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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

Syrian War

Russian soldiers in Syria

US hopeful for new Russian cooperation on Syria

Afrin

It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast, one of the largest to rock Afrin since Turkish troops and allied rebels seized the region

Fuel truck bomb kills over 40 in Syria market

Syrian War

Syrian Army police photographer and defector known as "Caesar" (blue jacket) waits to brief US officials in Washington, DC on July 31, 2014

Syrian TV show uses photo of dead activist

Food Security

Syrians buy fresh vegetables at a street market

Food prices across Syria double in a year

Syria - Israel

Since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in the country

Israeli air strikes kill 3 civilians near Damascus

Coronavirus pandemic

UN flag

Syria, Iran block Saudi resolution on pandemic at UN General Assembly

Crimes against humanity

Handcuffed defendant

Ex-Syrian intelligence officers go on trial in Germany

Islamic State

The man has appeared in gory propaganda pictures of IS crimes

Spain arrests ‘most wanted’ IS jihadist

Syria - Iran

Assad condemned "ongoing encroachments by Turkey on the sovereignty and territory of Syria"

Iran FM meets Assad to discuss region amid virus

Coronavirus

Members of Kurdish security and the Kurdish Red Crescent in protective gear escort a passenger upon arrival from Damascus

Syria's northeast confirms first case of coronavirus

Religion

Muezzins, who call Muslims to prayer, pose for a picture at the Umayyad Mosque in the ancient quarters of Damascus

Group prayer call at Syrian mosque 'runs in the blood'

Syrian War

The EU's diplomatic chief Josep Borrell

EU says willing to ramp up sanctions following OPCW report

Syrian War

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria

OPCW says Syrian forces perpetrated 2017 chemical attack

Syrian War

A Russian military vehicle drives in the vicinity of Qamishli airport, Syria

UN fails to name Russia in Syria war crimes inquiry

Turkey's jihadist activities

Istanbul airport

Turkey tried to sneak jihadists among Algerian passengers stranded in Istanbul Airport

Syrian War

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) and former Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam

Syrian ex-vice president Khaddam dies in France

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