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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Turkey’s Erdogan to meet Putin in Russia: What to expect

The Sochi summit comes after Ankara helped broker a grain deal that has eased global food crisis fears.

Al Jazeera

Woman, 30, brutally raped and murdered by Uber driver while working abroad

Rebecca Dykes, 30, had been working for the Department for International Development since January 2017, helping Lebanon to cope with refugees from the war in Syria

Daily Mirror

Iran holds mass funeral for Guard officers killed in Syria

Mourners have poured out in large numbers onto the streets of Tehran to pay their respects to several Iranian officers killed in Syria, a testament to the human cost of Iran’s involvement in the civil war and a public display of nationalist fervor as nuclear talks resume in Vienna

The Independent UK

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Air Force charges airman in Syria base explosion from April

The Air Force has filed criminal charges against an airman in connection with an April explosion that injured U.S. troops at a base in eastern Syria

The Independent UK

The Ukrainian Muslims fighting against Russia

Those who have joined the war effort against Russian forces also fight past injustices and to return to Crimea.

Al Jazeera

Syrian Ship Carrying Suspected Stolen Ukrainian Grains Leaves Lebanon

The Syrian ship carrying suspected stolen Ukrainian grain left Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli on Thursday and was on its way to Syria, Lebanon's caretaker transport minister Ali Hamie tweeted. The Laodicea had docked in Tripoli on July 27 with some 5,000 tons of barley and 5,000 tons of flour…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Humanitarian Walker hairdresser on a mission to fund doctor working in Syria

Walker man Chris has been invited to speak to Baroness Cox in the House of Lords about the situation after his trip to a remote Syrian village

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Lebanon port authorises departure of seized Syrian ship carrying suspected stolen Ukrainian grain

Lebanon’s Tripoli port authorised the departure of a Syrian ship carrying grain suspected to have been stolen from Ukraine and which had docked in the port city a week ago, Lebanon’s transport minister said in a tweet.

Reuters

'Ninja' Hellfire missiles 'like a bladed anvil' chopped up doomed Al-Qaeda leader

The US Hellfire missiles, which use blades instead of explosive warheads, used in the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri were tested and perfected in counter-terrorism operations in Syria

Daily Mirror

Protests in Syria's Deir Ezzor Demand Release of Detainees Held by SDF

Protests broke out in various towns in Syria’s eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, demanding better living conditions and services and the release of detainees held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Local Syrian news websites published Tuesday photos and videos of protests in the towns of al-Izba, al-Sour and Daman.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Opposition Rejects Regime’s Participation in Arab Summit in Algeria

Opposition figures in northwestern Syria have expressed their rejection of the regime’s participation in the upcoming Arab League summit set for Algeria in November. They criticized Algiers’ insistence on inviting the regime of Bashar al-Assad in spite of its war machine and its allies’ crimes against the Syrian people throughout…

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Al-Balous: Elimination of Falhout Militia Helps Eradicate Iranian Expansion in Syria’s Sweida

Laith Al-Balous, the son of the late Syrian Druze leader sheikh Wahid Al-Balous, founder of the “Rijal al Karama” movement in south Syria’s Sweida region, announced that eliminating the Raji Falhout militia was only the beginning of eradicating “Iranian Shiite expansion” in the Druze-majority area. “The extermination of the Raji…

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Calls for Int’l Bodies to Remove Unexploded War Ordnance in Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) renewed its appeal to all relevant international bodies to urgently remove old and unexploded wat ordnance in Syria. War ordnance, such as old landmines and unexploded IEDs, bombs, shells, projectiles, grenades, and other munitions continue to pose a threat to the safety and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon clears ship Ukraine says is carrying stolen grain

Judicial officials say Lebanon’s prosecutor general has granted permission for a Syrian ship said to be carrying Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia to leave a port in the country’s north

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Turkey Announces Killing of Prominent Kurdish Leader in N. Syria

Turkish intelligence announced the killing of a prominent leader of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the military backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Ain al-Arab, northern Syria. On Monday, the Anadolu Agency reported that a special operation by Turkish intelligence neutralized Arhan Arman, a member of Ain…

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Lebanon’s Ordeal: From Civil Strife to Economic Collapse

Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite. Here are some of the main crises over the past two decades in a country that has…

Reuters

Lebanon's ordeal: from civil strife to economic collapse

Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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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Activists Condemn SDF’s Arrest of 16 Journalists in Syria's Raqqa

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said on Sunday that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) detained at least 16 journalists in Raqqa on July 30. This came as activists revealed that the Kurdish-led SDF forces have arrested media figures as part of a security campaign in Syria’s northeastern province.…

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‘Syria’s Food Basket’ Struck by Dire Wheat Shortages

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, also known as Rojava, has acknowledged a wheat grain shortage that could affect next year’s production. Wheat received from Rojava areas amounted to about 388,000 tons for flour, while the quantities of raw seeds amounted to about 75,000 tons, the head of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Sends New Military Reinforcements to Aleppo

Turkey on Sunday pushed new military reinforcements to areas falling under its control and regions run by forces loyal to it in the Syrian province of Aleppo. The new military convoy of Turkish forces entered Syria via Bab Al-Salamah border crossing between Azaz city in northern Aleppo and Turkey. The…

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Syria's Last Traditional Boat-makers Keep Ancient Craft Afloat

Khaled Bahlawan hammers nails into a traditional wooden boat he built by hand, toiling under the scorching sun on Syria's Mediterranean coast to preserve a disappearing ancient skill. "We are the last family that makes wooden ships and boats in Syria," said the 39-year-old on the shores of Arwad island,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Director of Industrial City in Aleppo Calls on Syrian Investors to Return

Hazem Ajjan, director of the industrial city in Sheikh Najjar in northern Syria, called Saturday on Syrian expatriates to invest in the industrial city in Aleppo. He stressed that all the encouraging factors for production have improved, especially the availability of a 24-hour electricity supply. Speaking at the Expatriates Forum…

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Germany Angers Turkey by Rejecting its Operation in N. Syria

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday urged Turkey to respect human rights during a testy visit at which she sparred openly with counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The former German Green party co-leader also rejected Turkey's territorial claims to Greek islands in the Aegean and urged Ankara not to stage a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Seizes Ship Carrying 'Stolen' Ukrainian Grain

A Lebanese prosecutor ordered the seizure Saturday of a Syrian-flagged ship that docked at a northern port with a cargo of Ukrainian grain Kyiv's embassy in Beirut said was "illegal". Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat instructed police to investigate the Laodicea, which docked in Tripoli earlier this week, a judicial official said.…

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