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UN Invites Syrian Opponents to Constitution Talks on May 28

The UN special envoy for Syria announced Tuesday that he has sent invitations to the Syrian government and the opposition for an eighth round of talks starting in late May, aimed at revising the constitution of the conflict-torn country. Geir Pedersen told the UN Security Council that agreement on a…

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Syria Says Four Soldiers Killed in Israeli Missile Strike Near Damascus

Four Syrian soldiers were killed and three wounded early on Wednesday in an Israeli missile attack on positions near Damascus, Syria's defense ministry said. The strike also caused material damage, it added in a statement posted on Facebook. Earlier, the Syrian state news agency said the missiles were launched from…

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Australia’s Toll Holdings to pay US$6m for ‘reckless disregard’ of US sanctions

Logistics firm self-reported almost 3,000 violations of sanctions targeting terrorism and regimes in North Korea, Iran and Syria, US treasury says

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Massacre in Tadamon: how two academics hunted down a Syrian war criminal

After a rookie militiaman secretly watched a video of 41 people being brutally killed, he knew he had to get the horrific images to the outside world

The Guardian - UK

Turkey and the Lesser of Two Evils in Syria

If Turkey were given the choice between normalizing relations with the Syrian regime or accepting the establishment of Kurdish state in northern Syrian and on its southern border, then it will opt for the first option as "the lesser of two evils." This was the gist of Turkish Foreign Minister…

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Turkey closes airspace to Russian jets flying to Syria’s war

Turkey closed its airspace to Russian jets flying to Syria, a shift in policy aimed at increasing the cost of the war in Ukraine for President Vladimir Putin.

Tribune News Service

Hezbollah Opens Workshops to Repair Drones in Homs Countryside

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has recently established workshops in Syria to manufacture artillery, rockets, and landmines and repair drones and various kinds of weapons, said sources in the southeastern countryside of Homs. Sources said the workshops were established under the supervision of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) experts in a fortified depot…

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SDF Chief: Turkey Hinders Anti-ISIS Operations

Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi said Turkey has intensified attacks against SDF-run areas east of the Euphrates, violating international covenants with the guarantor countries. He pointed to the Turkish attacks targeting Syria’s Ain al-Arab (Kobani) and the drone attacks that have killed innocent civilians and administrative…

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Turkey closes its airspace to Russian jets flying to Syria’s war

Turkey closed its airspace to Russian jets flying to Syria, a significant shift in Turkish policy aimed at increasing the cost of the war in Ukraine for Vladimir Putin.

Tribune News Service

Turkish Air Space Closed to Planes Carrying Troops from Russia to Syria

Turkish air space has been closed to military and civilian planes carrying troops from Russia to Syria after consultation with Moscow, Turkey's state broadcaster TRT Haber cited Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying on Saturday. NATO member Turkey has good relations with both Russia and Ukraine and has sought to…

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Revolution and the arts: how Picasso inspired the Arab world

What were the connections between the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and contemporary artists across the Middle East and north Africa? That is the question raised by the Institut du Monde Arabe in the French city of Tourcoing, with an exhibition reuniting 70 works by artists from Algeria to Syria –…

Radio France Internationale

US Voices Concern over Intra-Kurdish Tension in Northeastern Syria

The US Embassy in Syria voiced its concern over the recent attacks on the Kurdish National Council (KNC) offices in northeast Syria. “The United States is deeply concerned by the recent attacks on several KNC offices in northeast Syria,” the embassy said in a statement on Friday. “Intimidation and violence…

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Biden Picks Career Diplomat Michael Ratney as Envoy to Saudi Arabia

President Joe Biden intends to nominate career diplomat Michael Ratney to be US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Friday. Ratney previously served as the charge d'affaires at the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the US special envoy for Syria. Ratney, whose official biography says he speaks…

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Turkey Might Cooperate with Assad without Recognizing Him

Turkey said it was possible to cooperate with the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, on issues of terrorism and migrants without recognizing him. Turkey is cooperating with Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq to secure Syrian refugees' voluntary and safe return. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country does not recognize…

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The Independent UK

Father of killed Syria militants jailed after calling for ‘jihad by the sword’ at Brighton mosque

Two of Abubaker Deghayes’ teenage sons were killed while fighting for an al-Qaeda faction

Al Jazeera

‘Economic blockade’: Syrian city punished for anti-govt protests

Druze-majority Sweida has stayed relatively neutral in Syria’s war, but recent protests have led to punishments.

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Syrian Regime Opponents in Washington Await Disclosure of Assad Family’s Wealth

US political circles are awaiting the implementation by US President Joe Biden’s administration of a law on disclosing the sources of the wealth of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his family, and his inner circle. The bill, which was approved by Congress at the end of 2021, is considered by Syrian…

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Erdogan Threatens to 'Crush the Heads' of Kurdish Units in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to expand the operations against the Kurdish forces in Syria, as was the case against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Speaking at the parliamentary group meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Ankara, Erdogan announced that the…

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The Independent UK

'We found nothing:' Thousands of IS victims still missing

Thousands of people taken captive by the Islamic State group remain missing years after the extremists' territorial defeat

Bristol Post

Anna Campbell: Dad's new bid to bring daughter killed fighting ISIS in Syria home

"My requests to the Turkish Government have gone unheeded"

The Guardian - UK

A joyous Syrian refugee graduates high school – Marlena Waldthausen’s best photograph

‘These three women fled to Germany from Syria. This is Malak’s joyful graduation day, which is being livestreamed to her family back home’

France 24

Civilians still trapped as Mariupol evacuation fails, says Ukraine deputy PM

About 1,000 civilians remain trapped at a steel plant where Ukrainian forces are making their last stand in the besieged city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Ukraine blamed Russian forces for failing to respect a temporary ceasefire. Follow the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.…

The Guardian - US

Russia deploys up to 20,000 mercenaries in battle for Ukraine’s Donbas region

Moscow is luring mercenaries from Syria, Libya and elsewhere in effort to capture as much as possible of eastern Ukraine

Salon

Putin's Ukraine fiasco: What's next?

This war's not over, Clarke warns, but Russia's no longer a great power: It's a "gas station with nuclear weapons"

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Ankara Announces Killing of 2 SDF Leaders in Northeastern Syria

Turkey announced on Monday the killing of two senior leaders of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the largest component of the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Two “terrorist” leaders of the YPG were eliminated in an air raid targeting their location in the al-Hasakah governorate, northeastern Syria, Turkish intelligence…

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