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Syria relies on Russia’s oil despite pivot to the West

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Syria's history

Syria or where abstract symbols first became structured language

Damascus exhibition reveals Syria’s role in the birth of writing

Israel-Syria unrest

Olabi: Israeli forces are seeking to provoke the Syrian population

UN and Syria accuse Israel of destabilising south as tensions mount

Cultural heritage

Beyond tradition and technique, the craft is also gaining renewed relevance

In Damascus Citadel, father and son keep Syria’s pottery craft alive

Syria's transitional justice

Atif Najib, a relative of Assad, appeared in court in handcuffs

Syria opens first Assad-era trial as transitional justice process begins

War on Terror

Iraq air strike targets IS in Syria

Manbij

Syria Kurds to leave strategic town after deal

Syrian Kurds

Syrian Kurdish militia to withdraw from Manbij

Disarmament Conference

US boycotts world disarmament body

Television

Syrian productions stagger through another Ramadan

Iran - Israel

Iran and Russia risk Syria split in face of Israel’s pressures

Syrian Civil War

Syrian foreign minister calls for US withdrawal from border area

Syrian Civil War

Syria’s neighbours steel themselves for the regime’s push south-west

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Syrian Civil War

Washington warns Assad against attacking Kurdish-led forces

Syrian Civil War

Erdogan holds talks with Putin’s Syria envoy

Ramadan

Ramadan is bitter for Syria’s displaced

Syrian Kurds

Assad threatens US-backed Kurds with force

Syrian Civil War

Russia calls for meeting with US, Jordan on south Syria

Nuclear Disarmament

US laments Syria chairing world disarmament body

Refugees

Self-appointed Iraqi rescuer helping migrants through the internet

Israel - Iran

Netanyahu says Iran can have no military presence in Syria

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