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UK: Russian mercenary chief's likely death could destabilize his private army

Britain’s defense ministry said Friday that the presumed death of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash could destabilize the Wagner Group, whose brutal fighters were feared in Ukraine, Africa and Syria and conducted a brief but shocking mutiny in Russia

The Independent UK

Assad faces anger in the streets as protests sweep southern Syria

Dozens of protests have taken place in regime-held areas in southern Syria since mid-August. People took to the streets after the government announced that the price for fuel would be increased by 200%. However, the protesters’ demands are not just economic – they are also calling for an end to…

France 24

The downed Russian jet carried Wagner's hierarchy, from Prigozhin's No. 2 to his bodyguards

The manifest of the plane that went down in Russia is essentially a who’s who for the Wagner mercenary group: The second-in-command, who baptized Wagner with his nom de guerre, the logistics chief and a fighter wounded by U.S. airstrikes in Syria

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Middle East roundup: The enduring horror of the Ghouta chemical attack

Ten years have passed since the Syrian regime attack killed hundreds of people – here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

Russian air raids kill two civilians in northwest Syria

An elderly man and his teenage grandson are killed in the attacks on Arri, west of Idlib city.

Al Jazeera

Residents in southern Syria raid ruling party offices, block road as protests over economy intensify

Angry protesters have raided the local offices of the ruling Baath party in a southern Syrian province

The Independent UK

Israeli missile fire allegedly injures soldier near Syrian capital Damascus

The missile fire is the latest attack in an ongoing shadow conflict unfolding in Syria between Israel and Iran.

Al Jazeera

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Strike, protests in Syria’s Sweida enter second day

Routes into the city remain closed on Monday as protests break out over deteriorating living conditions.

Al Jazeera

Cyprus rescues 115 Syrian migrants aboard 3 separate boats over the last three days

Cyprus police have rescued 18 Syrian migrants after their boat started taking on water some 3.5 miles off the Mediterranean island nation’s southeastern coast

The Independent UK

A decade after a sarin gas attack in a Damascus suburb, Syrian survivors lose hope for justice

A decade after a sarin gas attack killed hundreds and left thousands hurt in a Syrian suburb near the capital of Damascus, survivors say there has been no accountability for that attack or for other atrocities committed during the country's brutal conflict

The Independent UK

Protests rock government-held areas in southern Syria as economy crumbles

Syrian opposition activists say protests have broken out in two government-held provinces in the south amid widespread anger over increasing prices, the crash of the Syrian pound and the dwindling purchasing power of many people in the war-torn country

The Independent UK

‘Foaming at the mouth’: 10 years since chemical attacks in Syria’s Ghouta

In 2013, the Syrian regime attacked the towns of Zamalka, Ein Tarma, and Irbin in Ghouta countryside with a nerve agent.

Al Jazeera

To beat the heat in northwestern Syria, people head for the water

In a region decimated by an earthquake and populated mostly by IDPs, the intense heat is making life even harder.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of Syrian trucks trapped at Jordanian border

Several hundred trucks bound for the Gulf states have been trapped at the border between Syria and Jordan since early August because of a new Saudi law affecting cargo vehicles apparently aimed at stemming the flow of the drug Captagon.

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Amid growing tension between Russia, Iran and the US, Syria's Kurds have been sidelined

In north-east Syria, the 12-year conflict is far from over. Russian fighter jets buzz US surveillance drones, threatening to bring them down. Iranian-backed militias occasionally fire rockets at US positions. The Assad regime maintains that it will “regain every inch” of Syria, ending Kurdish autonomy in the north-east.

The Times of India

Captagon: $3 narcotic pill sold in the Gulf worries European officials

Europe is bracing for the possible influx of a drug that’s hooked the Middle East as political shifts and crackdowns in the Gulf spur producers in Syria and Lebanon to tap new markets.

The Times of India

Saudi Arabia a tall order for Indian hoopsters in FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying game

World No. 68 Saudi Arabia scored baskets at will as the enthusiastic bunch of Indian hoopsters found that it was a tall order to beat the tallest team of the competition. The Indians suffered a 75-92 defeat in FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Asia in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Syrian president doubles public sector wages as national currency spirals downwards

Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has doubled public sector wages and pensions as the war-torn country’s national currency spiraled further downwards, reaching a new low for the year

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Teen accused of plotting potentially ‘catastrophic terrorist attack’

The 17-year-old from Philadelphia accused of communicating with Syrian group linked to Al-Qaeda

Al Jazeera

Lebanon-Israel tensions rise, but life continues in disputed Ghajar

Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel exchange threats to send each other back to the ‘stone age’, Ghajar is in the middle.

The Times of India

Spirited India go down to Kazakhstan in a thriller, suffer close three-point defeat in FBIA Olympic pre-qualifiers

NAGPUR: Failing to get into the groove in the early part of the game, the spirited bunch of Indian hoopsters lost to the higher ranked Kazakhstan - their first defeat - in FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Asia in Damascus, Syria, on Monday. Unlike the two back-to-back victories where India dominated…

The Times of India

Indian hoopsters off to dream start with Syria, Indonesia wins

NAGPUR: In a rare mix of exuberance and experience in Indian basketball, youngsters Pranav Prince and Sahaij Sekhon gelled well with seasoned campaigners Amjyot Singh Gill, Vishesh Briguvanshi, and Aravind Annadurai as India made a flying start on their return to international competitions in Damascus, Syria.

The Independent UK

IS claims responsibility for an attack that killed 20 Syrian soldiers, and vows to keep fighting

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an ambush in eastern Syria that killed at least 20 government soldiers and wounded others

The Times of India

Indian hoopsters return to international action, face Syria in FIBA Asia's pre-Olympic qualifiers opener

NAGPUR: After a four-month suspension from international competitions, India hoopsters will return to the court in the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Asia at Damascus, Syria, on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots say it’s lawful

The United Nations refugee agency says it’s “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100 Syrian nationals from Cyprus to Lebanon without screening to determine whether they need legal protection and who may be deported back to their war-wracked homeland

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