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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...


Dec 17, 20241 min read
UN Syria envoy says UN plans to offer all kinds of help to Syrian people
DUBAI- The United Nations intends to offer all kinds of help to the Syrian people, UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen told Syrian rebel leader...


Dec 17, 20241 min read
UN launches fresh attempt to resolve Libya's election impasse
The United Nations will convene a technical committee of Libyan experts in an attempt to resolve contentious issues and put the country...


Dec 10, 20243 min read
Explainer-What is the significance of the Golan Heights?
Israel denied on Tuesday it had advanced into Syria beyond a buffer zone with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since the overthrow of...


Dec 10, 20243 min read
Israel pounds Syrian army bases, denies deeper incursion
DAMASCUS - Israel pounded Syrian army bases on Tuesday in strikes it says aim to keep weapons from falling into hostile hands, but denied...


Dec 10, 20242 min read
Hezbollah must focus on Lebanon not wider region, senior politician Bassil says
PARIS - Iran-backed Hezbollah needs to focus on domestic issues in Lebanon and not the wider region, senior Lebanese Maronite politician...


Dec 10, 20242 min read
Israeli denies its forces have gone past Syria buffer zone
DAMASCUS - Israel denied on Tuesday that its forces had penetrated into Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with the Israeli-occupied...


Dec 10, 20241 min read
Austria to support Syrians wanting to return after Assad's fall, Nehammer says
BERLIN - Austria will support Syrians who want to return now that rebels have seized Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad has fled,...


Dec 10, 20243 min read
European countries put Syrian asylum bids on hold after Assad's fall
BERLIN - European countries put asylum applications from Syrians on hold until further notice on Monday after rebels seized the Syrian...


Dec 10, 20243 min read
Assad's fall in Syria exposes limits of China's Middle East diplomacy
BEIJING/HONG KONG - Just over a year ago, China gave Bashar al-Assad and his wife a warm welcome during their six-day visit to the...


Dec 10, 20242 min read
Israel says it will destroy Syria's heavy strategic weaponry
JERUSALEM - Israel will step up airstrikes on Syrian stores of advanced weaponry, Israeli officials said on Monday, and keep a "limited"...


Dec 10, 20241 min read
Israeli strike targets air defence installation near Syria's Mediterranean Latakia port
CAIRO - An Israeli strike targeted an air defence installation near Syria's Mediterranean Latakia port, Syrian security sources said on...
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