EU begins easing Syria energy, transport and banking sanctions to help revive its economy
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday began easing energy and transport sanctions and banking restrictions against ...
Syria leader invited to Arab League summit on Gaza
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa received an invitation on Sunday to attend an ...
IDF tanks in Jenin, Katz: About 40,000 Palestinians have been evacuated from West Bank
The IDF has evacuated about 40,000 Palestinians from the northern West Bank since January 21, the most in decades, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday. It was a stunning admission given that the ...
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US military kills Al Qaeda facilitator in Syria
A US airstrike killed Wasim Tahsin Bayraqdar, who US Central Command (CENTOM) identified as "a senior leadership facilitator" ...
Netanyahu says Israel won't allow Syrian forces 'south of Damascus'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria's new army or the insurgent group that led the ...
Israel won't allow HTS forces in southern Syria, Netanyahu says
Israel on Sunday said it will not tolerate presence of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in southern Syria, nor any other forces ...
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Syria's Path to Reform: National Dialogue Conference Marks New Era
Assad, plans a national dialogue conference on February 25 to chart the nation's future. This pivotal event, drawing international attention, focuses on inclusivity and aims to establish a ...
Syrian national dialogue to begin on February 25
Syria's new authorities will hold a national dialogue conference starting on February 25 to discuss a new path for the nation after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December, two members of its ...
Syria's Christians mark a decade since horrific Islamic State attack and worry about their future
The anniversary comes as Christians worry about the future of Syria following the ouster of longtime president Bashar Assad in December by insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group.
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In Duma, planting the seeds of Syria’s postwar future
Huda Khayti always knew that this day would come. While she worried that the world might have sidelined Syria over the course of nearly a decade and a half of war, she never stopped hoping. "I knew ...
Dancing in Damascus: Syrians cling to culture under Islamists' rule
Haddad, feared might be in jeopardy as Islamist rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a group with origins in global ...
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In Assad’s Fall, an Echo of the Arab Spring
The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of uprisings, which lasted from 2010 to 2012 and saw hundreds of thousands of ...