One killed in Syria clashes near Damascus
Clashes between forces affiliated with Syria's new rulers and local gunmen from the minority Druze community killed one person and wounded nine near Damascus on Saturday, a monitor said.
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Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...
Netanyahu says Israel won’t allow Syrian forces ‘south of Damascus’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syria’s new army or the insurgent group that led the ...
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Syria calls for Israel's withdrawal from its lands, national dialogue closing statement says
DAMASCUS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Syria condemned on Tuesday Israel's incursion into its territories and called for Israel to withdraw, according to a the closing statement of a national dialogue ...
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Syria’s New Leader Calls for Unity at ‘National Dialogue’
By Raja Abdulrahim and Euan Ward Reporting from Damascus, Syria Syria’s interim president called on Tuesday for unity and the rebuilding of his fractured nation during a two-day conference meant ...
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Syria holds national dialogue conference as the battered country seeks to rebuild
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s new rulers touted a long-awaited national dialogue conference Tuesday as a “rare historic opportunity” to rebuild the country after the fall of President Bashar ...
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Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not allow Syrian forces ‘south of Damascus’
Benjamin Netanyahu says that neither the Syrian army nor the insurgents behind the ousting of ex-Syrian president Bashar Assad will be allowed to “enter the area south of Damascus”. As per Mr ...
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From Jihadist to President: The Evolution of Syria’s New Leader
Ahmed al-Shara, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, speaking at a mosque in Damascus, Syria, in December.Credit...Abdulaziz Ketaz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Supported ...
No Hamas or PIJ presence in Syria, Damascus-based source claims
The source added that such an allegation is a lie made up by Israel "to cover up its plans regarding Syria after the fall of ...