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Israeli strikes kill 17 in Gaza and destroy heavy equipment needed to clear rubble
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, mostly women and children ...
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Nightlife rocks Raqqa as Syria’s Islamist leaders navigate power
A reopened nightclub in Raqqa spotlights the uneasy balance Syria’s new Islamist-led government is striking between ideology ...
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Israel Struggles To Block Abbas’ Diplomatic Outreach to Damascus
In an in-depth report by Rizik Alabi and Giorgia Valente for The Media Line, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ ...
Syria’s Easter Celebrations Pass Peacefully, in Early Test of New Government
At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...
How Violence Erupted On Syria’s Coast
Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The ...
EconoTimes4d
US Lawmakers Visit Damascus Amid New Syrian Leadership, Eye Sanctions and Stability
In a historic move, U.S. Representatives Cory Mills (Florida) and Marlin Stutzman (Indiana) arrived in Damascus on Friday, marking the first congressional visit to Syria since Islamist-led rebels ...
Syrian president meets a US Congress member on an unofficial visit to Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s president on Saturday received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the ...
Greek City Times4d
Syria: Epitaphios Procession in Damascus – The Double-Headed Eagle Flies Fearlessly
Greek Orthodox Christians in Damascus held an Epitaphios procession, proudly raising the Byzantine double-headed eagle flag ...
Greenwich Time5d
Congress members pay an unofficial visit to Syria as US mulls sanctions relief
The Trump administration has yet to officially recognize the current Syrian government, led by al-Sharaa, an Islamist former ...