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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

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence attempt to clear debris as they search for bodies

Regime strikes kill 5 civilians in northwest Syria

Syrian War

Injured medic receives help after an ambulance was destroyed by a Syrian government air strike

Rescue workers among 15 civilians killed by Syria regime fire

US war on terror

The FBI takes threats to churches and other religious institutions extremely seriously

Syrian refugee in US arrested for plotting church attack

Displaced

A displaced Syrian child sleeps on a mat laid out on the floor in an olive grove in the town of Atmeh, Syria

Almost 71 million people displaced at end of 2018

Agriculture

Farmland, crops and agricultural infrastructure, were severely damaged by Syria's war

Syria to provide free chickens to help struggling farmers

Two Turkish soldiers were hurt in May in a similar attack blamed on Damascus.

Turkey says Syria regime attacks observation post

Syrian War

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence dig through the rubble of a building following reported airstrikes

10 civilians killed as fighting continues in northwest Syria

Assault on Idlib

People walk past destruction at the scene of an area targeted by regime airstrikes

Syrian regime, Russia kill 28 in northwest Syria

Idlib

Turkey has 12 military observation posts in Idlib

Turkey says Syria regime attack hurts three soldiers

Syrian Refugees

Around 35,000 Syrian refugees are affected by the demolition order, including 15,000 people in the Arsal region, UNHCR says

Syrian refugees forced to destroy ‘illegal’ Lebanon camps

Golan Heights

Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Syria since the beginning of the conflict in 2011

Syrian air defence thwarts Israeli attack

Syrian Wheat

Our "livelihood should not be transformed into a political bargaining chip," said farmer

Syrian Kurds, regime squabble over wheat

Syria Displaced

Last week, two American women and six children from suspected jihadist families were also repatriated

Syrian Kurds give 14 more IS orphans to France, Holland

Syrian War

Abdelbaset Sarout, the former Syrian national soccer goalkeeper turned anti-government fighter

Goalkeeper turned rebel fighter dies in northwest Syria

The battle is intensifying

83 fighters killed in Syria clashes

Syrian War

Syrians flee following an air strike on the town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province

Syria regime resumes brutal bombings as world stays mute

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