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Fresh clashes expose Syria’s lingering Lebanon problem - analysis
Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017. (photo credit: OMAR SANADIKI/REUTERS) Syria’s new government has only been in power for two ...
‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...
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Syrian army advances into Lebanese territory, clashes with Hezbollah
For the first time since the fall of the Assad regime and the decline of Hezbollah’s influence in Syria, Syrian Army forces aligned with the new Syrian administration have entered areas of ...
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Kurds in the new Syria want to preserve the cultural rights they gained in years of war
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance ...
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Syria’s dire economic woes threaten to undermine its new government
DAMASCUS, Syria — Two months after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled, some of the only houses with round-the-clock electricity here are those that share a power grid with the notorious ...
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Syria could allow Russia to keep its bases, new defense minister says
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria is open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests ...