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Saudi Arabia urges Syria sanctions relief at talks with regional, EU diplomats

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Saudi Arabia urges Syria sanctions relief at talks with regional, EU diplomats

Saudi Arabia on Sunday called for the lifting of sanctions on Syria after meetings with top diplomats from West Asia and Europe that focused on the war-ravaged country’s future. The Gulf kingdom, the region’s biggest economy, is seeking to increase its influence in Syria after Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month, analysts…

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Mossad Spy Was Publicly Hanged By Syria In 1965. Israel Wants His Body Back

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Mossad Spy Was Publicly Hanged By Syria In 1965. Israel Wants His Body Back

New Delhi: Businessman Kamel Amin Thaabet arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus in 1962. He threw lavish parties, became part of the city’s social elite and quickly gained access to the country’s most powerful men. Three years later, he was publicly executed in central Damascus’ Marjeh Square. Why? Because Kamel Thaabet was Eli Cohen,…

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Top European diplomats urge inclusive transition in Syria visit

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Top European diplomats urge inclusive transition in Syria visit

This handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA shows France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (C-R), Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (L) meeting with Syria’s new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) and Asaad Shaybani, Foreign Minister for the interim Syrian government (R) in Damascus on January 3, 2025. Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot…

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US Army Veteran Indicted Over Attempts To Join Hezbollah

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US Army Veteran Indicted Over Attempts To Join Hezbollah

Washington: A US Army veteran who allegedly went to Lebanon and Syria to try to join Hezbollah has been indicted for attempting to support a “terrorist” organization, the Justice Department said Thursday. Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a dual US-Irish national, was arrested in Chicago last month and brought to Pennsylvania on Monday to face charges,…

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War Or Peace: What Will Become Of Middle East In 2025?

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War Or Peace: What Will Become Of Middle East In 2025?

Picture this: the current interim government in Syria, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), gives way to an elected government. Under this fledgling democratic setup, a phoenix-like Syria rises from the ashes of its long, bloody civil war. Millions of Syrian refugees and internally displaced people are returning home joyously; investors are trickling in; broken…

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More Than Half Of Syrian Children Out Of School: Report

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More Than Half Of Syrian Children Out Of School: Report

Damascus: About half of school-age children in Syria are missing out on education after nearly 14 years of civil war, Save the Children told AFP on Monday, calling for “immediate action”. The overwhelming majority of Syrian children are also in need of immediate humanitarian assistance including food, the charity said, with at least half of…

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14 Syrian police killed in ambush as unrest spreads

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14 Syrian police killed in ambush as unrest spreads

Representational image. | Photo Credit: AFP Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an “ambush” by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early on Thursday (December 26, 2024), as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s removal more…

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Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad’s supporters leave casualties

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Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad’s supporters leave casualties

Syrian fighters stand on vehicle parked on a street at the central square in Damascus, Syria, on December 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad’s government killed two Islamic fighters on Wednesday (December 25, 2024) and wounded others, according to interim officials….

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Christmas In Post-Assad Syria Tainted By Fears For Minority’s Future

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Christmas In Post-Assad Syria Tainted By Fears For Minority’s Future

Damascus: Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. But at a church in Damascus’s historic centre, surrounded by some 500 faithful who were singing psalms on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, she could breathe a…

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Syrian Foreign Minister Warns Iran Against Spreading Chaos In Syria

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Syrian Foreign Minister Warns Iran Against Spreading Chaos In Syria

Tehran:  Syria’s newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people’s will and the country’s sovereignty. In a post on X, Shibani said: “Iran must respect the will of the Syrian people and the country’s sovereignty and security. We warn them…

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