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Syria-Israel Peace Deal May Be Signed by End of 2025
Media Line
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June 30, 2025
A once-unthinkable peace agreement between Israel and Syria may now be closer than it has been in decades, possibly sealed by the end of 2025. That’s according to a well-placed Syrian official who spoke to The Media Line’s Rizik Alabi. The deal on...
Over 485,000 Syrians Return During the First Half of 2025
Enab Baladi
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July 3, 2025
More than 485,000 citizens returned to Syria during the first half of 2025 from neighboring countries as part of the voluntary return process, according to Mazen Alloush, Director of Public Relations at the General Authority for Land and Sea...
Tourism Ministry explains mechanism for licensing tourism offices in Syria
SANA
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June 30, 2025
Damascus, SANA – Director of Damascus Tourism department, Majed Ezzedine, explained that licensing any tourism and travel office requires submitting an application to the relevant tourism directorate. Ezzedine explained in a statement to a SANA...
THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE: U.S. Foreign Policy With Syria Shifts
Brownwood News - Texas
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On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to lift sanctions on Syria to promote the safety and prosperity of Syrians. The Syrian sanctions program has served as a testament to aggressive U.S. foreign policy with Syria since 1979....
Holidaymakers heading to Turkey warned to make 2 passport checks now
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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June 30, 2025
Turkey is a favourite holiday destination for Brits looking for sunshine and last year saw 4.4 million UK holidaymakers head to the country. That was a 16.6 per cent increase on 2023, according to travelgossip.co.uk and this year, it's set to be...
Special reportInside the Syrian government's hunt for Assad military loyalists
The National News
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Former warlord Ghazwan Al Salmoni carved a niche in the Syrian civil war, commanding an abduction and extortion ring that specialised in ambushing lorry cargo traffic near his home in the centre of the country. He held absolute power as a...
Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Trust but Verify in Post-Sanctions Syria
Media Line
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July 3, 2025
In his thought-provoking opinion piece for The Media Line, Rabbi Abraham Cooper takes readers inside an extraordinary and cautiously optimistic moment in Middle East diplomacy: the lifting of US sanctions on Syria and a face-to-face encounter with...
When will UN lift sanctions on Syria’s interim government?
The National News
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The US is preparing to circulate to the UN Security Council a draft resolution calling for the lifting of sanctions on Syria’s leader Ahmad Al Shara. Discussions are already under way between the Security Council's permanent members – the US,...
Syria to seek Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights, in any future peace deal, officials say
Ynet
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June 30, 2025
Israeli officials said there is serious doubt whether new Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa would agree to any peace deal with Israel that did not include a withdrawal from the Golan Heights, which Israel captured during the 1967 Six-Day War and later...
Gov’t sets up committee to repatriate T&T citizens from Syria, Iraq
Loop News
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The government has appointed an Inter-ministerial Committee to examine and expedite the repatriation of citizens currently detained in Syria and Iraq. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs announced that the committee will be...
Austria deports Syrian convict in EU first since Assad fall
The Sun Daily
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July 3, 2025
VIENNA: Austria on Thursday deported a Syrian criminal convict back to Syria, becoming the first EU country to do so officially “in recent years”, the interior ministry said. Austria has been pushing to be able to deport Syrians back since the...
Austria becomes first EU country to deport Syrian convict since Assad’s fall
Politico Europe
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July 3, 2025
The 32-year-old man was granted asylum in Austria in 2014 but lost his refugee status in 2019 due to his criminal record, his legal adviser Ruxandra Staicu said, according to Reuters. Austrian and Syrian authorities agreed to the deportation last...
Travel Concerns Prompt Michiganders to Rethink International Trips
WILX - Michigan
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June 29, 2025
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Travel to the Middle East is stirring up new concerns for Michiganders. Safety alerts among shifting global tensions have people asking questions before they book. For many Michiganders, summer means European getaways or...
Sheikh Mohammed funds life-saving treatment for Syrian girl
The National News
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, is to cover Dh7 million ($1.9 million) in medical treatment for a young girl with spinal muscular atrophy. The announcement came after Yaqeen Kankar’s uncle posted a video on social...
Nasa discovers interstellar comet travelling through solar system
The National News
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A comet is currently hurtling its way through our solar system despite it originating elsewhere, US space agency Nasa has revealed. The interstellar comet, which has been named 3I/Atlas, is about 670 million kilometres from Earth. "The comet poses...
U.S. officials reduce travel warning for Israel, the West Bank, but dangers remain
MLive - Michigan
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July 3, 2025
The State Department has reduced its travel advisory for Israel and the West Bank, but says visitors could be in danger if they decide to visit. On Tuesday, the agency announced a Level 3 “Reconsider travel” advisory for those planning to travel...
Syria moving towards normalization with Israel? Signs point to growing cooperation after war with Iran
All Israel News
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June 29, 2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Damascus, Syria, on June 19, 2025. (Photo: Syrian Arab News Agency) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to travel to Washington, D.C., in order to promote a hostage-ceasefire deal and normalization with...
Medical Tourism in Jordan Rises by 16.5% in First Five Months of 2025
Jordan News
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July 3, 2025
New data from the Private Hospitals Association reveals a 16.5% increase in the number of visitors coming to Jordan for medical treatment during the first five months of 2025.اضافة اعلان According to the association's figures, 92,776 medical...
Syrian Refugees–“We Left Everything Behind”
ABILITY Magazine
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One hundred fifty-three years ago, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman issued his definitive statement on war: “War is Hell.” In 2013, Syrian Christians and Damascus residents 14-year-old Mariamma (Mary) and her 16-old brother Outha (Joseph)...
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways Relaunches Direct Flights to Syria
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways has relaunched direct flights to Syria following a 13-year pause, Syrian media reported on Thursday. As detailed by media, Syria's state news agency, the first flight from the Kuwaiti carrier touched down at...