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Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group

Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus. The visit Thursday comes days after Syria’s interim government reached a deal to integrate a U.S backed Kurdish-led armed group,

Rudaw · 1h

Turkish FM advises Damascus to grant all Kurdish rights

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that he advised Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa during their meeting in Damascus the previous day to grant the rights of Kurds in exchange for the potential disarmament of Kurdish fighters.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Top Turkish Officials Visit Damascus, Turkey's Foreign Ministry Says

Turkey's foreign minister, defence minister and the head of the MIT intelligence agency are in Damascus on a working visit, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, without providing details. The visit follows the outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria this week,

Houston Chronicle · 30m

Turkey says it will closely monitor a Syrian government deal with a Kurdish armed group

Addressing a question on whether the YPG and SDF could be integrated into the Syrian army without laying down arms, Fidan said the issue had been discussed with the new Syrian lea

Druze, Syria and Israel

BBC on MSN · 6h

First Druze crossing in 50 years as Israel courts allies in Syria

It's the first time in five decades that Druze leaders have crossed from Syria into Israeli-controlled territory to visit Druze religious sites and communities here. The buffer zo

AOL · 4h

Druze religious elders from Syria make historic visit to Israel

A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 years, underscoring Israel's backing for the community amid growing tensions with the new government in Damascus.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Israeli Druze Prepare for First Visit by Syrian Druze in Decades

Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif said the visit by around 100 Syrian Druze religious elders on Friday would be the first to Israel in some 50 years, when a group came in the immediate aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur war between Israel,

Syria Has a New Temporary Constitution. Here Are Highlights.

The New York Times · 4h

Syria Has a New Temporary Constitution. Here Are the Highlights.

Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

BBC · 22h

Syria leader signs temporary constitution for five-year transition

The document enshrines separation of powers and guarantees women's rights, freedom of expression and media freedom.

Reuters · 1d

Syria keeps role for Islamic law in 5-year transition

Syria kept a central role for Islamic law in a constitutional declaration issued on Thursday which guarantees women's rights and freedom of expression during a five-year transitional period, according to a summary read on TV.

Syria's sects: delicate mix for its new Islamist leaders

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

UNICEF Helps Protect Syria’s Children From Deadly Remnants Of War

Mohammed, 15, learned about the dangers of unexploded ordnance at a UNICEF child-friendly space — knowledge he used to save ...

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Israel conducts strike targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Damascus

The logo of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The state-owned Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that Israel targeted a ...

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Qatar will send natural gas to Syria to increase its meager electricity supply

Syria's state-run SANA news agency says Qatar will provide natural gas supplies to Syria with the aim of generating 400 ...

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Exclusive: Russia lambasts Syria's new leaders in closed UN meeting, sources say

Russia castigated Syria's new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told ...

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Syria's Four Wars Explained 14 Years On

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

Al Jazeera on MSN1d

Canada announces plan to ease Syria sanctions, appoints ambassador

Ottawa to begin easing unwinding sanctions, as it names its ambassador to Lebanon to serve in a parallel role in Syria.

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