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Western Soft-Power Agencies Established a Support Front for Armed Insurrection in Syria by Al-Qaeda-Linked Rebels
CovertAction Magazine
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July 10, 2025
Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, circa 2014, inside Damascus, Syria. [Source: unrwa.org] [This is the second of a two-part series. Part I can be found here—Editors] From 2011 to 2016, demonstrations in Syria against the Ba’athist government...
Exclusive-UN report sees no active Syrian state links to Al Qaeda
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -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have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could...
Sharjah Airport, Air Arabia rejoice resuming flights to Damascus
Sharjah24
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The inaugural flight was launched in a welcoming ceremony attended by Ali Salim Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA); Dr. Ziad Yahya Zahreddine, Consul General of the Syrian Arab Republic in the UAE; Adel Al Ali, Group Chief...
Air Mediterranean launches flights from Cologne Bonn to Athens and Damascus
Aviation24.be
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July 10, 2025
Air Mediterranean Boeing 737-400 SX-MAI © Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73574527Air Mediterranean has started a new service from Cologne Bonn Airport, offering weekly flights to Athens and...
Air Arabia Resumes Sharjah–Damascus Flights With Double Daily Service
Gulf Insider
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July 10, 2025
Air Arabia has officially resumed its direct flights between Sharjah and Damascus, marking a significant step in re-establishing regional air connectivity. The low-cost carrier will now operate double daily non-stop flights between the two cities,...
To rebuild from war, Syrian firefighters work to rebuild trust -- in each other
Public Radio Tulsa - Oklahoma
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July 10, 2025
DAMASCUS, Syria — Every morning for 28 years, Haitham Nasrallah has opened his locker and put on his firefighter's uniform. It's a job he loves, but a uniform he now hates. The uniform marks him as a firefighter from the old regime of dictator...
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...
Air Arabia flights to Damascus take off
Nashville Herald - Tennessee
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SHARJAH, 10th July 2025 (WAM) -- Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa's first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) operator, today celebrated the resumption of its non-stop service between Sharjah and Damascus. The departure ceremony at...
Labor Minister estimates current number of unemployed at 430,000
Ammon News
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July 15, 2025
Ammon News - Minister of Labor Khaled Bakar said Tuesday that the Ministry has finalized the pilot version of the Labor Market Information System, set for launch by the end of the year, as part of broader efforts to modernize labor market...
Man gets probation after marrying 15-year-old in Syria, conceiving baby in Malta
Times of Malta
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July 10, 2025
A man who married a 15-year-old girl in Syria and conceived their first child in Malta a year later has been found guilty of participating in sexual activities with a minor. He was spared jail but handed a three-year probation order after the...
Air Arabia resumes Sharjah–Damascus flights
Gulf News
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Sharjah: Air Arabia has officially resumed its direct flights between Sharjah and Damascus, marking a significant step in re-establishing regional air connectivity. The low-cost carrier will now operate double daily non-stop flights between the...
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...
SYRIA’S TOURISM STARTED WORKING ON ITS REVIVAL
Tourism Review
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Syria, having weathered more than a decade of strife, is now looking to tourism as a key element in its economic resurgence and re-engagement with the global community. The country, abundant in historical treasures, a stunning Mediterranean...
US lawsuit exposes Turkey-based Ponzi scheme tied to Syrian opposition figure
Nordic Monitor
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July 9, 2025
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A major fraud lawsuit filed in US federal court has exposed an international Ponzi scheme involving a high-profile Syrian opposition figure with close ties to officials in the Islamist government of Turkish President...
Tunisia’s Travel Comeback: 4.3 Million Tourists and Counting
Media Line
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July 9, 2025
Sun, sea, and a whole lot of travelers: Tunisia welcomed 4.3 million tourists in the first half of 2025, marking an 11% increase over the same stretch last year, according to the Tunisian National Tourism Office. And with tourism revenues topping...
Moses Montefiore and the Damascus Affair
The Jewish Press
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July 9, 2025
Probably the most famous Anglo-Jew of the 19th century, the much-beloved Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was scrupulously observant of his faith and used his personal standing to further the cause of oppressed Jews everywhere. Between 1827 and 1875,...
Wildfires ravage France and Syria as family killed in New Mexico flash floods
Channel 4 News
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July 9, 2025
As the south of France begins its busy summer tourist season, some 800 firefighters in the sky and on the ground have been battling a large wildfire around the city of Marseille. 110 people have been injured, including nine firefighters, 22 police...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians in Lebanon set to get financial aid to go home
The National News
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Up to 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon may be set to return home under a UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, according to a document seen by The National. Under the scheme endorsed by the Lebanese government, thousands have already...
Over US$576.9 Million Invested in Kazakhstan’s Tourism Sector in Five Months
The Astana Times
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July 9, 2025
ASTANA – In just the first five months of 2025, over 300 billion tenge (US$576.9 million) has been invested in Kazakhstan’s tourism sector, Kazinform reported on July 9, citing the Kazakh Tourism national company. Turkistan. Photo credit:...
New Mercer On Mission program introduces engineering to Syrian refugee children
Mercer Den
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July 9, 2025
A Mercer University team traveled to Jordan this summer to teach robotics, programming and engineering to children in a Syrian refugee camp as part of Mercer On Mission. The Za’atari camp hosts 70,000 to 80,000 refugees, and more than half are...