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12/5/2024 3:48:28 PM
The Syrian army has withdrawn from the central city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defences, the military said Thursday, in another setback for President Bashar Assad.
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12/4/2024 2:54:46 PM
Over the past dozen years, Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has worked to remake his public image and the insurgency he commands, renouncing longtime ties to Al-Qaida and consolidating power before emerging from the shadows.
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7/25/2024 1:37:11 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin met President Bashar Assad of Syria in the Kremlin, a video distributed by the Kremlin press service on Thursday showed.
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7/16/2024 10:01:30 AM
Syrians voted for members of a new parliament in an election Monday that was expected to hold few surprises but could pave the way for a constitutional amendment to extend the term of President Bashar Assad.
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7/15/2024 9:54:01 AM
Syrians were voting for members of a new parliament in an election Monday that was expected to hold few surprises but could pave the way for a constitutional amendment to extend the term of President Bashar Assad.
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5/21/2024 12:15:46 PM
Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukaemia, the office of President Bashar Assad announced Tuesday.
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8/30/2023 10:50:06 AM
Arab tribesmen clashed with U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in several areas of eastern Syria on Tuesday, leaving at least 10 people dead and others wounded, opposition activists and pro-government media said.
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8/29/2023 10:59:51 AM
Anti-government protests in southern Syria have entered their second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad and at one point raiding several offices of his ruling party.
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8/23/2023 2:13:22 PM
Angry protesters raided the local offices of the ruling Baath party in a southern Syrian province Wednesday, as protests intensified against the country's government during a severe economic and financial crisis battering the war-torn country.
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7/16/2023 4:34:15 PM
Iraq’s prime minister held talks Sunday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began.
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7/12/2023 2:59:24 PM
Youssef al-Ramadan says he always feels guilty for having to put his wife and three children to work in order to survive — and now they might not be able to get by since international aid could stop flowing from Turkey.
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6/12/2023 5:45:26 PM
Twelve years ago, millions of Syrians fled the ravages of the civil war in search of safety and a better life. Some settled in displacement camps in Syria, others managed to reach neighbouring countries or Europe.
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6/4/2023 6:06:48 PM
Syria's opposition urged on Sunday the resumption of moribund United Nations-sponsored talks with the government of President Bashar al-Assad, who has returned to the Arab fold after years of isolation.
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5/30/2023 10:26:16 PM
For the first time in Syria’s 12-year war, people in every district are experiencing some degree of “humanitarian stress,” and a staggering 15.3 million, nearly 70% of the population, need humanitarian aid, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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5/18/2023 5:25:51 PM
Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived on Thursday in Saudi Arabia to attend a regional summit that is expected to seal Syria's return to the Arab fold, marking his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom since Syria’s conflict began in 2011.
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5/18/2023 3:08:14 PM
Syrian President Bashar Assad headed to Jeddah on Thursday to attend the Arab League summit, his first visit to the kingdom since Syria’s conflict began in 2011, the president's office said.
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5/10/2023 2:04:57 PM
A car bombing close to a police station near the Syrian capital wounded five officers on Wednesday, state media reported.
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5/4/2023 2:17:00 PM
Iran’s president met senior Palestinian officials in Damascus and expressed his country’s support to them Thursday as Tehran and Syria signed a series of agreements.
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5/1/2023 9:30:32 PM
Arab foreign ministers meeting in Amman to discuss Syria's long-running conflict agreed Monday the return of Syrian refugees was a "top priority", according to a communique released after the talks.
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4/26/2023 11:25:59 AM
Syrians living on opposite sides of the largely frozen battle lines dividing their country are watching the accelerating normalization of ties between the government of Bashar Assad and Syria's neighbors through starkly different lenses.
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