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Saudi Arabia and Qatar to pay back Syria’s debt to the World Bank
Saudi Arabia and Qatar say they will pay Syria’s outstanding debt to the World Bank, a move that is likely to make the ...
UN Security Council Debates Precarious Path Forward For A New Syria
On April 25, 2025, the UN Security Council held a meeting on the situation in Syria which is undergoing a rocky transition ...
Syria’s Kurds call for a democratic state that protects their ethnic rights
Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria are calling for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their ethnic ...
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Syrians from Latakia, Tartus take shelter from violence at Russian base — Moscow’s envoy
According to Vasily Nebenzya, Russia urges the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs "to pay special attention to the humanitarian situation in these regions" ...
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Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, covering major issues and developments around the world. He won the National Press Club award for political ...
Pope saved my children's future by bringing us to Italy, says Syrian migrant
"You are not alone."That was Pope Francis's message to migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos when he visited in 2016. He ...
The Economist2d
The warlords of Syria have a daunting to-do list
F or miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ...
‘I thought I’d died.’ How land mines are continuing to claim lives in post-Assad Syria
Land mines and other unexploded remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat across Syria, causing widespread casualties ...
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With Assad gone and Syria's war over, the White Helmets have a new mission
But the Trump administration has canceled millions of dollars in funds for the Syrian organization as it dismantles USAID and ...