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By Tyler Arnold Allies of the new Syrian government and other non-state actors have continued violence and discrimination ...

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Syrian security forces arrested Brigadier General Riad Hamdo al-Shahada, the former head of the Political Security Branch in Damascus, in the Talkakh area of ​​the Homs countryside, in a precise ...

Washington's move follows the lifting of sanctions on Damascus after the ouster of the al-Assad government in December in a ...

Decision comes days after Trump formally lifted most US sanctions on Syria as the country seeks to recover from more than 13 ...

The United States yesterday announced it was revoking its “foreign terrorist organization” designation of Hayat Tahrir ...

The decision had not been previously announced, although it was made as the Trump administration has been moving to ease or ...

Israel’s prime minister is in Washington for talks with Trump on reaching a ceasefire in Gaza as scores of Palestinians were ...

A Syrian woman has said waiting to find out whether she can stay and work in the UK has been like "slowly dying". The UK ...

In a shift to promote stability in Syria, the US has revoked the Foreign Terrorist Organization designation of Hay'at Tahrir ...