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Syria-Russia

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

Sabah Fakhri

Fakhri was a world class Tarab singer

Legendary singer Sabah Fakhri dies at 88

Lebanon's electricity crisis

Lebanon is suffering an acute energy crisis

Lebanon, Syria, Jordan reach final deal to transfer electricity

Foreign aid to Syria

The currency manipulation deprives Syrians, most of them impoverished after a decade of war, of much needed funds

Syria has used distorted exchange rates to divert foreign aid

Syrian War

The military bus charred

At least 14 killed in bomb attack on military bus in Damascus

Syrian constitution

UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen

Syrian govt, opposition agree on drafting new constitution

Golan Heights

Biden's administration has been circumspect on the Golan issue

Israel says it will keep Golan Heights

Rifaat Assad

Rifaat Assad was nicknamed “the Butcher of Hama”

Assad allows exiled uncle to return to avoid prison in France

Jordan -Syria

Officials in Jordan and Lebanon have urged the US to ease sanctions on Syria to facilitate trade

Jordan fully reopens main border crossing with Syria

Jordan -Syria

Flights between Jordan and Syria had been suspended at the start of the decade-old conflict in Syria

Royal Jordanian to resume direct flights to Damascus from October 3

Jordan -Syria

Jordan and Syria seek to to increase coordination in the field of border security

Syrian, Jordan discuss border security

Lebanon's fuel crisis

The diesel delivery is set to boost Hezbollah's popularity in Lebanon

Hezbollah-organized fuel reaches Lebanon

Shamima Begum

Begum said she was willing to face terrorism charges in Britain and would prove her innocence in court

Ex-jihadi bride appeals to British PM to let her come home

Lebanon's fuel crisis

Daily life has been almost paralysed as fuel dries up because Lebanon lacks the dollars to pay for it

Iranian tanker spotted in Syria discharging gasoil for Lebanon

Syrian War

Assad's government refers to all armed opposition groups as terrorists

Putin blasts presence of “foreign forces" in parts of Syria

Syrian War

Many residents fear arrests as secret police enter the bastion

Syrian army enters Deraa al Balaad under peace deal

Lebanese crisis

Beirut remains in darkness during a power outage

Lebanon working with World Bank to finance power supply plan

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