MOSCOW (AFP) – Three NGOs on Monday (March 15) announced a landmark legal case in Moscow against Russian mercenary group Wagner over the torture of…
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Pope Francis meets father of Alan Kurdi, drowned Syrian toddler
ARBIL, IRAQ (AFP) – Pope Francis on his last night in Iraq met the father of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler who became…
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No peace in Syria, after first uprising spiralled into war
BEIRUT (AFP) – After a decade of unfathomable violence and human tragedy that has made Syria the defining war of the early 21st century, the…
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German court issues guilty verdict in first Syria torture trial
KOBLENZ, GERMANY (REUTERS) – A German court sentenced a former member of President Bashar al-Assad’s security services to 4½ years in prison on Wednesday (Feb…
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Israel says air strikes in Syria hit Syrian, Iranian military targets
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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