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Arab leaders react differently to Syria return to Arab League
Arab leaders gathered in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Friday for the annual Arab League summit. Many of them welcomed Syria’s participation, which resumed for the first time in a decade, but Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim…
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Bashar Assad visits Saudi Arabia for Arab summit
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Saudi Arabia Thursday, state media said, to join an Arab League summit for the first time in more than a decade of war.
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Turkey’s drones are killing Kurdish children in northeast Syria
Ahmed Abed Al Khani Salam, the 11-year-old son of impoverished farmers from rural Tell Hamis in Kurdish-run northeast Syria, had big dreams. In September 2022, he began working in a popular roadside supermarket…
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Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalise
Arab League foreign ministers have adopted a decision to readmit Syria after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President Bashar al-Assad.
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Syria’s Kurds turn to UAE to ease tensions with Assad*
An alleged trip to the UAE capital by Syrian Democratic Forces chief Mazloum Kobane, which Emirati officials deny, came just before he was targeted by a Turkish drone last month.
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Arab foreign ministers call for withdrawal of "illegal foreign forces" from Syria
Arab foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria have called for the withdrawal of "illegal foreign forces" from Syria and emphasized the need for a political solution to end the Syrian crisis.
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Kurdish officials warn of impending catastrophe in two Aleppo neighborhoods
Syria's Kurdish-led forces have warned that a shortage in food and an internet outage could cause a 'catastrophe' in two Aleppo neighbourhoods besieged by the government forces.
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Iranian president to visit Syria on Wednesday: official
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus on Wednesday for two days at an official invitation of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, Iran’s ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari, said on Sunday.
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For the Kurds, taking the road to Damascus will have a price
In a bid to keep his presidential candidacy alive, Lebanon's Suleiman Frangieh travelled the road to Damascus last week for an informal meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. It was reported that French…
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Turkey, Syria defense chiefs discuss ‘normalization' in Russia meeting
The Turkish and Syrian defense and intelligence chiefs discussed the concrete steps that could be taken to normalize Ankara-Damascus ties on Tuesday, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said.
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Syria’s Kurds make their own pitch as Arab states court Assad / Amberin Zaman
As Arab governments and Turkey seek to mend fences with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the country’s Kurds have unveiled a new initiative to make peace with Damascus, saying that Western governments opposed to…
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Syrian Kurds seeking talks with Damascus amid regional changes
The semi-autonomous Kurdish Administration, which controls large areas in northern and northeastern Syria, has expressed its willingness to meet with the regime of Bashar Al-Assad to discuss reaching a solution…