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Syria, Lebanon pledge firm ties after years of tensions

Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese head of government...

Blinken seeks to avert Syria turmoil

ROME—US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has agreed in talks in Rome with European counterparts on the need to encourage stability in Syria, officials...

37 killed in clashes in northern Syria

DAMASCUS—Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria’s northern Manbij region, a war monitor...

New year hope and joy reign in a Damascus freed from Assad

Damascus, Syria—Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13...

Syrian transition

This view shows trash strewn amid the old Roman ruins in the center of Syria’s southern city of Sweida on Dec. 29. United Nations...

Syria’s new intel chief vows reforms to end abuses

The new head of Syria's intelligence services announced on Saturday a plan to dissolve the institutions that were so feared under the rule of...

Syria leaders nab official behind death executions

DAMASCUS – Syria’s new authorities have arrested a military justice official who under ousted president Bashar al-Assad issued death sentences for detainees in the...

Syria authorities: Armed groups to disband

DAMASCUS – Syria’s new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country’s rebel groups on their dissolution and integration under...

Preserving evidence

This aerial picture shows Monday the villa of Maher al-Assad, the brother of the toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, in the town of Yafour...

Palestinian refugees recall Assad’s torture

YARMUK, Syria – School lessons ended in Syria’s biggest Palestinian refugee camp on Oct. 18, 2012, judging by the date still chalked up on...

US diplomats visit Syria to meet Islamist rulers after al-Assad fall

DAMASCUS , Syria – US diplomats are in Syria to meet the country’s new Islamist-led rulers, the State Department said Friday, as outside powers...

1st flight since Assad’s fall takes off

DAMASCUS – The first flight since the ouster of Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad took off on Wednesday from Damascus airport to Aleppo in the...

Syria’s Islamist leader Jolani says rebel factions will be ‘disbanded’

DAMASCUS—Syria’s rebel factions will be “disbanded,” the head of the group that led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad has pledged, as the former president...

Turkish rescuers search infamous Syria jail

A large team of Turkish rescuers began searching Syria's infamous Saydnaya prison near Damascus Monday, trying to check for any hidden underground cells, its...
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