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3/9/2025 10:47:25 AM
The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria’s conflict began 14 years ago.
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2/24/2025 8:26:19 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the group that led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad to “enter the area south of Damascus” as his government claimed Israeli forces would stay in parts occupied in southern Syria for an indefinite period.
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2/12/2025 10:00:46 PM
Syria's relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for its people after those nations backed autocratic President Bashar Assad during the long civil war, the country's new, interim foreign minister said Wednesday.
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1/16/2025 6:31:13 PM
Syria’s new foreign minister has called for a lifting of sanctions that were imposed on his country during former President Bashar Assad’s rule.
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1/12/2025 2:17:34 PM
Germany’s foreign minister said Sunday that sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called for a “smart approach” to provide relief to the Syrian population after last month's overthrow of President Bashar Assad.
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1/9/2025 11:38:43 AM
The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat following the ouster of Bashar Assad's government, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press.
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12/28/2024 11:12:03 PM
Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly forged passports.
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12/21/2024 11:30:24 AM
The Biden administration said Friday it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for the capture of Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani whose forces led the ouster of President Bashar Assad earlier this month.
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12/15/2024 3:56:22 PM
A U.N. envoy on Sunday called for a quick end to Western sanctions against Syria as the country’s new leaders and regional and global powers begin to chart a path forward following the fall of President Bashar Assad.
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12/14/2024 9:19:50 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that spearheaded the overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government but is designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and others.
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12/14/2024 6:02:24 PM
Top diplomats from the United States, the Arab League and Turkey are meeting in Jordan on Saturday to discuss how to assist Syria’s transition after the fall of Bashar Assad's government.
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12/13/2024 3:30:41 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday there was “broad agreement” between Turkey and the United States on what they would like to see in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar Assad.
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12/11/2024 12:01:36 PM
Suheil Hamwi spent 32 years in a Syrian prison, and now, after an offensive by insurgents that toppled the government of Bashar Assad, he's finally returned to his home in Lebanon.
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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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