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Ribal al-Assad, a son of Bashar al-Assad’s uncle Rifaat al-Assad, who fled Syria in the 1980s after a failed coup, continues his pro-democracy campaigning nonetheless. But his many trips abroad, appearances at various parliaments, and events have found little desire for engagement. “I didn’t see any genuine support for the genuine democrats in Syria,” Ribal al-Assad, who lives in London, England, told Newsweek. “The whole world has recognized that [Bashar al-Assad] won,” he continued, noting the failure of the international community to buoy any true democratic movement in Syria as the war waged on over the past decade....

Heir to the Cowl is a Most Wanted side mission in Batman: Arkham Knight. In Heir to the Cowl, players take control of Azrael, who is under the cultist influence of The Order, and compete to become Gotham’s next protector. Heir to the Cowl is furthered as players locate burning bat symbols throughout Gotham’s islands. Each mission in the questline is comprised of brief trials where players engage in isolated combat encounters and cannot suffer a single hit....

With all these smartphone brands boasting about their super-fast charging lately—from 18W to all the way at 100W or even higher—you’d think charging speed must matter a whole lot more than the total battery capacity. But is that true? Let’s find out. How Do Smartphone Batteries Work? Before we get into the details, let’s first learn how batteries work. Smartphone batteries are made of lithium-ion, and they inevitably degrade over time....

But no matter how much has changed between iterations, there’s one thing that always has stayed the same. Like previous installments, Battlefield 2042’s multiplayer has enormous maps and a staggering 128 player count. RELATED: Battlefield 2042: 10 Beginner Tips for Conquest Mode Like any team-based shooter, players in Battlefield 2042 will want to have good teammates to watch their back. When they find a trustworthy companion, players will want to add them to their friend’s list, but the process can be unintuitive....

With Battlefield 2042 still a few months away, Game Rant got the chance to go hands-on with the online experience thanks to a remote preview event hosted by Electronic Arts. Prior to the main reveal at EA Play 2021, members of the media got an opportunity to look at the game, chat with a number of the developers, and learn about that mysterious third game mode that had been teased during the game’s reveal....

Anyone who purchases a copy of Battlefield 3 will gain access to the demo, but there is a catch: players must have activated their online pass. Aside from this however, players won’t be required to input any other codes, and EA will be setting up a website to help inform players whether or not they have been verified to download the Mass Effect 3 demo in the new year....

Many have wanted Battlefield 6 to return to a modern warzone but with the Call of Duty series also following this direction, there have been doubts about whether this would be pursued. A number of sources have now suggested that Battlefield 6 will finally go back to a modern setting. RELATED: Battlefield 5 Players Campaign Asking For Continuing Developer Support Twitter user, and frequent leaker, Tom Henderson claimed that a fellow user who praised Moder Warfare 2, 3, and Battlefield would be “happy” next year....

In this trailer, many members on the Battletoads development team talk about how the game was always intended to be a comedy, as well the steps that needed to be taken during the game’s development. It overall gives off the impression that the team had a good time working together on this project. RELATED: Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition and Battletoads Get Ratings in Australia The footage showing the animated cutscenes really highlight the smoothness of the animation shown, as well as the comedic writing that will be helping to carry the game....

“Yes it’s the right decision,” Rutten said. “No he shouldn’t do MMA anymore. Because you could tell that he didn’t enjoy to get hit. You know? And I’m not saying that a fighter needs to enjoy getting hit, but at least they shouldn’t be afraid of it. Once you start looking away from punches, that means that something you’re doing wrong here. Either in training you’re not going all the way, or they tell their sparring partners that they cannot hit the head....

But what about the newbies? This next group of first-time-eligible players includes a couple of likely inductees, a couple of stars with sneaky-good cases and at least one player who promises to spark lots of discussion. MORE: SN covers of Baseball Hall of Famers We’re going to take a look at the newbies and try and guess what their vote percentage will look like when the results are announced. Two things to keep in mind: First, it’s a crowded ballot, again, and finding spots won’t be easy for voters when you remember that seven guys who received at least 45 percent of the vote are back on the ballot next year....

Not only is "Highly Questionable" the name of his show on ESPN2, but Wednesday, the day the 2014 Hall of Fame class was announced, the former Miami Herald columnist revealed that he was the one who gave his vote to the popular anti-establishment sports website Deadspin back in November. HALL OF FAME: Voting breakdown | Armando Benitez got a vote? From Deadspin: I feel like my vote has gotten pretty worthless in the avalanche of sanctimony that has swallowed it....

After falling one vote short in the 2010 election by the Hall's expansion era committee, the pioneering players' union head was at least six votes shy this year in the first balloting following his death. "Over the past 50 years, no individual has come close to matching Marvin's impact on the sport," new union head Tony Clark said after Monday's vote. "Marvin's legacy remains intact, and will only grow stronger, while the credibility of the Hall of Fame continues to suffer....

Not this exact conversation, maybe, but conversations with the same basic theme. When (and how) is it OK to incorporate modern technology into baseball? The answer with this sport, eternally, seems to be the same: Probably at least 10 years ago. Today, let’s talk about allowing pitchers and catchers to communicate pitch signals with words, instead of having to rely on caveman-era hand signals. Here’s the idea: Let the catcher and pitcher — and maybe the manager and/or pitching coach, but more on that in a minute — wear earpieces and microphones and call pitches that way....

The game looked destined for a draw as both sides struggled to create many clear-cut chances until Lang got at the end of a cross to send the ball into an empty net with just a minute left to play. That would go on t be the decisive goal of the evening. Here are the player ratings from the match: Basel Tomas Vaclik – 8 The goalkeeper got off to a great start, saving Lukaku’s close-range effort in the 12th minute before pulling off a number of good saves for the rest of the evening, most notably to deny Martial in a one on one situation....

Sheik Muzahim’s supporters inside the house, including some 42 tribal leaders, said the crowd were all members of a rival tribe, the al Sadouni. That’s a strongly Baathist tribe, whose leader, Sadeq al Sadouni, was the top Baathist official in Basra. But were they really Sadouni? It was hard to tell. Said the sheik’s cousin, Sheik Mansour Kanan, “To take a metaphorical example, when a person dies the family start fighting over his property....

Batman: Arkham Knight allows players to tackle many of its Combat and Predator challenges as either Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Catwoman, Azrael, Harley Quinn, or Red Hood. This grants an immense amount of gameplay freedom for such challenges and lets players practice their skills with each character. Recently, a fan playing Batman: Arkham Knight as Robin managed to stumble upon a rare glitch. RELATED: Batman: Arkham Knight Player Hilariously Finds and Shoots Arkham Knight at Ace Chemicals...

Fans of Batman: The Telltale Series ought to expect many of the same characters from the game’s first episode to return in Children of Arkham, with Harvey Dent, Selina Kyle, the aforementioned Bruce Wayne, and other familiar faces from the Dark Knight’s universe making a comeback in the next plot. Of course, even more characters from the Caped Crusader’s world will make an appearance later on as the season progresses....

Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko took to social media to warn against fighting in the area and the dangers of artillery fire in the area where there is “unsafe nuclear radioactive waste.” “The invaders from the territory of Belarus have moved into the [Chernobyl exclusion] zone,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “The national guardsmen, who guard the collectors of unsafe nuclear radioactive waste, are fighting hard. “If the invader’s artillery hits and ruins/damages the collectors of nuclear waste, radioactive nuclear dust can be spread over the territory of Ukraine, Belarus and the [countries] of the EU....