Sanctions on Syrian banks choke recovery hopes, investment chief says
Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the war-ravaged economy despite huge ...
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Border clashes prompt Shia clans to leave Syria for Lebanon
The fighting is part of what Syria's new rulers have described as a campaign against weapons and drug smuggling ...
Putin's refuge for Bashar al-Assad in Moscow impacting Russian efforts to keep forces in Syria, says UK
Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces ...
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick to oversee US spy agencies, advances to Senate confirmation vote
Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, is another step closer to Senate ...
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Tulsi Gabbard as US intelligence chief would undermine efforts against the spread of chemical and biological weapons
It is difficult to see how Tulsi Gabbard can be relied upon to provide the quality of intelligence and national security ...
Fighting between Syria's new army and Lebanese militias rages on border
In a territory that, until recently, had been controlled by Hezbollah and was plagued by arms and drug smuggling, fighters ...
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ENKS leader and Syrian Orthodox bishop advocate for a civil, inclusive Syria
The head of the Kurdish National Council (ENKS/KNC) on Monday visited the Syriac Orthodox Bishop of northeast Syria’s (Rojava ...
AP PHOTOS: Syrians returning to the town of Tel Rifaat find homes in ruins and underground tunnels
The long anticipated return home for residents of the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat, displaced since 2014, has collided with a ...
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Kurds in the new Syria want to preserve the cultural rights they gained in years of war
Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...
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Gabbard Clears Procedural Vote on the Senate Floor, Setting Up Confirmation Vote Within Days
One Democratic senator tells the Sun that he and his colleagues will likely try to delay Gabbard’s final confirmation vote.
In Damascus, art re-emerges: 'We feel free and, at the same time, we're still afraid'
Assad's fall enabled the Zawaya Art Gallery to emerge from semi-secrecy. Filmmaker Oussama Mohammed returned from exile for a ...
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Records set for Arab artists at Sotheby’s debut Saudi Arabia auction
Works by the Syrian artist Louay Kayyali and the Saudi Arabian artist Abdulhalim Radwi set records in the sale, which ...