Saudi team in Syria to discuss reopening of embassy
A Saudi technical team arrived in Syria on Saturday to discuss the reopening of Riyadh’s embassy in Damascus, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
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Turkey says hundreds of thousands of Syrians returned to terror-free zones
More than 550,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned to areas cleared of terrorism, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated.
Millions of Syrian refugees face fight to reclaim homes, says human rights group
Report by Syrian Network for Human Rights details laws giving Assad’s government powers to seize landAs many as 14 million Syrians face a near insurmountable barrier to returning to their homes after the government passed laws giving the state power to…
Turkey says preparing plan for return of Syrian refugees home
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara is preparing a plan to make Syrian refugees return home. Around 3.5 million refugees from the Middle Eastern country reportedly live in Turkey.
UK special forces have operated secretly in 19 countries since 2011
Exclusive: Extensive deployments ‘raise serious concerns about transparency’, says research group Action on Armed ViolenceSAS and other British special forces have been involved in covert operations in 19 countries in the past dozen years, including in…
Syria sets condition for Assad-Erdogan meeting
Syria’s foreign minister says President Bashar al-Assad of Syria would only meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when Ankara was ready to completely withdraw its military forces from the northern part of the war-ravaged country.
Syria’s Assad gets warm welcome at Arab League summit
After more than a decade of isolation, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been welcomed back into the Arab League. He attended the regional bloc summit in Saudi Arabia, the first since the break-out of war in Syria.
Bashar al-Assad tells Arab League he hopes his return marks new era of peace
Assad is attending summit in Saudi Arabia after 12 years outside bloc over Syrian civil warTwelve years after his country was thrown out of the Arab League due to his bloody suppression of pro-democracy protests, Syria’s leader Bashar al-Assad has told…
US walks back claim Syria attack killed senior al-Qaeda leader
A man killed in a US strike in northwestern Syria earlier this month may not have been a senior Al-Qaeda leader as the Pentagon previously claimed, the Washington Post reported, citing US officials.
Syrian President Assad Gets A Warm Welcome At The Arab League Summit
Al Jazeera: Assad gets warm welcome as Syria welcomed back into Arab League Syrian president attends first regional bloc summit since his country’s suspension over crackdown on anti-government protests in 2011. After more than a dec…