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Fires Ravage the Syrian Coast: Who Ignited the Blaze and Who Will Extinguish It?
Enab Baladi
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July 14, 2025
Janna Al‑Issa | Shaaban Shamieh | Sidra Al‑Hariri | Lama Diab The home of Ghazwan Younis (26), a resident of Al‑Mazra‘a area in Qastal Maaf in rural Latakia, has been completely reduced to ashes due to wildfires that have raged and spread for over...
UK to start processing Syrian asylum claims again
BBC
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The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the fall of the Assad regime. Asylum minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Home Office had "worked to lift the pause as soon as...
On the road between Damascus and Beirut, Israel finds itself in diplomatic intersection
Ynet
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July 14, 2025
To understand the present, one must go back to the past: Lebanon gained full independence in November 1943 after 23 years of French rule. Syria reached the same milestone in April 1946. Yet diplomatic relations between the two neighbors were only...
Sudani to Asharq Al-Awsat: Iran Is Serious About a Deal with America
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 14, 2025
In recent months, Iraq has navigated two difficult challenges. It avoided being drawn into the Israeli-Iranian conflict and managed to stay clear of the fallout from US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Earlier, it had resisted the temptation to...
Syria Quietly Strips “Syrian Palestinian” Identity from Refugee Documents
Watan
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July 11, 2025
Watan-In a surprising and unannounced move, Syrian authorities have begun implementing major changes to the civil documents of Palestinians residing in the country. These changes include altering their legal classification from “Syrian...
Syria’s Long Road to Recovery
In These Times - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
Aleppo, Syria — Mohamed Zair sat in a neon-lit recovery ward, a thick bandage wrapped around his abdomen and a cast on his leg. A week earlier, in late January, he and a friend were severely wounded in a car crash. His friend, still unconscious,...
In Syria, unexploded ordnance prolongs the casualties of an ended war
Christian Science Monitor
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July 11, 2025
The morning sun had just begun to warm the streets of Saraqeb when the women of the Faratouni family heard the blast. Survivors of more than a decade of war, they were braced for the worst. They ran toward the construction site where the men and...
Syrian ‘Home Visits’ Rise as Few Opt to Leave Germany
American Renaissance
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July 9, 2025
Since the start of the year, around 800 Syrians have voluntarily left Germany under official return programmes. According to preliminary figures as of 31 May, 1,208 applications covering 2,075 individuals were submitted to the Federal Office for...
Austria's first Syrian deportation unsettles refugee community
The New Arab
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July 11, 2025
The deportation has unsettled Austria's estimated 58,000 Syrian refugees, according to the UN's High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). [Getty] Austria's deportation of a Syrian man to Damascus in early July 2025, marking the first case of its kind...
Syrian Kurdish leader meets Sharaa amid doubts over agreement
The New Arab
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The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, met Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and US envoy Thomas Barrack in Damascus on Wednesday to discuss the implementation of an agreement signed last March, which would...
Traveling rabies clinic set for July 19
Brewton Standard - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
Published 7:56 am Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Pet owners around the Brewton/East Brewton area will have an opportunity to get their furry friends vaccinated against rabies close to home.Dr. Hal Noble with Brewton Animal Hospital, will be administering...
The End of a Forced Coexistence: Arab Tribes Turn Against the Syrian Democratic Forces in Eastern Syria
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 11, 2025
In Syria’s vast northeastern areas, a brittle arrangement has for years held together an uneasy coexistence between the Arab tribes and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). But today, that arrangement appears closer than ever to...
Terry Glavin: Time for Canada to step up again to help the Syrian people
National Post
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July 11, 2025
Barely two years old, little Alan Kurdi had drowned along with his mother, Rihan, and his brother, Galib, when the overcrowded boat they were travelling in capsized en route to the Greek island of Kos on Sept. 2, 2015. Before the year was over...
UN report: No active Syrian state links to Al Qaeda
Ynet
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July 11, 2025
The report, seen by Reuters on Thursday, is likely to be published this month. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham is Al Qaeda's former branch in Syria but broke ties in 2016. The group, previously known as al-Nusra Front, led the rebellion that toppled...
Air Arabia Reinitiates Sharjah–Damascus Flights
Arabian Post
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July 11, 2025
Air Arabia has recommenced double daily non‑stop flights between Sharjah and Damascus from 10 July 2025, marking a pivotal renewal of air connectivity between the UAE and Syria. The low‑cost carrier’s decision, following a suspension since 2012,...
Travellers to Mediterranean Warned of Turkey Wildfire Risk
Fire Buyer International
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July 8, 2025
Holidaymakers heading to Turkey this summer have been warned to be vigilant, as wildfires remain a serious and frequent risk during the hotter months. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) updated its travel advice, noting that...
Saudi Journalist and Syrian Activist Visit the Knesset: A Push for Normalisation
The Syrian Observer
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July 10, 2025
Saudi journalist Abdulaziz al-Khamis and Syrian activist Shadi Martini participated in a session at the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday, in a move that appears to promote normalisation with Israel amidst ongoing atrocities in Gaza and continued...
world UN report sees no active Syrian state links to Al Qaeda
Asiaone
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July 11, 2025
UNITED NATIONS — United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished UN report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected US push...
Syria denies reports of meetings with Israeli officials in UAE
The New Arab
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July 8, 2025
Syrian and Israeli sources on Tuesday denied reports of a meeting between Israeli National Security Council chief Tzachi Hanegbi and Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. Israeli sources said that normalization with Syria...
UN report sees no active Syrian state links to Al-Qaeda
The Straits Times
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July 11, 2025
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no “active ties” this year between Al-Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria’s interim government, an unpublished UN report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected US push...