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Healthcare coverage for Syrian refugees in Lebanon to stop
Famagusta Gazette
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June 26, 2025
Home Regional Healthcare coverage for Syrian refugees in Lebanon to stop The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will cease healthcare coverage for around 1.5 million Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon starting November, due to...
‘Now we can breathe’ - Syrians are free but the war’s toll has been unfathomable
The New Zealand Herald
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June 29, 2025
After the Assad regime fell in December, I rushed to the capital, Damascus, and found a swirl of joy and trepidation about the future. Two months later, I returned with photographer David Guttenfelder and other colleagues to travel the country...
Syria: Suicide Bomber Attacks Orthodox Church in Damascus
FSSPX.NEWS
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A statement from the Syrian Interior Ministry explained that "a suicide bomber affiliated with the Daesh group entered St. Elijah Church, opened fire, and detonated his explosive belt." According to the Ministry of Health, quoted by the SANA news...
The Media Line: Israeli Forces Continue Operations in Gaza, Hebron, Syria
Regional Media News - Iowa
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June 29, 2025
Israeli Forces Continue Operations in Gaza, Hebron, Syria By The Media Line Staff Israeli security forces uncovered a major Hamas terror network in Hebron and intensified military operations across the Gaza Strip over the weekend, Israeli military...
Syria: Torture survivors of Saydnaya and other detention centres grappling with devastating needs and minimal support
Amnesty International
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June 26, 2025
Six months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria, survivors of its brutal detention system, including the infamous Saydnaya military prison, are grappling with devastating physical and mental health consequences amid a critical...
Damascus: Security apparatus arrests former parliament member Madloul al-Aziz
Enab Baladi
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June 25, 2025
The Syrian security apparatus arrested the former member of parliament, Madloul al-Aziz, accused of security issues and financial corruption. An official security source confirmed to the Alikhbaria channel today, June 25, that internal security in...
Return of refugees to post-Assad Syria from Türkiye doubles
Sabah
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June 29, 2025
Since the Dec. 8 end of the Baathist regime in Syria, the number of people heading home from Türkiye has neared 300,000. As schools were closed in Türkiye, more families whose children attended Turkish schools left for their country. Daily...
Israeli Forces Continue Operations in Gaza, Hebron, Syria
Media Line
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June 29, 2025
Israeli security forces uncovered a major Hamas terror network in Hebron and intensified military operations across the Gaza Strip over the weekend, Israeli military and security forces said in a joint statement. More than 60 Hamas terrorists,...
Türkiye, Syria agree to resume direct road transport under new deal
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Türkiye and Syria have signed a new memorandum of understanding on international road transport, paving the way for the resumption of direct land transportation between the two countries, Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister...
Türkiye, Syria begin building joint institutions in health, academia
Sabah
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June 29, 2025
A comprehensive restructuring process has been launched in Syria’s higher education and health sectors, with major advancements achieved through cooperation agreements signed with Türkiye. The ongoing restructuring efforts aim to improve the...
MAGA bikini congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna brings in bill to end sanctions on Syria
Daily Star
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June 29, 2025
A major MAGA congresswoman has brought in a bill to end sanctions against Syria's government. Florida Republican representative Anna Paulina Luna teamed up together with Democrat Ilhan Omar to bring the bill in together. It comes as Syria 's...
Tourism Boost: Syria partners with “All Season” to invest Junada Resort in Tartous
SANA
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June 29, 2025
Tartous, SANA-Last week, the Syrian Ministry of Tourism signed an investment agreement with the company “All Season” for the development and operation of Junada Tourist Resort in Tartous. The resort includes 250 hotel rooms and apartments, a...
Syria’s situation is both “fragile and hopeful”
Famagusta Gazette
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June 25, 2025
UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi says Syria’s situation was both “fragile and hopeful” as returns of displaced people continue. Grandi said some 2 million Syrians have returned since December 2024, including both refugees and internally displaced...
ISIS terror suspect Saquib Nachan dies in hospital
Hindustan Times
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June 29, 2025
MUMBAI: Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan, terror suspect from Padgha on the outskirts of Mumbai, died in a Delhi hospital on Saturday. Nachan was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged links to the banned Islamic State of...
The 200,000 baby
Trinidad Express
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In 2007, the red party won the election with approximately 300,000 votes whilst the yellow party had 195,000 and the third party got 148,000. In 2010 the yellow party won back the election with 317,000 votes with the red party at 287,000, a...
"Admitted due to health issues": Tihar jail officials after ISIS terrorist Saquib Nachan dies at hospital
Asianet Newsable
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June 29, 2025
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Saquib Nachan, a convicted terrorist linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), died at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday while undergoing treatment for health issues, according to Tihar Jail officials. Nachan...
“Was admitted due to health issues”: Tihar officials after ISIS-linked terror accused Saquib Nachan dies
The News Mill
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June 29, 2025
Saquib Nachan, a convicted terrorist linked to the Islamic State (ISIS), died at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday while undergoing treatment for health issues, according to Tihar Jail officials. Nachan had been lodged in Tihar Jail...
Syria in Transition: The Widows of Ghouta
Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
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June 24, 2025
There is a blue notebook that Abu Ali always keeps on his desk. It is easy to miss among the clutter of civil war memorabilia filling his office in the shattered suburbs of Damascus. But to the widows of Hazeh—the neighborhood where Abu Ali serves...
Damascus: in Saint Elias, the day after the Christian 'martyrs'
Asia News
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June 24, 2025
Beirut (AsiaNews) - The Christian community in Syria is preparing for the funeral, scheduled for this afternoon, of the victims of the massacre at the Greek Orthodox cathedral of Mar Elias on 22 June at the hands of a suicide bomber, a new...
Church attack turns prayer into mourning in Damascus
North Press Agency
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June 28, 2025
By Khalaf Ma’o SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) – In the al-Duwaila neighborhood of the Syrian capital, Damascus—a place long steeped in prayer and peace—an act of terror shattered the quiet. A bombing inside the Church of Mar Elias turned what was...