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An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon early Saturday killed at least 10 Syrian nationals, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. The strike on Wadi al-Kfour in Nabatieh province is among the deadliest in Lebanon since the Hezbollah militant group and Israeli military started trading strikes on 8 October, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel and sparked the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Hezbollah maintains that it will stop its attacks once a ceasefire is reached in the Gaza Strip. Among the dead were a woman and her two children, the ministry said. Five others were wounded, two of whom in c...
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At least six people were killed in violent clashes between pro-Iranian fighters and the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria, activists reported on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that at least 19 others were injured in the fighting in Dair al-Zour province. The fatalities are said to be three civilians and three Arab tribal fighters loyal to Iran. Quoting local sources, the observatory said the "violent clashes broke out at dawn Wednesday, after fighters from the Arab tribal forces attacked and took control of checkpoints and military ...
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Italy plans to send an ambassador back to Syria after a decade-long absence, the country’s foreign minister said, in a diplomatic move that could spark divisions among European Union allies. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, speaking in front of relevant parliamentary committees on Thursday, announced Rome’s intention to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria. Tajani said the move was to prevent Russia from monopolising diplomatic efforts in the Middle Eastern country. The announcement also follows Wednesday's meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and the isolated Syrian President ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad in Moscow, as shown in a video released by the Kremlin press service on Thursday. Putin expressed concern over rising tensions in the Middle East, but neither leader offered further details about their discussion. Russia has waged a military campaign in Syria since September 2015, teaming up with Iran to allow Assad’s government to fight armed opposition groups and reclaim control over most of the country.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow to discuss issues affecting their countries, according to images released by the Russian authorities on Thursday. The Kremlin said the meeting between Putin and al-Assad had taken place on Wednesday. Putin told al-Assad he was concerned that tensions were rising in the Middle East, but neither leader provided further details on their talks. Russia has waged a military campaign in Syria since September 2015, teaming up with Iran to allow al-Assad’s government to fight armed opposition groups and reclaim con...
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s party and its allies have swept an expected majority of seats in the war-torn country’s parliamentary election. The so-called “National Unity” list gained a total of 194 seats in the 250-member assembly, including 178 for al-Assad's Baath party, sources in the election committee said. The remaining 56 seats went to self-styled independent candidates. The Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections in Syria said that the voter participation in the July 15 polls reached 38.16% of the eligible electorate. Head of the electoral committee, Judge Jihad Murad, said the...
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Syria and Saudi Arabia resumed commercial flights on Wednesday, after a decade of strained relations between the two countries. SANA, the state-run Syrian news agency, said the first regular scheduled flight of the airline Syrian Air flew directly from Damascus to the Saudi capital Riyadh early on Wednesday Morning. Syrian Air flight number RB389 landed in the Saudi capital at 6:28 am (0328 GMT), according to the website Flight Radar 24. Later, the aircraft returned to Damascus. The Syrian ambassador in the Kingdom, Ayman Soussan said this move represents "good news for Syrians and Saudis alik...
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At least seven people have been arrested in Germany and Sweden on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria in 2012-2014, authorities in the two countries said on Wednesday. In a coordinated effort that also involved the European Union's judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, the EU police agency Europol, and several other unnamed European countries, four of the suspects were arrested in Germany and three in Sweden. The German federal prosecutor said that those arrested in Germany were "strongly suspected of killing and attempting to kill civilians." Some of those ...
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Relatives of victims of the October 7 attacks committed by Hamas in Israel have filed charges in the US against Iran, Syria and North Korea claiming their alleged support for the Palestinian extremist group has facilitated the massacre. Iran, Syria and North Korea "provided material support and resources" that enabled Hamas to carry out the attack on southern Israeli communities in the first place, according to the complaint filed in a federal court in Washington on Monday by the Anti-Defamation League on behalf of 125 victims and their families. The plaintiffs are demanding compensation of at...
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By Johannes LEDEL Stockholm (AFP) - Un tribunal de Stockholm a acquitté jeudi un ancien général syrien accusé de crimes de guerre dans son pays en 2012, jugeant insuffisantes les preuves de son implication. Mohammed Hamo, âgé de 65 ans et vivant en Suède, a été jugé au printemps pour "complicité" de crimes de guerre entre janvier et juillet 2012. L'armée syrienne a bien commis des "attaques aveugles, contraires au droit international" dans un quartier de Homs (centre) et dans la ville d'Al Rastan en 2012 mais "aucune preuve" n'a été présentée pour démontrer que la 11e division de l'ancien géné...
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