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Syria’s new leader makes first visit to United Arab Emirates
Beirut: Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa made his first visit Sunday to the United Arab Emirates, whose leaders have been circumspect about the new leadership in Damascus in the four months since the…
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Israel’s military strikes threaten Syria’s fragile political transition: UN official
United Nations: Israel’s continued military strikes are threatening Syria’s fragile political transition and undermining its efforts toward peace and stability, a senior UN official warned. Briefing a Security Council meeting on Thursday,…
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UN envoy condemns Israel’s military escalations in Syria
United Nations: A UN envoy condemned Israel’s latest air and ground attacks on Syria, and denounced such moves undermine efforts toward peace and destabilise the country. In a statement, Geir Pedersen, the…
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Israeli strikes kill 9 in southwestern Syria
Nawa: Israeli strikes in Syria reportedly killed at least nine people in the southwest of the country on Thursday, as Israel accused Turkey of trying to build a “protectorate” in Syria. Syrian…
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Lebanon, Syria sign agreement on border demarcation, easing tensions
Beirut: Lebanon and Syria have signed an agreement on border demarcation and to boost coordination between the two countries regarding security along their tense frontier, the Saudi Press Agency reported Friday. The…
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Israeli strikes in southwestern Syria kill 6 people as troops clash with residents
Koayiah: An Israeli strike Tuesday in southwestern Syria killed at least six people as Israeli troops occupying the area clashed with local residents, Syria’s Foreign Ministry and a war monitor reported. Israeli…
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Lebanon shuts down illegal border crossings with Syria
Beirut: Lebanon closed illegal border crossings with Syria in the east and north of the country. On Wednesday the Lebanese army has entered the border village of Housh al-Sayyid Ali following the…
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Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza, Syria
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has strongly condemned the recent Israeli airstrikes that resulted in the deaths of over 400 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, March 18. In…
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Struggling Syrian regime opens new front within the country but not against Israeli forces
Oblivious of the presence of the United States-led Israeli Defence Forces in the vicinity of Damascus, the Ahmed al-Sharaa government in Syria has unnecessarily opened a new front in the western coastal…
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Turkiye, Israel face mounting tensions over future of post-Assad Syria
Ankara: The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government has aggravated already tense relations between Turkiye and Israel, with their conflicting interests in Syria pushing the relationship toward a possible collision course.…
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Dozens of Syrian Druze make rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Mandal Shams: Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in decades. The nearly 100 Syrian…
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Qatar to supply natural gas to Syria amid electricity crisis
Damascus: Qatar will provide natural gas supplies to Syria with the aim of generating 400 megawatts of electricity a day, in a measure to help address the war-battered country’s severe electricity shortages,…
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UN, partners help Syria’s coastal areas recover from violence
United Nations: The United Nations and partners have mobilised relief efforts to help residents in Syria’s western Latakia Governorate recover from recent violence, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination…
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Syria’s interim govt signs historic deal with Kurds, secures nationwide control
Syria’s interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into the Syrian army.…
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Arab League, Iraq, Egypt voice concern over Syria’s security situation
Cairo: The Arab League (AL) has been following with great concern the security situation in Syria, the pan-Arab body said in a statement. The AL on Saturday also condemned violence and uncontrolled…
