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Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group

The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years

The Independent UK

Protesters in southern Syria smash statue as they mark 2015 assassination of anti-government leader

Hundreds of angry protesters in southern Syrian have destroyed the statue of the country's late president as they marked the 2015 assassination of a prominent anti-government Druze leader

The Independent UK

Syria protests spurred by economic misery stir memories of 2011 uprising

Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad's government and at one point raiding several offices of his ruling party.

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Syria protests spurred by economic misery stir memories of the 2011 anti-government uprising

Anti-government protests in southern Syria have entered their second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad, and at one point raiding several offices of his ruling party

The Independent UK

3 members of Congress make a rare visit to opposition-held northwest Syria

It's the first known visit to the country by American lawmakers in six years. GOP Reps. French Hill, Ben Cline and Scott Fitzgerald urged the Biden administration to maintain pressure on Bashar Assad.

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Members of US Congress make a rare visit to opposition-held northwest Syria

Three US Congress members have made a brief visit to opposition-held northwest Syria in the first known trip to the war-torn country by American lawmakers in six years

The Independent UK

A decade after a sarin gas attack in a Damascus suburb, Syrian survivors lose hope for justice

A decade after a sarin gas attack killed hundreds and left thousands hurt in a Syrian suburb near the capital of Damascus, survivors say there has been no accountability for that attack or for other atrocities committed during the country's brutal conflict

The Independent UK

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Protests rock government-held areas in southern Syria as economy crumbles

Syrian opposition activists say protests have broken out in two government-held provinces in the south amid widespread anger over increasing prices, the crash of the Syrian pound and the dwindling purchasing power of many people in the war-torn country

The Independent UK

Syrian president doubles public sector wages as national currency spirals downwards

Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has doubled public sector wages and pensions as the war-torn country’s national currency spiraled further downwards, reaching a new low for the year

The Independent UK

Assad blames Erdogan for violence in Syria and insists on a pullout of Turkish troops

Syrian President Bashar Assad has slammed Turkey and blamed Ankara for the uptick in violence in his war-torn country

The Independent UK

US vows to keep Syria's chemical weapons program in UN spotlight over Russian and Chinese opposition

The United States and its allies are vowing to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at the U.N. Security Council every month despite opposition from Russia and China

The Independent UK

Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk

The head of a leading aid group says an impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is endangering 4.1 million Syrians living there

The Independent UK

US and major donors demand independent UN aid operation in Syria's rebel-held northwest

The United States says it has joined major donors in demanding that the United Nations be able to deliver aid through a key crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest independently and to everyone in need

The Independent UK

They fled Syria's shattering civil war. Now, Syrian refugees in Jordan fear being forced to return

As Middle East countries begin to restore relations with Syrian President Bashar Assad, many Syrian refugees who fled civil war fear they will be forced to return to their homeland

The Independent UK

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UN agency slashes cash aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, raising the alarm on its funding crunch

The United Nations food agency says it will reduce monthly cash aid for almost 120,000 Syrian refugees living in camps in Jordan

The Independent UK

Iraqi premier in Syria to discuss boosting cooperation during the first visit in over a decade

Iraq’s prime minister is holding talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began

The Independent UK

UN says the Damascus-proposed conditions for aid delivery to northwest Syria are 'unacceptable'

The United Nations agency responsible for overseeing humanitarian aid has described conditions placed by the Syrian government on aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Syria as “unacceptable.”

The Independent UK

Syria gives green light to reopen key crossing to rebel-held northwest from Turkey— with caveats

The Syrian government has given a green light for the United Nations to resume delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest through the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey for six months

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The Independent UK

UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval

The U.N. Security Council has failed to approve either of two rival resolutions authorizing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from neighboring Turkey, officially ending the U.N. cross-border operation which had been vital to helping 4.1 million people

The Independent UK

Jordan's foreign minister calls for investment into war-torn Syria to speed up refugee returns

Jordan’s foreign minister has called for investment into conflict-ravaged Syria’s crippled infrastructure to speed up refugee returns

Zenger

It’s Time For Russia’s Remaining Jews To Leave

“If necessary, just as we prevented the fall of Assad, we will prevent the fall of Putin

The Independent UK

Families of tens of thousands missing in Syria draw some hope from new UN push to find loved ones

The families of some of the tens of thousands of people missing in Syria are drawing some hope from a new U.N. push to find their loved ones

The Independent UK

UN aid enters Syrian rebel enclave from government territory in first such crossing since earthquake

A convoy carrying U.N. aid has entered Syria's last rebel-held enclave from government-held territory, the first such shipment to cross battle lines since February's deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria

The Independent UK

Donor nations scramble to find billions of dollars of funding for Syrian aid

Donor nations from across the globe are scrambling to find billions in dollars to extend their aid commitment to millions of Syrians who have been battered by hunger, poverty, civil war and a massive earthquake

The Independent UK

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again

Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention back to Syria at an annual donor conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels for humanitarian aid to Syrians

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