By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials visited Syria’s eastern oil-rich Deir al Zor province on Sunday in an attempt to defuse an uprising by Arab tribes against …
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Syria’s Assad shakes hands, kisses cheeks with onetime foes at Arab League summit
by Reutersby ReutersBy Maya Gebeily (Reuters) – Every handshake would count, and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad had plenty of them at Friday’s Arab League Summit – along with hugs and kisses – …
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Syria’s Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold
by Reutersby ReutersBy Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH(Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a pariah for more than a decade, is expected to steal the spotlight at Friday’s Arab League summit in Saudi …
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Saudi foreign minister visits Assad, further easing Syria’s isolation
by Reutersby ReutersDAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Damascus on Tuesday in the most significant step yet towards ending Syria’s decade-long regional isolation, …
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By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Maya Gebeily RIYADH/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is planning to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an Arab League summit that Riyadh is hosting in …
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Donations and despair: Syria’s north-west tries to rebuild after quake
by Reutersby ReutersBy Khalil Ashawi and Timour Azhari JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) – Hussein Mankawi has little hope he will ever rebuild his home and food distribution businesses in the north-west Syrian city …
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Syria’s war shattered their lives, Turkey’s quake crushed their hopes
by Reutersby ReutersBy Maya Gebeily GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) – After surviving a chemical attack in Syria, Douaa Idris, her husband and two children fled across the border to southern Turkey where they …
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Israel hits areas in Syria’s Hama and Tartous countryside – Syrian state media
by Reutersby ReutersBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -Israel launched several rocket strikes on areas in Syria’s Hama province and the coastal Tartous countryside on Sunday, Syrian state media reported. Rockets flew from …
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Syria’s White Helmets ‘answering all calls’ to save lives after quake
by Reutersby ReutersBy Khalil Ashawi and Timour Azhari JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) – As an excavator claws at the shattered remains of yet another home in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, Abdel Qader Abdelrahman surveys …
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Israeli air attack damages Syria’s Aleppo airport, takes it out of service
by Reutersby ReutersCAIRO (Reuters) -An Israeli air attack on Syria’s Aleppo airport on Tuesday has damaged the runway and taken the airport out of service, the Syrian defence ministry said. The Israel …
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Turkish troops, Kurdish fighters exchange heavy shellfire in Syria’s Kobane
by Reutersby ReutersBEIRUT – Turkish troops and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy shellfire on Tuesday in the northern Syrian border town of Kobane, leaving one civilian dead as the conflict escalated. In …
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Syria’s Assad makes first visit to Aleppo since recapture
by Reutersby ReutersBEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad marked the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Saturday in Aleppo, his first visit to the northern city since his forces recaptured it in …
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War has killed 1.5% of Syria’s population: U.N. estimate
by Reutersby ReutersBy Emma Farge GENEVA – The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday that 306,887 civilians had been killed in Syria during the conflict since March 2011, or about 1.5 …
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Syria’s Assad visits UAE, first trip to Arab state since war began
by Reutersby ReutersDUBAI -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited the United Arab Emirates on Friday in his first visit to an Arab state since the Syrian war began in 2011, underlining warming ties …
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DAMASCUS/BEIRUT – After her son was killed fighting for the Syrian government in 2013, the state began paying Amouna al-Berri a monthly salary which easily covered all her household expenses. …
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Two bombs exploded in the Syrian capital of Damascus during rush-hour traffic, killing 14 people just after the country reopened for tourism, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The explosives …