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10/22/2025 1:07:30 PM
Syrian government forces said they had surrounded on Wednesday a camp in the northwest of the country housing foreign fighters led by prominent French jihadist Oumar Diaby, who is also known as Omar Omsen.
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8/23/2025 11:54:18 AM
Young Kurdish men, including members of religious minorities, recently signed up to join the Syrian government’s General Security forces in Afrin, an area in the country’s north from which Kurds were forcibly displaced years ago.
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8/9/2025 1:46:46 PM
A Syrian government official said Saturday that authorities would not participate in planned talks in Paris on integrating the Kurdish semi-autonomous administration into the Syrian state and demanded future negotiations be held in Damascus.
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7/16/2025 1:23:11 PM
Syria state media said that the Israeli military struck the Druze-majority city of Sweida, where Syrian government forces have deployed despite Israeli warnings.
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7/15/2025 8:10:19 PM
The Syrian government deployed its forces in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, in a bid by the Islamist authorities to extend their power to the area controlled by local armed groups.
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7/15/2025 2:15:49 PM
Israel launched strikes Tuesday against Syrian government forces in the Druze-majority region of Sweida, saying it was acting to "protect the religious minority."
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7/15/2025 9:58:05 AM
Syrian government forces will enter the majority Druze city of Sweida, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, to bring an end to deadly clashes with Bedouin tribes.
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7/14/2025 9:43:33 PM
Syrian government forces were advancing towards the southern city of Sweida on Monday amid clashes in the region between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly 100 people, according to a war monitor.
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7/14/2025 9:15:15 PM
Syrian government forces were advancing toward the southern city of Sweida on Monday after taking control of a Druze village nearby, an AFP correspondent said, on the second day of secterian clashes there.
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7/14/2025 4:28:44 PM
Israel’s army said Monday it has struck military tanks in southern Syria as Syrian government forces and Bedouin tribes clashed with Druze militias there, as reported by AP.
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7/10/2025 3:35:58 PM
A U.S. envoy said Wednesday that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the latest round of talks, a persistent obstacle as the new authorities in Damascus struggle to consolidate control after the country's yearslong civil war.
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6/11/2025 11:36:31 AM
Three Alawite civilians were killed in western Syria overnight, hours after an attack on government forces killed at least one officer, a war monitor said on Wednesday.
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4/5/2025 9:13:08 PM
Syria's government said late Friday it was "closely following" the findings of a new Amnesty International report urging an investigation into sectarian massacres last month.
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4/1/2025 1:09:35 PM
The United States on Monday called the formation of a new Syrian government a positive step, but said it would not ease sanctions until it has verified progress on priorities including acting against "terrorism."
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2/15/2025 2:39:50 PM
Iran said Saturday that it had received messages from the new government in Damascus following the ouster of its longtime Syrian ally, former president Bashar al-Assad.
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1/22/2025 2:20:52 PM
As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country's northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or Syria’s government met in Qatar on what to do.
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12/21/2024 5:04:17 PM
Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, who previously operated under several aliases, including "Zaid al-Attar" and "Abu Aisha," has been appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs in Syria's recently established government, which is supported by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
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12/7/2024 5:43:00 PM
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran, Moscow, and Ankara agreed on the initiation of "political dialogue between the Syrian government and the legitimate opposition groups"."
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12/2/2024 10:23:39 PM
Iraq armed forces are on high alert to maintain security on its borders and prevent any repeat of the 2014 extremist threat to the country as insurgents battle against the Syrian government across the border between the two countries.
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11/30/2024 4:04:22 PM
In an exclusive interview with Sky News Arabia, military expert Asaad Al-Zoubi offered insight into the ongoing battle between Syrian government forces and Islamist militants in Aleppo.
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