Syrian

The UK has lifted asset freezes on Syrian government bodies including the defence and interior ministries, in the latest easing of sanctions on the country.

Life under the Assads had meant more than 50 years of disappearances, incarceration - and the civil war that began in 2011 had claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Syrians.

Yaxley-Lennon was jailed last October after he ignored a court order not to repeat lies about a Syrian refugee, who had successfully sued him for libel.

Yaxley-Lennon was jailed for 18 months last October for contempt of court because he ignored an order not to repeat lies about a Syrian refugee.

In the ensuing firefight, the Israeli military scrambled drones and launched artillery, killing nine people and wounding more than a dozen others, Syrian health authorities said.