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Reporter’s Notebook: The threat along Syrian buffer zone is far from over for Israel
For now, there appears to be little appetite to withdraw from the buffer zone, largely because of lingering questions over whether Syria’s…
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Over 20,000 demonstrate in Germany for Kurds in Syria
More than 20,000 people took to the streets in Germany on Saturday in solidarity with the Kurds in Syria. According to police reports,…
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Austria plans more deportations to Syria and Afghanistan
Austria intends to step up deportations to Syria and Afghanistan, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Friday. In 2025, the Alpine…
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Iraq to begin proceedings against ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria
More than 10,000 members of the ultra-hardline terror group have been held for years in about a dozen prisons and detention camps guarded…
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Germany alarmed by reports of IS militants escaping Syrian prisons
Reports of militants from the Islamic State escaping from prisons in Syria are causing concern among Germany's security authorities. In…
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Turkey deploys advanced radar at Damascus airport, raising Israeli concerns
Turkey deployed an advanced radar system at Damascus International Airport, a move Western sources warn could restrict Israel’s freedom of…
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Syria, Russia discuss military cooperation and reconstruction after Assad
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Syrian foreign and defense ministers. Syria sent a delegation to Moscow led by Syrian Foreign…
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Germany resumes deportations to Syria after nearly 15 years
Germany has deported a convicted criminal to Syria for the first time since civil war broke out in the country nearly 15 years ago, the…
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Trump Threatens “Very Serious Retaliation” After Syria Attack
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s…
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‘More should be done’: UN pushes Syrian regime on justice for Druze, Alawites and minority groups
The UN condemned continued incidents of summary executions, arbitrary killings, abductions, sexual violence, arbitrary detentions, looting…
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Israel attacks on Syria: What happened, who did Israel claim it was after?
On Friday, Israel killed at least 13 people, including two children, in the Damascus countryside town of Beit Jinn. The latest air raids…
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Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya terrorists reveal links with Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran
Arrested Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya members in southern Syria admitted ties to Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, as Israel, Syria and the US navigate…
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Thirteen killed in deadliest Israeli raid for months in southern Syria
At least 13 people have been killed in an Israeli raid on a village in southern Syria overnight, state media reported, in one of the…
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Iraq pushes for Syrian border wall, threatening Iran's regional influence
Iranian-backed militias used to infiltrate into Syria via the unguarded border - as such, any wall would actually hurt Iran’s project to…
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State indicts suspects over Syria-to-Israel weapons smuggling network
Prosecutors say suspects, including three from Syria and four from northern Israel, exploited fighting in southern Syria to move guns,…
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Syria recognizes Kosovo as al-Sharaa Gov't continues to move towards western alignment
The recognition comes as the transitional president al-Sharaa welcomed the German foreign minister to Damascus. Kosovo has also been…
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German minister pledges further aid to region on visit to Damascus
Germany will provide another €52.6 million ($60.8 million) in humanitarian aid to Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, Foreign Minister Johann…
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Turkey to send Syria weapons in exchange for greater reach against Kurdish group
Syria has reportedly elected to only use the equipment on its northern border, to avoid further stoking the already tense relations with…
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Why Russia’s Putin and Syria’s Sharaa agreed to meet after a decade of war
Russia clearly wanted to pivot to work with Sharaa. It likely extended feelers long ago, recognizing HTS as a potential partner, even…
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Syria's Sharaa meets Putin in Moscow for first time since fall of Assad
Syria's interim President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has held his first talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow since ousting Russia's ally…
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Syrian president to use Putin talks to request extradition of deposed president Assad, sources say
The Assads now live discreetly in Moscow, according to Russian media. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will use talks with Russian…
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Putin welcomes Syrian president to Moscow despite sheltering al-Assad
Russian leader Vladimir Putin hailed continued friendly relations between his country and Syria on Wednesday as he met Syrian transitional…
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Syria issues arrest warrant for ousted president al-Assad
Syrian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the country's long-time president Bashar al-Assad, more than nine months after his…
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Netanyahu says Israel is negotiating security agreement with Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday that negotiations on a security agreement with neighbouring Syria are…