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Sweden urges restraint from Damascus, Kurdish forces, condemns civilian violence as ‘unacceptable’

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Sweden has called on the Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces to exercise restraint, condemning violence against civilians as “unacceptable” amid ongoing clashes in ...
Yahoo

At a mass grave on the outskirts of Damascus, some families learn the fate of missing loved ones

OTAIBA, Syria (AP) — Search teams on Friday pulled some 25 bodies out of a mass grave believed to contain the remains of at least 175 people in a suburb of the capital, Damascus. Officials said ...
Reuters

Syria's Damascus airport resumes commercial flights after COVID-19 halt

AMMAN, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Syria on Thursday reopened Damascus airport for regular international commercial traffic after a six-month halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had imposed ...
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US military presence in Damascus: Exactly what Syria, and Israel, needs

On Thursday, Reuters reported that the “United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between ...
The Hill

Syria holds first elections since Assad’s ouster, marking a cautious step in political transition

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Sunday held its first parliamentary elections, nearly a year after a rebel-led offensive unseated longtime autocratic leader Bashar Assad. The People’s Assembly ...
Reuters

Damascus cleric killed in car bomb - state media

CAIRO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The Sunni Muslim Mufti of Damascus, Sheikh Mohammed Adnan Afiouni, died on Thursday when his car was “targeted with an explosive device” in the countryside of the capital ...