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Jordan: 4 Killed in Attempt to Smuggle Drugs from Syria

Four people were killed in an attempt to smuggle large amounts of drugs from Syria to Jordan, the kingdom's armed forces said on Sunday. Some smugglers were also wounded while others escaped by going back to Syria, Reuters quoted the statement as saying. In January, Jordanian soldiers killed at least…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria’s barrel bomb experts in Russia to help with potential Ukraine campaign

Over 50 specialists skilled in delivering crude explosive working with Vladimir Putin’s forces, intelligence sources believe

The Guardian - UK

Russia, Israel Exchange ‘Ukrainian Letters’ in Syria

Each wave of Israeli raids on Syria in the past years had been weighty. But the latest attacks, which occurred on Friday night, had an additional significance. Syria, in fact, has turned into a “letter box” between Russia and Israel, as a result of tension over Ukraine on the one…

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Turkey’s Erdogan Talks to Swedish, Finnish Leaders on NATO

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday discussed his objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO with the two Nordic countries’ leaders, Erdogan’s office said. He spoke to Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in separate calls to address Ankara’s concerns about those it considers terrorists…

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Former Russian mercenary lifts lid on secretive Wagner Group

Marat Gabidullin is the first combatant from private Russian paramilitary company Wagner to break rank and talk publicly about the secretive organisation. He recounts his four years as a mercenary in eastern Ukraine and Syria in his memoir In the Same River Twice, now available in French.

Radio France Internationale

Turkey Accuses SDF of Obstructing Voluntary Return of Syrian Refugees

Turkey accused the Kurdish forces in Syria of obstructing the return of Syrian refugees, noting that it had begun working with Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon to secure their “voluntary return.” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that his country will continue its war against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG),…

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Damascus Rejects Erdogan’s Call to Establish Safe Zone in Northern Syria

Damascus on Friday rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyeb Erdogan’s call for establishing a safe zone in northern Syria. These "cheap statements" reveal the "aggressive manipulations plotted by this regime against Syria, and the unity of its territory and people," the Syrian Ministry said. Damascus’ response came days after Erdogan called…

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Three killed in Israeli 'aggression' targeting southern Damascus - Syrian ministry

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3 Killed in Israeli ‘Aggression’ Targeting Southern Damascus, Says Syria

An Israeli "aggression" launched from the Golan Heights and targeting southern parts of the Syrian capital Damascus killed three people and caused some material damage, the Syrian ministry of defense said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, state TV reported that Syrian air defenses shot down a number of missiles in…

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Despite its floral pastels, David Najib Kasir’s Uptown mural is about the horrors of war

The lightness in the mural near the Wilson Avenue L station is meant to draw people to its image of a father holding the lifeless body of his daughter — a comment on the lives lost in the Syrian and Afghan wars.

Chicago Sun-Times

PKK central to Turkish opposition to Sweden, Finland joining NATO

Turkey views the PKK – and all its affiliates – as security threats, complicating its relationship with Sweden, Finland.

Al Jazeera

Russian Patrols Comb Border Areas in Southern Syria

Russian military police on Thursday conducted patrols in the governorates of Daraa and Sweida in southern Syria, a private source told Asharq Al-Awsat. “For three consecutive days starting Tuesday, Russian forces carried out several reconnaissance tours in areas mostly bordering Daraa and Sweida, such as the Yarmuk Basin areas near…

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Syrian refugee who fled Ukraine finally reunited with parents in Dumfries

Naeem Hijazi was a student in Kharkiv at the time the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in March

Daily Record

Erdogan Calls for NATO Support to Establish Safe Zone on Turkey-Syria Border

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members to support his country's efforts to establish a safe zone on the border with Syria to accommodate refugees and ensure the security of the southern border. "We have such a sensitivity as protecting our borders from…

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Al Jazeera

Syrians struggle to survive in ‘no man’s land’ desert camp

Rukban, which lies near the Syrian border with Jordan and Iraq, has been blockaded by the Syrian government since 2018.

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Pentagon: Most Casualties in Syria’s Baghouz Airstrike Were ISIS Militants

The Pentagon has completed a lengthy investigation into a deadly 2019 strike by US forces in Syria. The internal US Army investigation focused on an operation by a special US force operating in Syria, which launched an airstrike on an ISIS bastion in Baghouz on March 18, 2019.

Radio France Internationale

France indicts company for financing terrorist groups in Syria, including the Islamic State

A Paris court of appeal has upheld the indictment of French cement group Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity concerning its activities in Syria at the height of the country's civil war.

Al Jazeera

Pentagon says no wrongdoing in Syria strike that killed civilians

Officials acknowledged the attack killed civilians but blamed bad intelligence from partner forces on the ground.

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Reuters

Lafarge loses latest appeal over crimes against humanity charges

A Paris appeals court on Wednesday rejected a request by French cement maker Lafarge to dismiss charges of complicity in crimes against humanity and endangering lives for keeping a factory running in Syria after conflict broke out in 2011.

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‘Arabs between Light and Darkness’…. New Book by Hashem Saleh

Dar Al Mada, Iraq, has recently released a new book entitled ‘Arabs between Light and Darkness’ by Hashem Saleh. “The human experience widens with exploration trips and scientific expeditions. I was lucky I had the chance to live in France for years and acquire more knowledge. Otherwise, my thought would…

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‘Translation Dialogues’…Views, Personal Experiences

Damascus-based Dar Kanaan Publishing released ‘Translation Dialogues’, a book by Palestinian-Syrian writer and journalist Mahmoud Abu Hamed.

France 24

Pentagon probe rejects claims US covered up civilian deaths in Syria airstrike

A US military investigation found that American troops did not violate the law of war or deliberately cause civilian casualties in a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed dozens of people, including women and children. It did find that the military committed procedural mistakes in the aftermath of the attack.

The Independent UK

Review finds US troops didn't violate law in Syria airstrike

The U.S. military committed a number of procedural mistakes in the aftermath of a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed dozens, including women and children, but a new investigation has concluded that U.S. troops did not violate the law of war or deliberately cause civilian casualties

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Saudi Arabia Stresses Keenness on Stability of Iraq, Security in Syria

The Saudi government reiterated on Tuesday its keenness on stability in Iraq as it seeks to impose its sovereignty over all its territories. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held virtually. The Kingdom had expressed its position on Iraq during…

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Berlin... Ukrainian Suitcases, Syrian Sorrows, and a Russian Thread

A convoy of refugees and a line of bags. How difficult it is for you not to have anything left of your country but a suitcase. This sight breaks my heart. As if the bag was a coffin carrying the soul of the homeland, the smell of its soil and…

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