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Israeli Ground Invasion into Syria’s Dara’a Province Amid Ongoing Security Talks
Alexa.ng
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September 14, 2025
In a significant escalation of regional tensions, Israeli forces have launched a ground invasion into Syria’s southwestern province of Dara’a, a move that has raised concerns about the stability of the already volatile region. The incursion,...
New school year begins in North and East Syria
ANF News - Firat News Agency
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September 14, 2025
The new school year 2025/2026 began on Sunday in the regions of North and East Syria. According to the Education Committee, more than 700,000 children and young people are attending schools in the region this year. Lessons are held in three...
Syria's silent war: How a devastating drought threatens post-conflict recovery
The Week
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Water scarcity, crop failure, and food insecurity, the three persistent pressures that were once a salient contributing factor to Syria’s social unrest-turned-civil war, are now looming as impediments to the country’s arduous road to recovery....
ICO launches AED 8 million aid projects in Syria
Sharjah24
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Projects focused on essential services Dr Khaled Abdul Wahab Al Khaja, Secretary-General of ICO and head of the visiting delegation, stated that the projects include the construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of schools and mosques,...
Assad’s Syria and the Second Partitionist Age That Never Was
E-International Relations
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September 14, 2025
In the dying days of his rule, Bashar Al-Assad reportedly tried one last desperate gamble to remain in power: sectarian partition of Syria. He proposed to his Russian patrons that he would abandon Damascus for Syria’s coastal region, where his...
Syria’s oil heartland poisoned by decades of war, neglect, and inaction
Al Jazeera
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September 13, 2025
Deir Az Zor, Syria – The first thing that strikes you about the desert of eastern Syria is the vast still landscape: its silence, the unrelenting heat, and dry hot gusts of wind. The journey to Deir Az Zor feels like travelling back in time, with...
Syria, UNICEF sign MoU to launch first major child survey in two decades
North Press Agency
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September 13, 2025
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Planning and Statistics Commission of Syria’s transitional government signed on Saturday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the Multiple Indicator...
Syria Chemical Weapons Concerns Widen with New Evidence, United Nations Disarmament Chief Tells Security Council
The National Tribune
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September 12, 2025
Evidence of nerve agents was found in samples collected from a site in Syria, and information suggests that over 100 additional locations may have been involved in chemical-weapons-related activities in the country, a senior United Nations...
UN Humanitarian Coordinator Adam Abdel Maula Concludes His Mission in Syria
ARK News
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UN Humanitarian Coordinator Adam Abdel Maula Concludes His Mission in Syria ARK News.. Adam Abdel Maula, the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, concluded his mission in the country with a message of optimism for the...
Al-Sharaa Thanks Syrian-American Council for Efforts to Lift Sanctions
ARK News
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Al-Sharaa Thanks Syrian-American Council for Efforts to Lift Sanctions ARK News.. Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa received a delegation from the Syrian-American Council in Damascus, in the presence of Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. According...
EU Marks 10 Years of the Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, the Madad Fund
Al Anbat
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Publish date : Wednesday - pm 04:09 | 2025-09-10 Alanbatnews - On 10 September, the European Union (EU) commemorates the 10th anniversary of the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, known as the Madad Fund, with a flagship...
Can climate change trigger armed conflict?
Dawn
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September 13, 2025
Climate change is making resources scarce and tensions rise, increasing the risk of future wars. In his book, The Coming Anarchy, Robert Kaplan wrote in 1994 that the wars of the future ‘will be those of communal survival, aggravated or, in many...
The Nature of Gothic exhibition: everything you need to know
Lancs Live
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September 13, 2025
More details have been given of Blackburn Museum’s most ambitious exhibition ever before it opens this weekend. The Nature of Gothic is a landmark show which celebrates how artists across centuries, disciplines and faiths have all drawn...
The Worst Drought in Decades Threatens Syria’s Recovery from Civil War
The Energy Mix
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September 11, 2025
The worst drought in decades is gripping much of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, drying out rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and leading to days-long tap water cutoffs in major cities. The situation is particularly dire in Syria,...
Syria Says it Busted Hezbollah-linked Cell Despite its Denial
Asharq Al-Awsat
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September 12, 2025
Support for the Lebanese army was the focus of discussions between top Lebanese officials and French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian. The envoy arrived in Lebanon on Thursday and met with President Joseph Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime...
Israel says it captured Iran-linked cells in Syria operations
North Press Agency
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September 12, 2025
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The Israeli military announced on Friday that its operations inside Syrian territory over the past months resulted in the arrest of “terrorist cells directed by a unit of Iran’s Quds Force.” According to an official...
Second phase of anti-begging campaign expands in Aleppo, northern Syria
Enab Baladi
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September 12, 2025
The anti-begging campaign in Aleppo, northern Syria, has expanded to cover new neighborhoods, after its first phase targeted several main squares and streets. Aleppo Governorate announced on its Facebook page on September 8 that the second phase...
Syria seizes rockets in raid on Hezbollah cell
The National News
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Syria has arrested members of Hezbollah in a raid against the militant group that supported the former regime of Bashar Al Assad in Damascus. Rocket launchers and ammunition were seized from a suspected Hezbollah cell in the Damascus suburbs. The...
Syria gets $7.9m payout from drought parametric policy
Reinsurance News
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September 11, 2025
A parametric insurance policy has been triggered to provide relief to nearly 120,000 people in Syria after one of the country’s worst droughts in half a century, through an initiative funded by Humanity Insured as part of a wider public–private...
Saudi Arabia Offers Syria 1.65 Million Barrels of Crude for Recovery Effort
Breitbart
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September 12, 2025
Saudi Arabian state media reported on Thursday that the Saudi government will provide 1.65 million barrels of crude oil to the government in Damascus to assist with the postwar reconstruction of Syria. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the oil...