the brutal autocrat he would become, presiding over a fragile state founded on torture, imprisonment and industrial murder.
5 mins
FROM DOCTOR TO BRUTAL DICTATOR THE RISE AND FALL OF ASSAD
0N THE FACE OF IT AT LEAST, the Bashar al-Assad of 2002 presented a starkly different figure from the brutal autocrat he would become, presiding over a fragile state founded on torture, imprisonment and industrial murder.
5 mins
A daunting future Assad's murderous regime has fallen-but what will fill the void?
For once, use of the word \"historic\" is justified in describing the toppling of Bashar al-Assad's regime after more than 50 years of brutal dictatorship, 13 years of on-off civil war and a world of suffering.
3 mins
A shadow of hope?
Ukraine and Russia wait warily for Trump's vision of peace
7 mins
K-pop and autocrats A nation's two sides laid bare
While some say last week's political turmoil has harmed South Korea's reputation, others say it proves resilience
5 mins
End of an era as London's meat market set to close
Traders stunned at plan to close the historic Smithfield market, which was established in 1133 and survived Great Fire of 1666
3 mins
Tech brings prisoners' Tower graffiti into the light
The writing was on the wall for many of the prisoners incarcerated in the Tower of London over the centuries. Now, it can finally be deciphered.
2 mins
'If I get sent to Japan, I'm not coming home'
Anti-whaler Paul Watson, who left Greenpeace to found Sea Shepherd, spent his 74th birthday in prison and faces an extradition threat
5 mins
Double takes The rise of the celebrity lookalike competition
When Miles Mitchell's friends saw fliers scattered across New York City last month advertising a Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition, they urged the 21-yearold college senior from Staten Island to enter.
3 mins
Object lessons Behind the scenes of a museum's grand reserves
A tour of the newarchive collection of London's Science Museum andits associates reveals a cornucopia of wonders and treasures
4 mins
Ring master The Trump circus is already back in town
The grand reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris last Saturday was attended by around 50 heads of state and government.
3 mins
Help support the victims of conflict in a volatile world
When we came to choose the theme of our 2024 charity appeal, we quickly realised it would be impossible to ignore that this has been an especially harrowing year of conflict, war and human suffering.
2 mins
'Gun control is dead, and we killed it'
Blueprints for 3D-printed weapons are increasingly being used by far-right extremists to evade gun control laws. So what can be done?
10+ mins
Compromise may be Macron's only hope of restoring confidence Paul Taylor
Having failed to solve France's political crisis with a prime minister dependent on the far right, President Emmanuel Macron is exploring a deal with the Socialist party (PS) to give the country a new government, pass an overdue budget and avert financial turmoil.
3 mins
It's a sad story for us all that fewer children are reading for pleasure Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
On the shelf in my son's bedroom is a row of picture books that once belonged to me.
3 mins
Farage is lying in wait.Britain cannot afford to see Starmer fail Jonathan Freedland
This government must not fail. Let's get that clear from the start. If Keir Starmer does not succeed, too many British voters will conclude that both the traditional parties, Labour and Conservative, have proved useless and that it is time to try something else with that something else being nationalist populism.
3 mins
The Guardian Weekly Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Guardian News & Media
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Guardian Weekly is an international English-language news magazine based in London, UK. It is one of the world's oldest international news publications and has readers in more than 170 countries.
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