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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

US ‘directly engaged’ with Syrian officials on Austin Tice case

State Department spokesman renews pledge to secure return of US journalist believed to be held by Syrian government.

Al Jazeera

Minister: Syria Ready to Repatriate Refugees from Lebanon

A Syrian Cabinet minister said Monday that Syrian refugees in neighboring Lebanon can start returning home, where he said they will get all the help they need from authorities. Tiny Lebanon is home to 1 million Syrian refugees who fled war in their country after the conflict began in March…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How displaced Syrians effectively navigated 'border frictions' in Lebanon and Turkey

The Syrian conflict began in early March 2011 on the heels of the Arab Spring as pro-democracy uprisings in Syria demanded regime change and political reform.

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Minister: Syria ready to repatriate refugees from Lebanon

A Syrian Cabinet minister says Syrian refugees in neighboring Lebanon can start returning home, where he says they will get all the help they need from authorities

The Independent UK

U.S. says a drone attack targeted its Syria base, no casualties

A drone attack hit a compound run by U.S. troops and U.S.-backed Syrian opposition fighters in eastern Syria on Monday, with no casualties, the United States military said.

Reuters

US: Drone Attack Targets US Base in Syria, No Casualties

An attack with drones hit a compound run by American troops and US-backed Syrian opposition fighters in eastern Syria on Monday, the US military said, adding that there were no casualties or damage. The military said the attack took place in the vicinity of al-Tanf base near where the borders…

Asharq Al-Awsat

War and Peace review – sprawling film essay on horror images of war

From restored early 20th-century footage to the current unrest in Syria, a probing reassessment of the supposed neutrality of the camera

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Israeli Strikes Hit Iranian Targets Near Russia’s Mediterranean Bases

Israel hit Iranian targets in a series of strikes on Sunday near the ancestral home region of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and close to Russia's main Syrian bases on the Mediterranean coast, regional intelligence and Syrian military sources said. The Syrian army earlier said three servicemen were killed and three…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Decade after abduction, Austin Tice’s parents say Biden has strategy to return their son

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will continue to engage directly with the Syrian government to locate and return Austin Tice, a journalist missing for a decade in Syria, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Three Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli missile attacks: Report

Syrian state media say latest Israeli attacks targeted sites near Damascus and the coastal Tartus province.

Al Jazeera

Ship Carrying First Ukraine Grain Cargo Nears Syria

The first ship to depart Ukraine under a deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago was approaching the Syrian port of Tartus on Sunday, two shipping sources said, after the vessel had been sailing with its transponder off. The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni set sail from Ukraine's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ship carrying first Ukraine grain cargo nears Syria -shipping sources

The first ship to depart Ukraine under a deal to resume grain exports from the country two weeks ago was approaching the Syrian port of Tartous on Sunday, two shipping sources said, after the vessel had been sailing with its transponder off.

Reuters

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.

WEKU

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hundreds Linked to ISIS Transferred From Syria to Iraq

Syria's autonomous Kurdish region transferred to the Iraqi government more than 600 relatives of ISIS group members who were detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp, a monitor said Friday. It is the fourth operation of its kind this year from the camp, which lies less than 10 kilometers (six miles)…

The Independent UK

Aine Davis: British ‘fighter’ arranged for woman to smuggle €20,000 to Syria in her underwear, court told

Londoner accused of terrorist fundraising and possessing gun in Syria

Reuters

In Syria, a 'golden' crop struggles to regain its shine

Returning to their orchards after years of war, Syrian pistachio farmers hoping to revive their valuable crop have had their hopes dashed by scorched trees and the ravages of climate change.

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‘ISIS Beatle’ arrested for terrorism offences at UK airport after fleeing Turkey

Aine Davis, 38, was reportedly arrested by police when his flight landed at Luton Airport following his release from a Turkish jail.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Alleged British ISIS 'Beatle' Arrested on Return to UK

A British man accused of being part of an ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was arrested on his return to the UK on Wednesday, reports said. Aine Davis, 38, was arrested after landing at Luton airport on a flight from Turkey, where he had been serving a prison…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Says ISIS Leader Killed In South

An ISIS leader blew himself up in southern Syria after being surrounded by government forces, state media reported on Wednesday, citing a security source. The official SANA news agency said security forces carried out a "special operation" in the Daraa area that led to the death of "the terrorist Abu…

ABC News

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.

Axios

"He didn't have to see this anniversary in detention" Austin Tice's mom ahead of 10 year mark

"This is about an American who should be at home with his family."

Al Jazeera

Child feared dead on Greek islet where refugees are stranded

A Syrian girl, 5, has reportedly died, with her parents and dozens others awaiting rescue following alleged pushbacks.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Biden calls on Syria to help bring Austin Tice home: ‘10 years is far, far too long’

WASHINGTON — The United States knows “with certainty” that the Syrian government has held Austin Tice, a reporter and former U.S. Marine missing in Syria since 2012, and is asking for its help bringing him home, President Joe Biden said in a statement on Wednesday.

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