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Egypt Stresses 'Comprehensive' Settlement Guaranteeing Syria's Sovereignty over All its Territories

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday that a comprehensive political settlement to the Syrian crisis should ensure Syria’s full sovereignty over all its territories. Shoukry received a telephone call from UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen for talks on Syria. Pedersen briefed Shoukry on the ongoing efforts…

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Syria Reports Israeli Missile Attack Near Golan Heights

Israel fired several surface-to-surface missiles toward Syrian military positions in the country´s south early Wednesday causing material damage, state media reported. State TV quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that the missiles were fired from Syria´s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and struck areas around the nearby town of Quneitra.…

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ISIS’s Leadership Crisis

A Vacancy at the Top Threatens the Group’s Global Operations

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Rights group: Canada blocking return of citizens from Syria

A prominent rights group says Canadian authorities are preventing a Canadian woman and a child detained in a camp in Syria from returning home to get life-saving medical treatment

The Independent UK

Syria supports Putin's recognition of Ukraine breakaway regions

Syria supports the decision of its ally Russia to recognise two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, Syrian state TV quoted the Syrian foreign minister as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters

Syria backs Russian recognition of east Ukraine breakaway regions

Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad says Syrian gov’t ‘will cooperate’ with the two Moscow-backed separatist-held regions.

Al Jazeera

In Turkish-Funded Syria Camps, Tents Give Way to Homes

Syrian mother of four Maryam al-Hussein was relieved to have a roof over her head as she moved from a tent camp into a housing complex built with Turkish support. "When I first heard that we were moving into a house, I couldn't believe it," the 28-year-old widow told AFP…

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Poverty, fear drive exodus from Syria's one-time IS capital

Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State group, is now free but many of its residents are fighting to leave

The Independent UK

Hezbollah Running Secret Prison Near Syria's Palmyra

The Lebanese Hezbollah party has recently set up a new secret prison in Syria, revealed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Director of the UK-based monitor Rami Abdul Rahman said the facility was set up west of Palmyra city in Homs' eastern countryside in central Syria. He told Asharq Al-Awsat…

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Syria Awards License to 3rd Cellular Operator

The Syrian government Monday awarded a telecommunications company a license to become the third cellular operator targeting areas of poor coverage in the war-torn nation, state media reported. Telecommunications Minister Iyad Khatib told reporters that Wafa Telecom will improve the telecommunications sector in the country that was hard-hit by nearly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Islamic State: death of leader is big step towards becoming a different kind of terrorist organisation

A “proto-state”, a “socio-political movement, the ”beast“ – all names given to a single group that, at its height, seemed to embody the west’s worst nightmare.

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Damascus Bookstores Pine for Customers as Economic Crisis Bites

In one of the open bookstores in the Syrian capital, Damascus, only a handful of customers wander through the shelves and flip through books for sale, while the owner puts up a sign explaining that books sold are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. For many Syrians, buying a book has become a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

War Remnants Grip Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

It has been four years since the Syrian regime fully recaptured Eastern Ghouta in the Damascus countryside. However, residents of the area still suffer from the hazardous waste left behind by years of war and besiegement. Moreover, Ghouta residents face a tight security grip by regime forces that sees the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Accused Syrian fighter granted bail in Qld

A Brisbane man accused of terrorism-related offences, lecturing Muslims on jihad and joining the fight in Syria, has been granted bail.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

French Ambassador to UN to Asharq Al-Awsat: Political Process in Syria Has Become a 'Joke'; Iran's Nuclear Program Is a 'Top Priority'

The Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Nicolas de Riviere, stressed that the war in Ukraine, if it occurred, would be a "disaster" for the European people. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, he expressed his "pessimism" regarding the current situation in Syria, describing the political and…

Daily Mirror

Racist WhatsApp texts sent by immigration staff at firm paid by Home Office probed

Sickening WhatsApp messages include 'jokes' about Syrian refugees, a lewd reference to Diane Abbott and a xenophobic jibe at Home Secretary Priti Patel. An investigation has been launched

Asharq Al-Awsat

Goldrich Reaffirms US Commitment to Accountability in Syria

Ethan Goldrich, the US deputy assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, with responsibility for the Levant and Syria engagement, reaffirmed that the US position on normalizing ties with the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has not changed. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Goldrich called for focusing on holding…

Reuters

Despite border fence, Hungary is route of hope for migrants to the West

Portraying Hungary as a border fortress against illegal migration into Europe is a central theme of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's close-fought campaign for re-election on April 3, but Hungary's borders still appear increasingly porous.

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SDF Units Arrest ISIS Leader, Kill Another in Syria's Deir Ezzor

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the killing of a prominent ISIS leader responsible for terror plots and operations in the eastern countryside of Syria’s east governorate of Deir Ezzor. Another significant terror leader was arrested.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jordan Detects 160 Drug Smuggling Groups Operating behind its Border with Syria

Jordan’s army announced that 160 groups of traffickers are operating in southern Syrian, near the border with Jordan. It also confirmed that security channels for communication are up and running with the Syrian regime regarding the matter.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia’s World Human Care in spotlight after US designation

US says WHC working ‘under the guise’ of providing humanitarian aid in Syria, but channels funds to hardline groups.

Foreign Affairs

What If Russia Wins?

A Kremlin-Controlled Ukraine Would Transform Europe

The Independent UK

Jordan says crackdown on drug smugglers is bringing results

The Jordanian military says a crackdown on drug smugglers along the Syrian border is delivering results

The Independent UK

Rising number of children detained in Iraq over national security concerns and suspected Isis links, UN says

More than 1,000 minors – some as young as nine – are behind bars in Iraq, the United Nations says

Al Jazeera

Afghan, Syrian refugees face uncertain future in Denmark

UNHCR criticises Danish asylum policies as Syrians and Afghans fear being told they cannot remain in the country.

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