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Syria Jihadists, Allies Cut Key Highway As Escalating Violence Kills Around 200

Jihadist fighters cut the Damascus to Aleppo highway on Thursday during an offensive that a monitor says killed around 200, including civilians hit by Russian air force strikes.

International Business Times

Dozens killed as armed groups attack Syrian military in northern Aleppo

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham armed group and allied forces are reported to have captured Syrian army weapons depots.

Al Jazeera

Republican senator: ‘We’ll have lots of questions’ for Trump’s controversial picks

James Lankford of Oklahoma predicts lawmakers will have tough questions for president-elect’s nominees

The Guardian - US

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Nikki Haley criticizes Trump cabinet picks Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr

Republican calls Trump’s choice of national intelligence director ‘a Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese sympathizer’

The Guardian - US

Tulsi Gabbard's Controversial Relationship with Russia and Syria Resurfaces as Trump Nominates Her for DNI

The former Democratic Representative has been at the center of public scrutiny for seemingly cozying up with Syrian and Russian leaders

Latin Times

Tulsi Gabbard claimed she was on a terrorist watchlist. She’s now set to lead America’s spy network

Western intelligence official says Gabbard appointment may prompt allies to share less information with Washington

The Independent UK

Why is Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s new intel tsar, so controversial?

An isolationist in a key role for US-backed wars, Gabbard’s positions on Iran, Russia, Syria and India will be watched.

Al Jazeera

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Israeli strike hits Syria’s Latakia, state media reports

Two injured in rare strike on port city that is a stronghold of President al-Assad and located near a Russian airbase.

Al Jazeera

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon

From one war zone to another, and back again – how some of the most vulnerable cannot escape wherever they turn.

Al Jazeera

Hassan Nasrallah obituary

Ruthless head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah who led his movement for more than 30 years

The Guardian - UK

‘He was like a father to us’: Hezbollah supporters mourn Hassan Nasrallah

Many of Nasrallah’s supporters have expressed anguish and disbelief after Israel assassinated the Hezbollah leader.

Al Jazeera

Syria’s al-Assad says Turkey rapprochement efforts unsuccessful

President says Ankara does not need to remove troops from Syria to talk with his government.

Al Jazeera

US military presence in Syria carries substantial risks, but so does complete withdrawal

U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria launched a major attack on three posts manned by pro-government gunmen on Aug. 12, 2024, killing at least 18 fighters in a rare provocation near the border with Iraq.

The Conversation

Anti-Syrian violence in Turkey complicates normalization process between Turkey and Syria

Chances of a rapprochement between regional rivals Turkey and Syria were raised momentarily on July 22, 2024, with news that the leaders of both countries were set for a much-anticipated meeting aimed at resolving long-standing differences. Within hours, Turkish sources dismissed the rumors of an imminent sit-down between the two…

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International Business Times

Putin Meets Assad Amid Calls To Defuse Turkey-Syria Tensions

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Moscow amid calls for Russian mediation to cool tensions between Turkey and Syria.

Al Jazeera

Syria and Turkey: A path to reconciliation, or a defeat of the opposition?

Anti-Syrian riots in Turkey and protests in Syria are a symbol of a period of flux in relations between the countries.

International Business Times

Turkey-Syria Rapprochement Likely To Be Gradual: Analysts

After a long estrangement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad may be edging towards a meeting, but analysts say normalisation will likely be gradual due to thorny issues.

International Business Times

Syrians Prepare For 'Predetermined' Election

Campaign posters have sprung up across Damascus as Syria prepares to hold a parliamentary election in government-held areas on Monday that is designed to renew the ruling Baath party's grip on power.

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Erdogan Says May Invite Syria's Assad To Turkey 'At Any Moment'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he might invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to Turkey "at any moment", in a sign of reconciliation after the 2011 war broke ties between Ankara and Damascus.

Al Jazeera

World leaders congratulate Iran’s Pezeshkian on presidential election win

Congratulations pour in after centrist Masoud Pezeshkian defeated challenger and hardliner Saeed Jalili in a run-off.

The Guardian - UK

All the Worst Humans by Phil Elwood review – confessions of a cleanup man

A former PR looks back on a career spent whitewashing ‘foreign baddies’

Radio France Internationale

France's top court to examine arrest warrant for Syria's Assad

Prosecutors have asked France's highest court to review the legality of a French arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over deadly chemical attacks on Syrian soil in 2013.

Al Jazeera

Protests and arrests as anti-Syrian riots rock Turkey

More than 470 people have been taken into custody after crowds attacked Syrian shops and cars in central Turkey.

Radio France Internationale

Paris judges confirm arrest warrant for Assad over 2013 chemical attacks

Paris judges confirmed a French arrest warrant for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday, alleging his complicity in crimes against humanity related to the 2013 chemical attacks on Syrian soil.

France 24

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad

The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ruled that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is valid and remains in place, lawyers said.

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