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Wildfires Scar Syria Anew
ByEuan Ward July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C.

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How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria
By July 7, 2025

Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to understand how the Assad regime hid the bodies of the people it had made disappear.

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How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria
By July 7, 2025

Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to understand how the Assad regime hid the bodies of the people it had made disappear.

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Britain re-establishing relations with Syria, announces David Lammy
ByReuters July 5, 2025

Foreign secretary says it is in UK’s ‘interests to support new government’ in first visit by British minister for 14 yearsBritain is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Syria after the country’s years-long civil war, the foreign secretary, David …

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Britain re-establishing relations with Syria, announces David Lammy
ByReuters July 5, 2025

Foreign secretary says it is in UK’s ‘interests to support new government’ in first visit by British minister for 14 yearsBritain is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Syria after the country’s years-long civil war, the foreign secretary, David …

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Wildfires Sweep Syria’s Coast as Drought Strains Fragile State
ByEuan Ward July 4, 2025

Firefighting efforts have been hampered by the presence of mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the civil war, as the country grapples with the worst drought in decades.

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Austria deports man to Syria for first time since fall of Assad
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels July 3, 2025

The 32-year-old was granted asylum in 2014, but lost his refugee status because of his recordAustria has returned a Syrian with a criminal conviction to his birth country in what it described as the first such deportation since the fall of the Assad re…

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Austria deports man to Syria for first time since fall of Assad
ByJennifer Rankin in Brussels July 3, 2025

The 32-year-old was granted asylum in 2014, but lost his refugee status because of his recordAustria has returned a Syrian with a criminal conviction to his birth country in what it described as the first such deportation since the fall of the Assad re…

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Israel and Syria in U.S.-Brokered Talks to End Border Conflict, Trump Envoy Says
ByBen Hubbard July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, says Washington is facilitating the discussions and prioritizing economic development over nation-building in the Middle East.

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Trump Lifts Sanctions on Syria, Tightening His Embrace of Its New Leader
ByMichael Crowley June 30, 2025

U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former dictator, Bashar al-Assad.

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