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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Syria’s Assad to attend Arab League summit as west opposes rehabilitation

Western leaders and Gulf states clash over return of Syrian president after years of war against his own people

The Guardian - UK

Syrian president heads to Saudi Arabia for regional summit, sealing country's return to Arab fold

Syrian President Bashar Assad's office says he is heading to Saudi Arabia to attend an Arab League summit

The Independent UK

Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold

President Bashar al-Assad has always seen time as an ally in the Syrian civil war, along with the Iranian and Russian firepower that helped him defeat his enemies, according to sources familiar with his thinking.

Reuters

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Analysis-Qatar takes diplomatic back seat as Saudi flexes political muscle

The Arab League's welcoming back of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad into its ranks highlights how far behind Qatar has fallen in its bid to be a diplomatic voice that carries weight in the Middle East.

Reuters

In Haifa, Israel sells Palestinian homes as luxury real estate

Only a few signs of Palestinian life remain in Haifa 75 years on from the Nakba, and they are disappearing.

Al Jazeera

Syria’s Assad to attend Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will attend an Arab League summit Friday in Saudi Arabia, his top diplomat said, a first in more than a decade of war and regional isolation.

France 24

Daughter of man who interrupted Jacob Rees-Mogg was killed fighting against Islamic State

The Bristol plumber was killed five years ago in Syria

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Arab foreign ministers welcome Syria's return to the Arab League ahead of Jeddah summit

Arab foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia have welcomed Syria back to the Arab League, and called for a cease-fire in conflict-hit Sudan ahead of the organization's annual summit taking place in the kingdom

The Independent UK

Arab League head welcomes Syria back into the bloc

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed Syria back into the bloc on Wednesday, as Arab foreign ministers gathered for a preparatory meeting ahead of the full summit.

Reuters

Syria's Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a pariah for more than a decade, is expected to steal the spotlight at Friday's Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, where he will rub shoulders with regional leaders who once backed his war foes.

Reuters

Syrian refugees in fear as Lebanon steps up deportations

An increase in raids by the Lebanese Armed Forces has left Syrian refugees in hiding, worried about being forced back.

Al Jazeera

Syria: The rehabilitation of dictator Assad

There is no justice. Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator whose membership even the Arab League suspended 12 years ago, is off to Riyadh this week to celebrate his re-admission to the organisation. He will pay no price for his many crimes against humanity: the name of the game now is…

Bangkok Post

Out of the cold? After Arab League summit, UAE invites Syria’s president to COP28

Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on.

France 24

Returning to the Arab fold, Syria's president invited to UAE-hosted COP28 climate

Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad has received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on

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Reuters

Erdogan's strong showing signals "business as usual" for Mideast

The prospect of Tayyip Erdogan winning another presidential term in Turkey would once have rung alarms around the Middle East, but after taking a more conciliatory stance in recent years his strong election showing on Sunday has caused few flutters.

Reason

Ghost of War Past

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJEOSCG58jQ&t=12s Yevgeniya Berkovich, a Russian poet and theater director, has been arrested for supposed "justification of terrorism" in a play about Russian women who married jihadist men and went to Syria. (The play had been running for years, and which had won the Golden Mask national theater award last year.)…

The Independent UK

Back in the Arab League after 12 years, Syria urges group to invest in war-torn country

Syria is calling on Arab countries to invest in the war-torn nation, now again a member of the Arab League

The Guardian - UK

‘My short term memory is fading and my eyesight is not what it was’: Ken Loach takes his last film to Cannes

The Old Oak is about the rehousing of a group of Syrian refugees in a run-down former mining town

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The Guardian - UK

More than 300,000 Syrian civilians died. Any attempt to rehabilitate Assad is utterly shameful

The return to the Arab fold of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is deeply shameful, and that shame should be shared by the US and its allies

The Independent UK

Syria's main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past, get off Western terrorism lists

The leader of the most powerful al-Qaida-linked group in northwest Syria is rebranding his organization by moving away from extremist factions

Al Jazeera

Syria extends permission on post-quake aid border crossings

Bab Alsalama and al-Ra’i will remain open for an additional period of three months ending on 13 August.

Radio France Internationale

France's highest court upholds right to investigate Syrians on French soil suspected of war crimes

France's highest court has ruled that the country can try foreign suspects under the universal jurisdiction principle. The decision enables inquiries into two Syrians accused of war crimes arrested in France.

The Independent UK

Hezbollah leader denies reports linking the Iran-backed group to Syria's drug dealer

The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has denied reports that linked one of Syria’s most well-known drug dealers who was killed earlier this week to the Iran-backed group

Reuters

UN asks Syria to extend deadline for post-quake aid access

The United Nations has asked Syria's government to extend its approval for two additional crossings to deliver post-earthquake aid into opposition-held zones, a spokesperson said on Friday, but two informed sources said an extension was unlikely.

Reuters

Hezbollah denies links to drug kingpin killed in Syria

The head of Lebanon's powerful armed group Hezbollah on Friday denied his group was involved in narcotics smuggling and said it had no links to an alleged drug kingpin killed in Syria this week.

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