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‘Bibi acted like a madman’: US officials slam Netanyahu over Syria strikes; White House frustrated, say reports

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks to reporters before a meeting with lawmakers at the Capitol in Washington. (AP) The White House is increasingly concerned about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military actions in Syria, with several senior US officials expressing frustration over what they describe as his unpredictable and aggressive strategy, Axios reported.Citing six […]

Sectarian clash leaves 37 dead in Syria: violence between two factions; security forces deployed | World News

Sectarian clash leaves 37 dead in Syria: violence between two factions; security forces deployed At least 37 people were killed in violent clashes between Bedouin tribes and local Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Sweida.Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that among the 37 killed, 27 were Druze and 10 Bedouins, including two […]

How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria

Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to understand how the Assad regime hid the bodies of the people it had made disappear. Source link

Ties restored after 14 years: UK resumes geopolitical relations with Syria, extends $129 million financial aid | World News

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Syria’s interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus British foreign secretary David Lammy met Syria’s interim president Ahmad al‑Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, restoring formal ties after a 14‑year rupture caused by the country’s civil conflict and the long rule of the Assad family.UK has pledged a financial assistance […]

Syria: IS splinter group behind church bombing

Syria: IS splinter group behind church bombing (Image: AP) On Tuesday, the Islamic State (IS) splinter group Saraya Ansar al-Sunna (Brigade of Sunni Supporters) claimed responsibility for the deadly Sunday bombing of a Greek Orthodox Church in the Syrian capital, Damascus.The incident happened when a member of the group blew himself up at the doors […]

The Challenge of Rebuilding Syria

After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new flag flies across Syria: the emblem of the rebels who toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Ben Hubbard, The New York Times’s Istanbul bureau chief, describes what our journalists learned as they drove across Syria, meeting people in towns and cities along the way […]

US to eventually reduce military bases in Syria to one: US envoy

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, US Special Envoy to Syria (AP) ISTANBUL: The United States has begun reducing its military presence in Syria with a view to eventually closing all but one of its bases there, the US envoy for the country has said in an interview.Six months after the ouster of longtime Syrian […]

US envoy lands in Syria as Washington-Damascus ties begin to thaw

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack (AP) The newly appointed American special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack on Thursday, arrived at ambassador’s residence in the Syrian capital on a first official visit by a high ranking US official ever since US […]

Syria to help locate missing Americans: US envoy

Donald Trump with Ahmad al-Sharaa ( AP) DAMASCUS: Syria’s new authorities have agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the war-torn country, a US envoy said on Sunday.“The new Syrian government has agreed to assist the USA in locating and returning USA citizens or their remains,” US special […]

Syria welcomes US move to ease sanctions imposed on it

File photo: Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani (Picture credit: AP) DAMASCUS: Syria welcomed Saturday the move by the Trump administration to ease sanctions imposed on the war-torn country, calling it a “positive step” to ease humanitarian and economic suffering.A statement by the foreign ministry said Syria “extends its hand” to anyone who wants to cooperate […]