Syria
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Trump Exposes Macron Text And Asserts He Stopped Syria Extremist Jailbreak
President Donald Trump publicly shared a private diplomatic message from French President Emmanuel Macron and boasted that his intervention helped avert a large-scale escape of extremist detainees in Syria. The…
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Trump Showers Netanyahu With Praise While Pushing For Controversial New Ally
At a crucial meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, the two leaders showered each other with praise and expressed their hopes for the future, including…
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US Launches Sustained Strikes On ISIS Targets In Syria After Killing Of Three Americans
The U.S. has launched a sustained series of military strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, retaliating for a Dec. 13 attack that killed two U.S. Army soldiers and a…
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Two US Soldiers And Interpreter Killed In Attack During Counter-ISIS Operation In Syria
AFP Two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. civilian interpreter were killed during an attack in central Syria while supporting ongoing counter-ISIS operations, the Pentagon confirmed. Three additional U.S. personnel…
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Rebuilding Wrecked Syria Vital For Regional Stability: UN
After 14 years of destruction, Syria must be swiftly rebuilt to bring stability to the country and the wider region, a top UN official in the war-ravaged nation told AFP.…
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Syria Selects Members Of First Post-Assad Parliament In Contested Process
Syria will select members of its first post-Assad parliament on Sunday in a process criticised as undemocratic, with a third of the members appointed by interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. The…
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In UN Debut, New Syria Leader Warns On Israel But Backs Dialogue
Syria’s new leader warned Wednesday that Israel’s persistent attacks put the region at risk, but he backed diplomacy as he won support on his UN debut. Ahmed al-Sharaa is the…
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Ankara, Damascus Top Diplomats Warn Israel Over Syria Action
Turkey’s foreign minister and his Syrian counterpart on Wednesday warned Israel not to stir up chaos in Syria and demanded an end to all external interventions aimed at destabilising the…
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Syria Evacuates Bedouin From Druze-majority Sweida As Ceasefire Holds
Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said…
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Calm Returns To South Syria After Violence That Killed 1,000: Monitor
Calm returned to southern Syria’s Sweida province on Sunday, a monitor and AFP correspondents reported, after a week of sectarian violence between Druze fighters and rival groups that killed more…
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Syria Forces Deploy In Druze Heartland After US Brokers Deal With Israel
Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province. Israel had bombed defence ministry…
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Sharaa’s Pullout From Syria Druze Heartland Exposes Shaky Leadership
Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria’s Druze heartland — a move that exposes the interim leader’s weakness just as he sought to assert control.…
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Syria Says Local Factions To Secure Violence-hit Sweida
The Syrian government announced Thursday that local leaders would assume control over security in the city of Sweida in an attempt to end violence that has claimed hundreds of lives…
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Israel Bombs Syria Army HQ After Warning Damascus To Leave Druze Alone
Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says…
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Syria Deploys Forces After Dozens Killed In Bedouin-Druze Clashes
Syria deployed security forces Monday in the southern province of Sweida after at least 50 people were killed in clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters, a monitor said.…
