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Jan 172 min read
UN rights chief urges reconciliation process in first Syria visit
DAMASCUS - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ensure...
Jan 174 min read
Exclusive-Western powers warn Syria over foreign jihadists in army, sources say
BEIRUT/DAMASCUS - U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to...
Jan 174 min read
Analysis-Efforts to end Kurdish militant conflict in Turkey face Syria test
ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation...
Jan 173 min read
Exclusive-Qatar plans to help boost Syrian government salaries, sources say
DAMASCUS/DOHA - Qatar is planning to help finance a massive boost in public sector wages promised by Syria's new government, a U.S....
Dec 21, 20242 min read
Syria's new rulers name foreign minister amid push for international relations
Syria's new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as they seek to build...
Dec 21, 20245 min read
Analysis-Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts
QAMISHLI, Syria/BEIRUT/ANKARA - With hostile Turkish-backed groups mobilising against them in Syria's north, and Damascus ruled by a...
Dec 21, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Syrian Kurdish commander: non-Syrian Kurdish fighters to leave if total truce agreed with Turkey
HASAKAH, Syria - Kurdish fighters who came to Syria from around the Middle East to support Syrian Kurdish forces will leave if a total...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria
BEIRUT - Syria's Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Syrian Christians attend services, schools reopen a week after Assad's overthrow
DAMASCUS/LATAKIA, Syria - Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Israel plans to double population on occupied Golan, citing threats from Syria
JERUSALEM - Israel agreed on Sunday to double its population on the occupied Golan Heights while saying threats from Syria remained...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
UN chief welcomes aid commitments by new Syrian authorities
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher met with the commander of Syria's new administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and newly...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Russia says Syrians must decide future of their country
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was up to Syrians to determine their own future and called for an "inclusive" government...
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