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How Syria's Sharaa captured Kurdish-held areas while keeping the US onside

By Feras Dalatey , Maya Gebeily and Humeyra Pamuk DAMASCUS, Syria Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Syrian government's rapid takeover ...

Syrian forces sweep into Raqqa, in ongoing push into Kurdish-held areas

Since leading an insurgency to oust Bashar Assad in December 2024, President Ahmad al-Sharaa has struggled to unite the war-torn country.

UN aid convoy delivers supplies to besieged city in northeast Syria as a shaky ceasefire holds

DAMASCUS, Syria — A United Nations aid convoy unloaded humanitarian supplies in the besieged enclave of Kobani in northeast ...

Kurdish-led forces to withdraw from contested area in Syria

DEIR HAFER, Syria (AP) — Scores of people carrying their belongings arrived in government-held areas in northern Syria on Friday ahead a possible attack by Syrian troops on territory held by ...
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Syria arrests suspects behind rocket attacks on Damascus' Mezzeh area

Syrian interior ministry says those responsible for repeated strikes near Mezzeh and its military airport are now in custody.
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Lebanon's relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says

Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri says relations with Syria have improved significantly since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad ...
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Syria strikes Kurdish area of Aleppo as fighters refuse to evacuate

The Syrian authorities warned civilians to leave Kurdish neighbourhoods in Aleppo before it attacked them — OMAR HAJ KADOUR Syria's army renewed strikes on a Kurdish district of Aleppo on Friday ...

Foreign women linked to IS group in Syrian camp hope for amnesty after government offensive

Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group in a Syrian camp are hoping for amnesty after a government offensive weakened the Kurdish-led forces guarding them.