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Despite Russia’s role in supporting the Assad regime, the new Syrian government sees value in maintaining elements of the decades-long partnership with Moscow ...
Topics included: compliance with the 1974 cease-fire agreement, violence in southern Syria, smuggling and refugees In a move described as surprising and unprecedented in recent years, Damascus ...
Mosques across the Syrian capital Damascus marked the 12th anniversary of the Ghouta chemical weapons attack which killed at least 1,114 people ...
The Syrian government has scaled back roadblocks near Sweida in preparation for the re-opening of a route from the area to Damascus, sources told The National on Thursday. The move came as the US ...
The spiritual leader of Israel's Druze has met a senior US diplomat to push for the plight of the sect's followers in neighbouring Syria. It comes as Washington seeks to contain violence between the ...
There was no immediate confirmation that ISIS' top leader, Abu Hafs al-Qurayshi, was the target, but Syrian state media ...
An inquiry into Suwayda is expected to be similarly puny. In Damascus critics say the regime has absolved Syria’s military ...
I’d say these people are animals, but that would be unfair — to animals,’ the mother of a slain boy says of the jihadists who ...
The Paris meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and the Israeli delegation, under indirect US oversight, marks a notable point in Syrian-Israeli relations, but it is not a ...
Mobile health and nutrition teams deliver critical services in Rural Damascus after a surge in fighting triggers a wave of ...
Syria’s state-run news agency says the country’s foreign minister has held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris ...
Western governments estimate that Captagon has generated billions of euros in revenue for former Syrian President Bashar ...