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Demands for Reassessing Relationship with Damascus Getting More Vocal Among the EU

Some EU states recommended re-establishing direct communication with Damascus and appointing a special EU envoy to engage with Syria, al-Watan writes. from Al Watan (Pro Government newspaper), published on Syrian Observer, July 26, 2024 Sources in Brussels, the Belgian capital, commenting on a recent report in Al-Watan, confirmed that a …

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Syria Today – Assad Extends Aid Delivery; Drug Prices Up By 50%

by THE SYRIAN OBSERVER, Wednesday August 9th, 2023 On Tuesday, the spokesperson for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that Syria has granted an extension for the United Nations to continue delivering humanitarian aid through two Turkish border crossings. This permission will be in effect until …

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Syria Calls for Sustainable Solutions and Sanctions Relief to Improve Humanitarian Situation

published on The Syrian Observer,  July 26th, 2023 from AL-WATAN Syria’s Ambassador to the UN, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, emphasized the need for sustainable solutions to improve the humanitarian situation in Syria. He called for the immediate lifting of economic sanctions imposed on the country, stating that this would help reduce …

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U.S. Sanctions are Drowning Syrians

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 15, 2023 Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship …

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Turkey Agrees to Withdraw Troops from Syria: Syrian Media

News from Al Manar, December 30, 2022 Turkey has agreed to a complete pull-out of its troops from Syria after a recent meeting between defense ministers of Russia, Turkiye and Syria in Moscow, according to a report published in Syrian media. The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper said in a Friday report …

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‘Isis Bride’ Returns to Canada

 by Ken Stone, published on The Canada Files, November 6, 2022 Kimberley Polman, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, returned to Canada recently after having secretly travelled to Syria in 2015 to marry an ISIS fighter (a member of the armed terrorist group styling itself as the Islamic State in Iraq …

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On the Barriers to Turkish-Syrian Rapprochement, an Interview with Alptekin Dursunoğlu

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Global Research, October 19, 2022 This is a very interesting article which highlights some of the issues that make it difficult to end the Syrian war and move forward.  It is important to think about these issues when you look at bringing peace to the …

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