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UK restores diplomatic ties with Syria as Lammy visits Damascus
The National News
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Britain said it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with Syria on Saturday as Foreign Secretary David Lammy visited Damascus. “There is renewed hope for the Syrian people,” said Mr Lammy. “It is in our interests to support the new government...
UK resets Syria ties as Lammy visits Damascus
London Daily Digital
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July 5, 2025
David Lammy meets Syrian leadership in Damascus, pledges UK support for reconstruction and justice In a major foreign policy shift, the United Kingdom has formally re-established diplomatic relations with Syria, marking the first ministerial visit...
'Syrian' axeman attacks German train passengers, leaving four injured before he is overpowered
Daily Mail
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July 3, 2025
This story is developing, more to follow By JAMES REYNOLDS and PERKIN AMALARAJ Published: 10:38 EDT, 3 July 2025 | Updated: 11:02 EDT, 3 July 2025 Several people were injured after a man wielding an axe attacked passengers on a busy train in...
Syrian Investors Consider Returning to Aleppo Despite Obstacles
Enab Baladi
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July 2, 2025
Enab Baladi – Mohammad Deeb Bazt For many Syrians hoping to invest in Aleppo, the outlook remains uncertain. While the city has regained a portion of its commercial vitality, it continues to suffer from widespread destruction and lacks the...
Britain re-establishing relations with Syria, announces David Lammy
The Guardian
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July 5, 2025
Britain is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Syria after the country’s years-long civil war, the foreign secretary, David Lammy, has announced during a visit to the capital, Damascus. “There is renewed hope for the Syrian people,” Lammy...
The Sordid History of Offshoring Migrants
Foreign Affairs
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July 10, 2025
Just weeks into Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Department of Homeland Security began sending immigrants living in the United States to prisons in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama and to the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. At the...
UK re-establishing diplomatic ties with Syria as Lammy visits Damascus
Al Jazeera
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July 5, 2025
British foreign secretary pledges support for Syria’s new government after talks with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. The United Kingdom has announced it is formally restoring diplomatic ties with Syria as British Foreign Secretary David Lammy...
Highest Fees for Iranians: Syria Sets Entry Visa Fees for Foreigners
Enab Baladi
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July 5, 2025
Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Asaad al-Shibani, has issued a decision setting new visa and transit fees for citizens of Arab and foreign countries, effective Sunday, July 6. According to the decision, which Enab Baladi...
How Humanitarian Aid Became a Weapon of War | Opinion
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
At its best, humanitarian aid is a lifeline—keeping civilians alive in war zones, famine-struck regions, and disaster zones. But what happens when that aid, instead of alleviating suffering, ends up prolonging it? Recent history shows that...
Swedish bodyguards' fitness app data reveals private locations of royal family
NBC News
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July 10, 2025
Sweden’s national security service said it was investigating reports that data shared by bodyguards on a fitness app had exposed the private locations of some of the country’s most powerful figures. “The Swedish Security Police take the...
‘A Real Cultural Reversal’: Ex-Nusra Leader Scripts Syria’s Hollywood Moment
Media Line
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July 5, 2025
President Ahmad al-Sharaa, once known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, now backs a vast studio complex he once would have outlawed [Damascus] The signing of a memorandum of understanding worth more than $1.5 billion to establish Syria’s first integrated...
With only six Jews left in Syria, émigrés now have a chance to return
The Guam Daily Post
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BEIRUT - Henry Hamra vividly recalls the day he was allowed to leave Syria. His uncle, the Jewish community’s rabbi, was called in for a meeting with Syria’s president at the time, Hafez al-Assad. “He told him, ‘You could go anywhere in the world...
Erdogan: Azerbaijan is ready to support Syria with Natural Gas
SANA
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July 5, 2025
Ankara, SANA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed Azerbaijan’s readiness to provide all kinds of support to Syria regarding natural gas. Anadolu News Agency quoted Erdogan as saying today, in statements on board the presidential plane...
Wildfires break out in Turkey, Syria and Greece - with towns near Athens evacuated
Heart Radio
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5 July 2025, 10:16 | Updated: 5 July 2025, 14:12 Wildfires have broken out on an island and in towns near Athens in Greece, with blazes also being sparked in Turkey and Syria. The Hellenic Fire Service and local authorities said that two villages...
Wildfires break out in Greece, Turkey and Syria
Sky News
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July 5, 2025
Wildfires have broken out on an island and in towns near Athens in Greece, with blazes also being sparked in Turkey and Syria. The Hellenic Fire Service and local authorities said that two villages - Tsakeoi and Limnionas - had been evacuated on...
Lights, camera, climate: MENA filmmakers tackle a burning region
The New Arab
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July 10, 2025
In the Middle East and North Africa, the climate crisis is not a distant threat but an everyday reality. While much of the global media continues to frame the region through conflict and geopolitics, a group of filmmakers is redirecting attention...
Nigeria is in crisis: Enough of politicians; where are the statesmen?
Daily Trust
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July 9, 2025
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will – Fred Douglass Murry Rothbard (1926-95) started his book ‘The Anatomy of the State” with a predictable quotation, “the greatest danger to the State is intellectual...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia Thursday. “I think it’s a new and a...
Is it safe to travel to Turkey amid rising tensions near Isreal and Iran?
Nottingham Evening Post
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July 5, 2025
Millions of holidaymakers planning trips to countries neighbouring Israel and Iran may have safety concerns following escalating tensions in the region. On 22 June, the US carried out airstrikes targeting three Iranian nuclear sites amid ongoing...
Syrian Intelligence “Black Gold Ambush” Snags Captagon Kingpin Waseem al-Assad
Watan
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July 2, 2025
Watan-An Arabic magazine has revealed the intricate intelligence operation carried out by Syrian security services that resulted in the arrest of Waseem Badiʿ al-Assad—cousin of deposed President Bashar al-Assad and a leading financier of...