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Syria open to normalising relations with Israel: Report
Syrian interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has reportedly expressed interest in normalising relations with Israel and joining the Abraham Accords “under the right conditions.” This was revealed by United States (US) Congressman Cory…
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Syria’s new foreign minister to appear at UN in first US visit
Damascus: Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani was set to raise his country’s new flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York Friday and to attend a UN Security Council briefing, the…
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Saudi Arabia set to pay off Syria’s World Bank debt
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)is planning to settle Syria’s outstanding debt to the World Bank—estimated at approximately 15 million USD—as part of efforts to support the war-torn nation following years of…
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Troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria indefinitely: Israeli defence min
Jerusalem: Israel’s defence minister said Wednesday that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. “Unlike in the past, the (Israeli military) is not evacuating…
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Syria’s new leader makes first visit to United Arab Emirates
Beirut: Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa made his first visit Sunday to the United Arab Emirates, whose leaders have been circumspect about the new leadership in Damascus in the four months since the…
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Israel’s military strikes threaten Syria’s fragile political transition: UN official
United Nations: Israel’s continued military strikes are threatening Syria’s fragile political transition and undermining its efforts toward peace and stability, a senior UN official warned. Briefing a Security Council meeting on Thursday,…
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UN envoy condemns Israel’s military escalations in Syria
United Nations: A UN envoy condemned Israel’s latest air and ground attacks on Syria, and denounced such moves undermine efforts toward peace and destabilise the country. In a statement, Geir Pedersen, the…
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Israeli strikes kill 9 in southwestern Syria
Nawa: Israeli strikes in Syria reportedly killed at least nine people in the southwest of the country on Thursday, as Israel accused Turkey of trying to build a “protectorate” in Syria. Syrian…
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Lebanon, Syria sign agreement on border demarcation, easing tensions
Beirut: Lebanon and Syria have signed an agreement on border demarcation and to boost coordination between the two countries regarding security along their tense frontier, the Saudi Press Agency reported Friday. The…
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Israeli strikes in southwestern Syria kill 6 people as troops clash with residents
Koayiah: An Israeli strike Tuesday in southwestern Syria killed at least six people as Israeli troops occupying the area clashed with local residents, Syria’s Foreign Ministry and a war monitor reported. Israeli…
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Lebanon shuts down illegal border crossings with Syria
Beirut: Lebanon closed illegal border crossings with Syria in the east and north of the country. On Wednesday the Lebanese army has entered the border village of Housh al-Sayyid Ali following the…
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Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza, Syria
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has strongly condemned the recent Israeli airstrikes that resulted in the deaths of over 400 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, March 18. In…
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Struggling Syrian regime opens new front within the country but not against Israeli forces
Oblivious of the presence of the United States-led Israeli Defence Forces in the vicinity of Damascus, the Ahmed al-Sharaa government in Syria has unnecessarily opened a new front in the western coastal…
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Turkiye, Israel face mounting tensions over future of post-Assad Syria
Ankara: The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government has aggravated already tense relations between Turkiye and Israel, with their conflicting interests in Syria pushing the relationship toward a possible collision course.…
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Dozens of Syrian Druze make rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
Mandal Shams: Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in decades. The nearly 100 Syrian…
