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Lebanon's relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says

Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri says relations with Syria have improved significantly since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad

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Syrian rapper Al Darwish returns home to perform for first time in 13 years

‘Never in my wildest dreams did I think I could ever return to Syria,’ says the musician who fled his country in 2012

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Lebanon's government approves a deal to transfer Syrian prisoners back to Syria

Lebanon’s cabinet has approved an agreement to transfer Syrian prisoners back to Syria

The Independent UK

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What is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard? The force labelled a ‘terrorist group’ by the EU

The Guard rose out of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and has been pivotal in quashing recent protests across Iran

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Russian forces begin pulling out of bases in northeast Syria

Russian forces have started withdrawing from positions in northeast Syria still controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

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A ceasefire holds in Syria but civilians live with fear and resentment

A fragile ceasefire between Syria's government and Kurdish-led forces has temporarily eased tensions in the country's northeast

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All you need to know about Syria’s main Kurdish-led force and its deal with Damascus

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are set to merge into the Syrian army after suffering major setbacks

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Syrian government seizes strategic town in Raqqa from Kurdish forces in an ongoing push eastward

Government forces have seized a strategic town in eastern Syria, intensifying their push against Kurdish-led forces east of the Euphrates River

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Rights group warns on failure to deliver justice after sectarian killings in Syria's Sweida

Human Rights Watch criticizes the Syrian government for lacking accountability in sectarian violence

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Displaced Aleppo residents return home after days of intense clashes

Hundreds of displaced residents have returned to Aleppo’s Achrafieh neighborhood in northern Syria

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Visiting EU leaders pledge to support Syria's recovery after years of civil war

European Union officials have visited Syria for the first time to meet with interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa

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Syria begins circulating new post-Assad currency bills

Syria has begun circulating new currency bills, a year after Bashar Assad's government fell

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Protesters clash in Syria after deadly Alawite mosque bombing

Clashes have erupted on Syria's coast between Alawite protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterprotesters

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Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 8 dead and 18 wounded

Authorities in Syria say that a bombing at a mosque in the city of Homs killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others

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Turkey's top officials visit Syria as deadline for Kurdish integration looms

Turkey's top diplomat along with military and intelligence chiefs have visited Syria as a deadline for a deal between Damascus and Kurdish-led forces approaches

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UN official says lifting US sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

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Millions are pledged to a Syrian Australian man who stopped a gunman and became a national hero

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian tobacco shop owner, has become a national hero in Australia, with an online fundraiser for him raising millions of dollars

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Two soldiers from Iowa identified as Americans killed in Syria ambush

Hundreds of American troops are deployed in eastern Syria as part of a coalition fighting IS

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Israeli military raids in Syria raise tensions as they carve out a buffer zone

Israel’s military raids and strikes over the past year aiming to carve out a buffer zone in southern Syria have raised tensions, frustrated locals and also appear to have scuttled chances — despite U.S. pressure — of any imminent thaw in relations between the two neighbors

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Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says

A Syrian security guard who attacked and killed three U.S. citizens in Syria had joined the internal security forces two months earlier

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What to know about the US military's role in Syria after deadly IS attack

An attack by an alleged Islamic State member in Syria has killed two U.S. service members and one American civilian

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Trump vows retaliation after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack, blamed on IS

Trump vowed "serious retaliation" after an ISIS ambush in Syria killed two US troops and a civilian, the first fatalities since Assad's fall. Three were wounded in the attack, which Syrian President al-Sharaa condemned.

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Trump says 'we will retaliate' after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack that the US blames on IS

President Donald Trump says that “we will retaliate” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in a Syria attack that the U.S. blames on the Islamic State group

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Syrian-American Jews register first Jewish NGO in Syria to restore heritage

A group of Syrian-American Jews has registered a nongovernmental organization in Syria to restore Jewish heritage

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House passes sweeping defense policy bill amid tensions between Trump and Congress

Further provisions within the bill demand greater transparency on boat strikes in the Caribbean

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