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Lifting sanctions will help Syria's leaders to do their jobs
The National News
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In a sign of how much Syria has changed in just eight months, the country’s new leadership recently finalised a deal with a Qatari company to build a media and entertainment complex on the outskirts of Damascus. The City of Damascus Gate is an...
Is it safe to travel to Europe? Here's what tourists should know about summer wildfires
The Economic Times
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July 9, 2025
As wildfires continue to spread across parts of southern Europe, travellers planning holidays to Greece and Türkiye this summer are being urged to stay alert and informed. The ongoing heatwave has intensified fire conditions across the...
US removes terrorist designation from Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Mission Network News
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July 9, 2025
Syria (MNN) —Another load is lifted from Syria’s shoulders. As of July 8, the US no longer designates Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a foreign terrorist organization. HTS was technically disbanded in January, shortly after its then-leader Ahmed...
Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.
Responsible Statecraft - Washington D.C.
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July 8, 2025
President Trump’s new National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) on Cuba, announced on June 30, reaffirms the policy of sanctions and hostility he articulated at the start of his first term in office. In fact, the new NSPM is almost...
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...
Netanyahu and Syrian Leader Set for Landmark White House Summit
Media Line
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July 8, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa are expected to meet in Washington this September for a rare diplomatic summit brokered by the United Arab Emirates and supported by the United States, i24 reports. The...
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...
Will Syria’s jihadis go rogue?
Unherd
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July 8, 2025
When I arrived in Damascus, mere weeks after Assad fell, there wasn’t a single foreign fighter in sight. The country’s new ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa, once known to the world by his jihadist nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, made sure that the...
Abkhazia Works to Deepen Ties with Syria
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Officials from Abkhazia’s Foreign Ministry visited Syria on June 25 to advance political and economic ties with Damascus, highlighting ongoing diplomatic activity between the breakaway Georgian territory and one of its few...
What you need to know about Trump’s travel ban
Frontier Media - Alaska
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Donald Trump has banned people from 12 countries entering the US, in a move he said protects against "foreign terrorists" and other security threats. Some countries are subject to a full travel ban, while others are under a partial ban - with the...
Syrian asylum seeker says freeze on claims 'like slowly dying'
BBC
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ShareSave Tuka Fattal says this situation is "very difficult" and would not wish it on anyone A Syrian woman has said waiting to find out whether she can stay and work in the UK has been like "slowly dying". The UK government paused Syrian asylum...
Evacuations in Syria's Latakia countryside as wildfires advance on homes
The National News
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Syrian firefighters were evacuating people from their homes in the Latakia countryside on Tuesday as wildfires advanced "dangerously close" to populated areas. The forest fires have been burning since last Wednesday across coastal regions that are...
The Deadly Remnants of Syria’s War
New Lines Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Yousef Mohammed al-Ibrahim didn’t sense danger when, one day in April, he found a 23 mm shell on the outskirts of Raqqa, in northeastern Syria. Until then, it had been a quiet day for the 11-year-old boy as he peacefully grazed his grandfather’s...
Turkish business union leads push for Syria’s reconstruction
Sabah
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July 8, 2025
The top Turkish union representing local chambers of commerce, industry and commodity exchanges hosted on Monday in the western province of Izmir a major meeting and forum in cooperation with the Union of Arab Chambers, at which it evaluated the...
From Damascus to Gaza… Arab heritage caught between the flames of war and a silent world
Tunisie Numerique
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July 8, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The 47th extended session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee officially opened this Monday in Paris. On the agenda: reviewing the nominations of nearly 30 new natural, cultural, and mixed sites submitted by...
Israel expands its occupation in southern Syria
Sun Online International
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The Israeli military has established six new bases in Syria’s southern provinces of Quneitra and Daraa over the past three months, further expanding its presence in violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement after the collapse of the Bashar al...
France: No Justice for Syrian migrant drowned after police chase
The New Arab
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July 8, 2025
[This investigation is co-published with French investigative outlet Disclose and our Arabic-language sister publication Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. It is a follow-up to a first investigation into the same subject, which was published in French in online...
Travellers going to Mediterranean hotspot warned of summer wildfires
Bristol Post
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July 7, 2025
Travellers going to a popular holiday destination in the Mediterranean have been warned they could risk encountering wildfires throughout the summer. The Foreign Office's travel advice for Turkey has warned that wildfires are a frequently...
World News | US Revokes Foreign Terrorist Designation of Syria's HTS
Latestly
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July 8, 2025
Washington DC [US], July 8 (ANI): The US has revoked the Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) designation of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Syria-based organisation which had ties with al-Qaeda and was also a front of al-Nusrah. In a statement...
Mar Aprem Metropolitan, Chaldean Syrian Church Archbishop, passes away at 85
The Hindu
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July 7, 2025
Mar Aprem Metropolitan | Photo Credit: special arrangement Mar Aprem Metropolitan, the Archbishop of the Chaldean Syrian Church of the East, passed away on Monday (July 7, 2025). He was 85. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in...