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Syrian President, wife test positive for coronavirus
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad were tested positive for COVID-19, state news agency SANA reported on Monday. After experiencing some symptoms, the president and his wife took…
- Syria
After years in jail, Syrian mother eyes new life
Maarat Masrin: After giving birth and raising a toddler during four years in a Syrian prison, 30-year-old Hasna Dbeis is now free — and determined to forge a new life for her…
- Syria
Air raids kill 12 civilians in jihadist-held Syrian town: monitor
Beirut: Air strikes by Damascus or its ally Moscow killed 12 civilians in a market in Syria’s Idlib province, a monitor said Wednesday, as fierce fighting raged for the jihadist-held northwestern region.…
- Syria
Syria death toll tops 370,000 in 8 years of war: monitor
Beirut: Eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 people dead including 112,000 civilians, a monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of…
- Syria
US-backed Syria force announces final push against Daesh
Qamishli: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said Saturday it had begun the “final battle” to oust the Daesh group from the last scrap of territory it holds in eastern Syria. IS overran…