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Firefighters battle raging wildfires in Syria amid harsh heat wave
Damascus: Firefighters are battling numerous wildfires amid a scorching heat wave in Syria’s northwestern province of Latakia and have managed to control most of them, said officials. Latakia Governor Amer Ismail Hilal…
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Saudi Arabia spends over USD 18 billion on ‘visitor’ refugees in 12 years
Riyadh: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has spent a total of 18.6 billion dollars aid on visitor refugees within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) since 2011 until the…
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US forces capture 3 in airborne operation in Syria
Damascus: The US forces has captured three people in an airborne operation in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour, media reported. With the help of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the…
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Massive forest wildfires sweep Syria
Damascus: Firefighters have been battling massive wildfires in central, western and northwestern Syria since July 12, local media reported The fires broke out in the countryside of the central province of Hama,…
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UN considers Syrian offer to use border crossing for aid delivery
United Nations: The UN is considering an offer from the Damascus government for the world body to use the Bab al-Hawa border crossing to deliver aid into northwest Syria through Turkey, a…
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Syria breaks UNSC stalemate by agreeing to allow border-crossing for aid
United Nations: Syria has unilaterally broken a Security Council stalemate by agreeing to allow the UN to use a contentious border-crossing to provide aid to rebel-held areas of the country on the…
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MoS Muraleedharan begins his two-day visit to Syria
Damascus: Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on Wednesday arrived in Syria on a two-day official visit to the country. The MoS will during his visit hold discussions with…
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Two car bombs kill at least eight in northern Syria
Damascus: Eight people including three children were killed in two separate car bombings in Jarabulus in northern Syria. On Sunday evening, a car carrying three children among five people exploded in front…
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Syria quashes accreditation of BBC scribes for ‘spreading fake news’
Damascus: The Syrian government has quashed the accreditation of two Syrian journalists working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over allegedly spreading “misleading information and politicising coverage of the war-torn country”. The…
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US killed IS leader Usamah al-Muhajir in drone strike in Syria
Washington: US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the American military has killed an Islamic State (IS) leader in a drone strike in eastern Syria. In a statement on Sunday, CENTCOM commander Gen.…
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Saudi: Syrian conjoined twins successfully separated in 7-hr surgery
Riyadh: A team of doctors at the King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Thursday successfully separated Yemeni conjoined twins in an seven-and-a-half hour surgery, the Saudi Press…
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Israel strikes military sites, air defence battery in Syria
Damascus: Israel launched a missile strike on military sites in Syria’s central province of Homs, causing material damage, the Syrian Army said in a statement. According to the statement on Sunday, the…
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UAE: Syrian customs clearance agent wins Rs 2 cr in latest Mahzooz draw
Abu Dhabi: A 39-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Syrian expatriate won a guaranteed raffle prize of Dirham one million (Rs 2,23,52,984) in the 132nd Mahzooz weekly draw. The winner Amin— matched five…
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Syria: Israeli strikes on Damascus injure soldier
Damascus: A Syrian soldier was seriously injured, early Wednesday, as a result of Israeli air strikes that targeted points near Damascus, SANA News Agency reported. The Syrian air defences engaged Israeli missiles…
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22 US soldiers injured in Syria helicopter mishap
Washington: Twenty-two US. service members were injured and receiving treatment after a “helicopter mishap” in northeastern Syria three daya ago, US Central Command said in a press statement. Dated Monday in its…
