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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

Foreign jihadists in Syria

The woman, who left Norway in 2013, was arrested on her return on suspicion of being a member of the Islamist militant group

Norway minister quits over jihadist woman’s return

Idlib

Syrians take part in a demonstration against the regime offensive in Syria's last major opposition bastion of Idlib

Russian air strike kill five civilians in northwest Syria

Syria Displaced

People gather at a market inside the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria

Over 500 dead in Syria's overstretched Al-Hol camp in 2019

Assault on Idlib

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, search for survivors following an air-strike on the flashpoint town of Maaret al-Numan

Syrian regime kills dozens as Idlib offensive intensifies

Idlib

A drone picture taken on January 15, 2020, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, searching through the rubble of a building at the site of a regime airstrike on Syria's last major opposition bastion of Idlib

Regime airstrikes kill 9 civilians in Syria's Idlib

Syria's Kurds

Fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) flash the victory gesture next to their unfurled flag atop a roof at a position in the village of Baghouz

Syria denies meeting with Turkey was on coordination against Kurds

Iran presence in Syria

Smoke billowing over buildings

Israeli jets attack air base in Syria’s Homs

Syria's Kurds

Turkey's intelligence chief Hakan Fidan

Turkish, Syrian top spies meet despite animosity

Islamic State

King Abdullah of Jordan

Jordan king warns Islamic State on rise again in Mideast

Syrian War

Panicked residents run following an air strike by pro-regime forces in the nothwestern Syrian city of Idlib

Syrians wary of aid reductions as regime targets Idlib

US killing of Soleimani

Syrians demonstrate against the regime of Bashar al-Assad on January 10, 2020 in the northwestern Idlib province, Syria's last major opposition bastion.

Syrians in Idlib see death of Soleimani as a 'victory'

Turkey's incursion in Syria

Turkish soldiers

Four Turkish soldiers killed in Syria

Syria - Russia

The Russian leader is expected in Turkey on Wednesday to inaugurate a gas pipeline

Assad hosts Putin in surprise meeting

Turkey's mercenaries

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey sends Syrian ‘mercenaries’ to Libya

Iran - Israel

Israeli troops are pictured in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on the border with Syria on January 3

Israel lauds US killing of Iranian commander

Violence has intensified since mid-December despite an August ceasefire deal and international calls for a de-escalation

EU calls on Syria regime to halt ‘indiscriminate’ attacks

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