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Former Syrian secret policeman convicted of aiding torture
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Former Syrian secret policeman convicted of aiding torture

BERLIN (AP) — A former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s secret police was convicted Wednesday by a German court…
Reports: Israel buys vaccines for Syria in prisoner deal
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Reports: Israel buys vaccines for Syria in prisoner deal

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel paid Russia $1.2 million to provide the Syrian government with coronavirus vaccines as part of a…
Killings surge in Syria camp housing Islamic State families
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Killings surge in Syria camp housing Islamic State families

The deaths stacked up: a policeman shot dead with a pistol equipped with a silencer, a local official gunned down,…
Heavy snowfall hits Syria, Lebanon, Israel in winter storm
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Heavy snowfall hits Syria, Lebanon, Israel in winter storm

BEIRUT (AP) — Snow blanketed parts of Syria, Lebanon and Israel on Wednesday, blocking roads, disrupting traffic and postponing exams…
Syrian army says air defences intercepted ‘Israeli aggression’ over Damascus
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Syrian army says air defences intercepted ‘Israeli aggression’ over Damascus

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s army said on Monday the country’s air defenses had intercepted “Israeli aggression” over the capital, Damascus,…
Families of detainees detail a vision for justice in Syria
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Families of detainees detail a vision for justice in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — Late one night in 2015, a friend of Yasmen Almashan tagged a photo to her Facebook account.…
Divide on Syria again blocks UN Security Council action
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Divide on Syria again blocks UN Security Council action

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top UN envoy for Syria on Tuesday urged the rival international players in Syria to…
Blinken stops short of endorsing Trump recognition of Golan Heights as Israel
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Blinken stops short of endorsing Trump recognition of Golan Heights as Israel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday stopped short of endorsing the Trump administration’s recognition of…
Kurds and government end rival sieges in northern Syria
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Kurds and government end rival sieges in northern Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish forces in northern Syria ended a weekslong siege of government-held neighborhoods in two northeastern cities Tuesday,…
In a Baghdad bar, a Syrian serves cocktails to fix war woes
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In a Baghdad bar, a Syrian serves cocktails to fix war woes

BAGHDAD (AP) — From the outside, the building seems just one of the many in central Baghdad that are decaying…
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