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10 years after Austin Tice vanished in Syria, his family continues its fight for him

American journalist Austin Tice is believed to have been kidnapped in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, in 2012. His mother says he's being held with a "government-related entity" in Syria.

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Assad, Erdogan...and Putin’s ‘Goblet of Normalization’

It is quite known that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing his Syrian and Turkish counterparts to drink from the goblet of “normalization.” This desire is as old as Russia's military intervention in Syria seven years ago. But what is new is that conditions have become more favorable for Syrian…

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Washington, Damascus Keep Contact to Secure Release of Abducted Journalist

President Joe Biden’s administration has had direct engagements with the Syrian government in an effort to secure the release of detained American Austin Tice, with no progress made, US media revealed on Friday. In a statement earlier this week marking the 10-year anniversary of Tice’s captivity, Biden affirmed that the…

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US knows 'with certainty' Syria is holding journalist Austin Tice a decade after disappearance, Joe Biden says

US President Joe Biden says the US is certain the Syrian government is imprisoning American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in the war-torn country a decade ago.

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Biden Calls on Syria to Help Secure Release of Journalist Austin Tice

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Syria to help secure the release of American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted a decade ago in Damascus. "We know with certainty that he has been held by the Syrian regime," Biden said in a statement.

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US: Syrian government is holding American journalist Tice

President Joe Biden says the U.S. is certain that the Syrian government is holding American journalist Austin Tice who went missing in the war-torn country a decade ago urging Damascus to help bring him back home

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Crushed by war, Syrian tourism eyes expat uptick

Somar Hazim had high hopes when he opened a hotel in Damascus in 2009, adding to a growing number of boutique guest houses in the Old City that were proving to be a hit with tourists, before war broke out and forced him to close down.

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Syria's Kurds Face US, Russian 'Betrayals'

A few days ago, an Arab official asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the secret behind the unique cooperation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Lavrov answered that Putin and Erdogan enjoyed a "special personal relationship." Putin believes that Erdogan keeps his promises…

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Syrian Air Runs Third Flight Between Damascus, Kuwait

Syrian Airlines is set to run its third regular flight to Kuwait on Saturday August 20. “As of August 20, flights to Kuwait will be three per week periodically,” according to the Syrian Transport Ministry. Syria's Cham Wings announced additional flights from Damascus to Kuwait on August 14-28. The first…

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Regime Forces Ramp up Attacks in Syria’s North

Syrian regime forces and Iranian militias are heavily shelling de-escalation zones in the countryside of Aleppo, Idlib and Hama in northwest Syria. In the Aleppo countryside, Damascus and its allied Iranian proxies struck civilian homes in Kafr Taal and al-Bab. At least two children and two disabled individuals were killed…

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Regime Faction Ousted from Syria’s Sweida after Intense Fighting

Clashes between gunmen supporting the Damascus regime and others opposed to it in the majority-Druze southern province of Sweida killed at least 17 people this week. The clashes erupted on Tuesday in two villages in northern Sweida when a regime faction, the “Fajr” forces, carried out an abduction. Tensions had…

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10 Killed in South Syria Clashes

Gunmen supporting Syria's government and others opposed to Damascus clashed in the southern Syrian province of Sweida Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, a war monitor said. Six loyalists and four people against the regime lost their lives after the fighting erupted in two villages in the Druze-majority province, the…

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Russia in Syria, a Double-Edged Sword

What will happen if the United States decided to suddenly withdraw from northeastern Syria? What if Turkey carried out its threats and launched an attack in the north of the country? What if a secret deal was made to hand over Deir Ezzor oil fields to Damascus in exchange for…

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Chinese Movie Production Team Takes over Syria’s Hajar al-Aswad

Bustling noise is heard in the far northeast of Syria's town of Hajar al-Aswad, which was a major stronghold for ISIS. The racket is made by a Chinese film crew shooting a Jackie Chan-produced action movie, called “Home Operation.” Hajar al-Aswad, which means “black rock” in Arabic, was once a…

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Israeli raid kills three soldiers: Syrian defence ministry

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says three non-Syrians were also killed in the Israeli attack.

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Israeli Airstrike in Syria Kills 3 Soldiers, Wounds 7

Israel launched airstrikes targeting Syrian military positions around Damascus overnight, killing three soldiers, wounding seven others, and causing material damage, state media reported Thursday. Syrian state media quoted a military official as saying the missiles were fired from Syria's Israeli-occupied Golan Heights just past midnight, adding that the Syrian army…

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Israeli attack on Syria's Damascus kills three -Syrian state media

An Israeli attack on Syria's capital, Damascus, has killed three soldiers and injured seven others, Syrian state media said early on Friday, citing a military statement.

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Can Russia Revive the Adana Agreement between Syria and Turkey?

Whenever Turkey threatens to launch a military operation in northern Syria to establish a “safe zone,” Russia puts on the mediation table the revival of the Sochi Agreement on the east of the Euphrates, in preparation for the implementation of the Adana Agreement.

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Why Does Russia Want to Remove the Syrian Political Process from Geneva?

Damascus has informed United Nations envoy Geir Pedersen that it would not send its delegation to Geneva to participate in the ninth round of the Constitutional Committee on July 25, which means freezing the Syrian political process that is held under the auspices of the UN. The actual reason is…

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Iran, Russia, Turkey Presidents to Talk Syria War in Tehran

With the war in Ukraine still raging, Russian President Vladimir Putin travels Tuesday to Tehran for talks with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts on the Syria conflict. Russia, Turkey and Iran have in recent years met to discuss Syria as part of the so-called "Astana peace process" to end more…

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Relative of Maher Al-Assad's Wife Buys Real Estate for Iran-Backed Militias

Iranian militias continue to purchase real estate in Moadamiyat al-Sham city in the western countryside of Damascus, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). The Observatory said the Syrian man from Deir Ezzor named "Mersal," a relative of Maher al-Assad's wife, is buying the real estate. Maher al-Assad is…

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Damascus Turns from Drugs Transit Point to Trafficking Hub

As the Syrian regime reclaimed regions that were out of its control in 2018, the drug trade in the war-torn country moved on towards a new phase. The trade exploded with the eruption of the conflict in 2011. Syria used to be a crossing point for drugs smuggled from Afghanistan…

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Concerns over UN aid delivery amid fears Syria crossing may close

Lack of agreement regarding humanitarian aid deliveries likely to affect over four million citizens in northwest Syria.

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Syria: Small Wars, Big Battles

Can “small wars” in the near or immediate future shake the stalemate in Syria? What are the priorities of acting states in the Syrian file? Where do the concerns of Syrians lie within their war-torn country and the three micro-states existing there? How are Syrians dealing with the “big battles”…

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‘Dark Day’ Prevents Cross-Border Humanitarian Aid to Millions of Syrians

Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid from Turkey to some four million people in opposition-controlled northwest Syria by one year without Damascus's backing. Western powers then voted down a competing resolution put forward by Moscow that proposed extending approval by just…

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