JERUSALEM/AMMAN (REUTERS) – Israel said it launched air strikes against a number of Syrian army and Iranian Quds Force targets in Syria on Wednesday after…
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Syria's veteran foreign minister Walid Moalem dies
CAIRO/AMMAN (REUTERS) – Syria’s top diplomat and long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, a staunch defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful…
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Syria says U.S. oil firm signed deal with Kurdish-led rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that an American oil company had signed an agreement with Kurdish-led rebels who control northeastern oilfields…
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Syria: Assad's Baath party wins majority in parliamentary polls
Party of President Bashar al-Assad and allies win 177 seats in 250-member Parliament in vote denounced by opposition. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s party and its…
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Syria launches parliamentary elections amid war, economic woes
Experts say legislative vote lacks legitimacy as candidates either members or allies of Bashar al-Assad’s Baath Party. Damascus launches parliamentary elections across government-controlled areas of…
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UN approves limited aid to Syria's north-west after vetoes
GENEVA (BLOOMBERG) – The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution authorising the renewal of one checkpoint for aid delivery to Syria after attempts this…
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U.S. envoy says U.N. vote on Russia bid to cut Syria aid access is 'good versus evil'
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft urged her Security Council counterparts on Wednesday to oppose a Russian bid to…
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Iran news agency reports visit of new Quds chief to Syria
DUBAI (REUTERS) – An Iranian news agency on Saturday (June 27) reported a visit by the chief of the elite Quds Force to eastern Syria,…
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Syrian government orders seizure of assets of president's tycoon cousin Rami Makhlouf
BEIRUT (REUTERS) – The Syrian government ordered the seizure of assets belonging to President Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Rami Makhlouf, one of Syria’s richest men, as…
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Syria confirms first coronavirus case
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria on Sunday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, in a person who had come from abroad. Health Minister Nizar al-Yaziji told…
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Syria's brutal war enters 10th year, with Assad consolidating control
BEIRUT (AFP) – Syria’s brutal conflict enters its 10th year on Sunday (March 15) with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime consolidating its hold over a war-wracked…
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Berlin to take up to 100 children from Greek refugee camps
BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin will take in 80 to 100 children from Greek refugee camps, an official in the German capital said on Tuesday, as…
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Turkey shoots down Syrian fighter jets, destroys tanks as tensions rise
AMMAN • The Syrian army confirmed yesterday two of its warplanes were downed by Turkish jets after being intercepted during a combat mission in Idlib…
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Turkey shoots down two Syrian war planes and destroys 100 tanks
Turkey has shot down two Syrian war planes and destroyed more than 100 tanks as tensions between the two countries escalate. President Recep Erdogan's forces…
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