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Paris trial begins over 2013 Islamic State kidnappings of Westerners in Syria

A landmark trial opens Monday at a Paris court in which five men stand accused of Islamic State kidnappings in Syria more than 10 years ago, when seven Western hostages were taken, including four French journalists.

Radio France Internationale

Syria hopes it’s war-torn heritage sites could help bring back tourists

Landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crac des Chevaliers castle are already attracting local tourists

The Independent UK

One Killed In Lebanon As Israel-Hezbollah Truce Deadline Looms

Lebanese media on Sunday reported that Israeli gunfire killed a woman as Washington pressed Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, two days before a deadline in the ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed group.

International Business Times

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‘We live in constant fear’: Alawites in Syria’s Homs terrified of reprisals

Diverse city has grown tense since fall of Assad regime, as security forces target groups loyal to the former dictator

The Guardian - UK

Syrian Asylum Seeker Radicalized Online Suspected In Deadly Stabbing Rampage

A Syrian asylum seeker with IS ties carried out a deadly stabbing in Austria, sparking concerns over online radicalization and extremism.

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Lebanon marks 20th anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination amid political shifts

Thousands of supporters have gathered in downtown Beirut to mark the 20th anniversary of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination

The Independent UK

Drugs, Weapons In Syria Borderland Where Hezbollah Held Sway

In a desolate area of Syria where Lebanese militant group Hezbollah once held sway, security forces shot open the gates to an abandoned building and found a defunct drug factory.

International Business Times

France Says EU Working Toward 'Rapid' Easing Of Syria Sanctions

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Thursday that the European Union was working toward swiftly easing Syria sanctions as Paris hosted a conference on the transition in the war-torn country after president Bashar al-Assad's fall.

International Business Times

Syria’s mass graves: Accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal

Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated areas.

The Conversation

Middle East latest: Hamas says 3 Israeli hostages will be freed on Saturday as planned

The militant Hamas group says it will free three Israeli hostages as planned, in a reversal of its previous announcement and raising the prospect of resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Syria FM to join Arab, Western powers at Paris summit to discuss transition

Asaad al-Shaibani is attending a conference expected to address issues including lifting EU sanctions.

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Paris hosts global conference on shaping Syria’s future

An international conference aimed at shaping a peaceful and inclusive future for Syria gets under way in the French capital today, amid efforts to engage with the country's transitional leadership following the fall of the Assad regime.

The Independent UK

Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

The Trump administration's abrupt freeze in foreign aid has closed health clinics offering free care in one of Syria's most vulnerable regions

Al Jazeera

Syria’s leader, Russia’s Putin make first contact since al-Assad’s fall

Statements of support have been exchanged in al-Sharaa’s first phone call with Russian president since taking power.

International Business Times

Swedish Woman Jailed For Keeping Yazidi Slaves In Syria

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority.

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Woman jailed in Sweden for keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria

The 52-year-old gets 12 years in jail for ‘genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes’ by ISIL in 2015.

Evening Standard

Putin's refuge for Bashar al-Assad in Moscow hitting Russian efforts to keep forces in Syria, says UK

Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces in the wartorn country, according to British defence chiefs.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Syrians returning to the town of Tel Rifaat find homes in ruins and underground tunnels

The long anticipated return home for residents of the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat, displaced since 2014, has collided with a painful reality — scars of war, streets lined with rubble and ruins standing in place of their homes.

The Guardian - UK

‘Finally this is justice’: the Assad torture survivors who guard their former jail

Men imprisoned and abused at the notorious Palestine branch detention centre return to the facility as free men

The Guardian - UK

Kurdish officials fear Islamic State revival as US aid cuts loom

Humanitarian groups worried north-east Syrian camps holding suspected IS members will lose basic facilities

The Independent UK

Kurds in the new Syria hope to preserve cultural rights they gained in years of war

Kurdish leaders are negotiating with the new authorities in Damascus

The Guardian - UK

‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war

In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world

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