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Syria: US forces airdrop near Idlib, mass grave found in Latakia
The New Arab
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US-led coalition forces carried out an airborne raid at dawn on Wednesday in the town of Atmeh in Idlib province, near the Syrian–Turkish border, targeting suspected Islamic State (IS) group members. Local sources told The New Arab’s sister site...
Syrian Foreign Minister Met Israeli Delegation for Regional Stability Talks
Asharq Al-Awsat
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August 20, 2025
A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Some 33% of respondents did not agree that UN members should recognize a Palestinian state...
Syrian, Israeli diplomats meet in Paris as US pushes for normalizing ties
Naharnet
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Syria's foreign minister held a rare direct meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday, talks that were brokered by the United States as part of a diplomatic push for Syria and Israel to normalize relations despite a recent surge in...
New Syrian government moves to dismantle Assad’s $5bn narco-state
Middle East Monitor
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August 20, 2025
Syria’s new leadership under President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has launched an aggressive campaign to dismantle the vast captagon drug empire left behind by ousted dictator Bashar Al-Assad, whose regime transformed the country into one of the world’s...
Italy Leads on Gaza Medical Evacuations as US Freezes Humanitarian Pathways
Media Line
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August 20, 2025
Italy has treated more Gazan patients, most notably children, than any other European country, while the US has suspended all visitor visas for Gazans, including those seeking medical care On Aug. 12–13, three Italian Air Force C-130 aircraft...
Bipartisan US lawmakers meet with Syria’s president in Damascus
Iran Front Page
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August 20, 2025
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday posted photos of the lawmakers, the delegation included Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), and Reps. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) The lawmakers met with al-Sharaa...
Rebuilding Türkiye’s Health Care Systems Amid Political Turmoil
Borgen Magazine
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August 20, 2025
EDMONTON, Canada — In the early hours of Feb. 6, 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria, killing nearly 60,000 people and displacing more than 1.5 million. Entire cities crumbled in minutes and the...
Jordan wants to expand trade with Syria
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Jordan is actively expanding trade with Syria, with 200–250 Jordanian trucks crossing daily carrying local products and transit shipments, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah said on Monday. The surge in exports has also...
7 Israeli soldiers injured in while defusing Syrian army bomb
Mehr News Agency
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August 20, 2025
The Israeli media reported on Wednesda an operational incident in northern occupied Palestine. According to a report by Yemeni Al-Masirah TV website which cited Israeli media as reporting, the aforementioned media also reported that an old bomb...
Stand with the besieged Druze community in Syria, vigil urges
Green Left
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August 20, 2025
About 300 people attended a vigil in solidarity with the people of Sweida/Suwayda, Syria at Martin Place on August 16 organised by the Sydney Druze community. Rabie Aboufakher, whose family was forced to evacuate Sweida, told the vigil that more...
Hundreds Missing, Including Children, in Syria’s Suwayda Amid Ongoing Violence
The Syrian Observer
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August 20, 2025
More than a month after the Syrian transitional government launched a military operation in Suwayda province on 14 July 2025, approximately 450 individuals — including women and children — remain missing. The campaign, carried out by government...
Druze Protesters in Southern Syria Demand Self-Government and Thank Israel for Support
[your]NEWS
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August 20, 2025
By Gloria Ogbonna Hundreds of Druze demonstrators took to the streets of Sweida and other cities in southern Syria over the weekend, calling for self-governance and expressing frustration with the Syrian central government’s handling of recent...
Germany Confirms Ongoing Humanitarian Aid to Syria in 2025
North Press Agency
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August 19, 2025
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The German Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that Berlin will continue providing humanitarian support to Syria, allocating over €80 million in assistance since the beginning of 2025. Annika Clasen Edris, the...
U.S. And Great Britain Move To Secure Strategic Advantage In Syria and Libya
Oil Price
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August 19, 2025
With Russia focused on Ukraine, Washington is stepping up its efforts to ensure that Moscow cannot re-establish itself so easily in its previously vital strategic Middle East and North Africa strongholds of Syria and Libya. The U.S. and Great...
Displaced twice: Syrian refugees in Sudan face a new war
Global Voices
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August 20, 2025
Screenshot showing refugees, including Syrians in Sudan, from the video ‘Syrian refugees in Sudan are trying to flee war, again,’ uploaded to YouTube by Al Jazeera English. Fair use. By Ray Bechara Saleh Ismail al-Badran fled war at home only to...
Syria's top diplomat and Israeli delegation meet in Paris as US pushes for normalizing ties
Korea Herald
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August 20, 2025
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister held a rare direct meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday, talks that were brokered by the United States as part of a diplomatic push for Syria and Israel to normalize relations despite a...
Syria's top diplomat, Israeli delegation meet in Paris as U.S. pushes for normalising ties
The Hindu
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August 20, 2025
Syria's foreign minister held a rare direct meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday (August 19, 2025), talks that were brokered by the United States as part of a diplomatic push for Syria and Israel to normalise relations despite a...
Humanity in dire need in Gaza, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti
Mail & Guardian
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August 19, 2025
About 400 million children (one in five) live in or are fleeing war. Photo: File On 19 August 2003, a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 22 humanitarian aid workers, including a United Nations special representative of the...
Syria's Foreign Minister meets Israeli delegation in Paris
The National News
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Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani on Tuesday met an Israeli delegation in Paris to discuss enhancing security in the region, according to Syrian state media. The discussions focused on de-escalation and non-interference, as well as...
Syria's top diplomat and an Israeli delegation meet in Paris as US pushes for normalizing ties
Santa Maria Times - California
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BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister held a rare direct meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday, talks that were brokered by the United States as part of a diplomatic push for Syria and Israel to normalize relations despite a...