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Pope Leo receives rock star welcome from young Catholics at vigil
Cebu Daily News
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August 2, 2025
ROME, Italy — Hundreds of thousands of young faithful feted Pope Leo XIV like a rock star Saturday at an open-air prayer vigil outside Rome, after the head of the Catholic Church made a dramatic entrance by helicopter. Pilgrims began crying and...
Google Has Quietly Been Detecting Earthquakes by Sensing Rumbling in Android Phones For Years
Yahoo News
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Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of earthquakes. In a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers from the search giant described how they used motion...
Several dead and dozens injured in Syria 'arms depot' explosion
The National News
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Several people have been killed and dozens injured in a huge explosion in Syria, where local TV reports said the blast occurred at an ammunition depot. Emergencies Minister Raed Al Saleh said there were “recurring explosions” near the town of...
How Foreign Agendas Hijacked a Local Crisis in Syria
New Lines Magazine
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July 24, 2025
The violence in Sweida this month exposed the fragility of Syria’s post-Assad order, in which outside interference and failure to broaden political representation threaten the national euphoria that followed the collapse of the regime seven months...
Difficult return from Syria camp for IS families in Iraq
Gulf Times
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July 23, 2025
After years in a Syrian detention camp, Ibrahim Darwish was relieved to be allowed to return home to Iraq, but his joy was quickly punctured by the harsh reality that he had to disown his sons accused of being militants. "All I wanted was to...
130+ Saudi Investors Descend on Syria, Cutting Deals Totaling $6 Billion
Breitbart
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July 24, 2025
A massive delegation of Saudi businessmen led by Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid bin Abdulaziz al-Falih visited Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday for a forum allegedly resulting in over $6 billion in investment commitments to rebuild the war-torn...
Israel Using Developments in Sweida to Keep its New Occupation in Syria
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 24, 2025
The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing its negotiating team home from Qatar to discuss next steps after Hamas' latest response "shows a lack of desire" to reach a truce, President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve...
Syria clashes continue as Sharaa regime struggles to enforce ceasefire
The Independent
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July 20, 2025
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Syria believed it had US, Israel green light to enter Sweida
RNZ
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July 20, 2025
By Timour Azhari, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Maya Gebeily, Reuters Syria's security forces stand on a tank in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on 15 July 2025, following clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters. Photo: Bakr Alkasem /...
Syrian troops clear Bedouin fighters from Suwayda, declare end to clashes
St. Kitts Gazette
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July 20, 2025
Syria’s government says it has cleared Bedouin fighters from the predominantly Druze city of Suwayda and declared a halt to the deadly clashes there, hours after deploying security forces to the restive southern region. The announcement on...
Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweid
Politiko
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July 20, 2025
Syria’s government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country’s south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters....
Violence in Suweida Reveals Syria’s Volatile Transition Challenge
Royal United Services Institute
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July 22, 2025
On 16 July, the Israel Defence Forces launched a series of airstrikes on key sites in Damascus, including the Syrian Ministry of Defence, military headquarters, and areas near the presidential palace. Israel framed the strikes as a warning to the...
Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from Druze-majority city after weeklong fighting
The Independent
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July 20, 2025
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Syria stands at a critical juncture, peace must prevail: Barrack
Al Mayadeen
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July 20, 2025
US envoy Tom Barrack calls for an end to hostilities in Syria as Sweida ceasefire begins. US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has called on all Syrian factions to immediately lay down their arms, urging an end to the ongoing cycle of tribal...
Syria clears Bedouin fighters from Suwayda city, declares halt to clashes
Al Jazeera
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July 20, 2025
Syria’s government has announced that Bedouin fighters have been cleared from the city of Suwayda and that government forces have been deployed to oversee their exit from the entire governorate. The announcement on Saturday came after Syrian...
Saudi Arabia Delegation Lands in Syria to Seal Major Deals
MENAFN
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July 24, 2025
(MENAFN) A senior Saudi delegation, headed by Investment Minister Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, arrived in Damascus on Wednesday to inaugurate the Saudi-Syrian Investment Forum, marking a pivotal move toward revitalizing and expanding economic...
German humanitarian aid: NGO focuses on Gaza, Sudan, Syria
Deutsche Welle
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July 24, 2025
"One in 11 people worldwide are starving. Climate crisis, wars, inequality and reduced funding are also jeopardizing previous successes," reads the 2024 report of the NGO Deutsche Welthungerhilfe(WHH) which was presented in Berlin on Thursday. The...
How the climate change is fuelling wildfires in Europe
Gulf Times
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July 24, 2025
Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into lockdown in Catalonia in Spain, and encroaching on France’s second-biggest city of Marseille. Here’s what drives wildfires...
Saudi-Syrian forum targets $6B deals
Shafaq News
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2025-07-24T14:32:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Damascus On Thursday, Syria and Saudi Arabia launched a joint investment forum in Damascus, aiming to finalize 44 agreements and memoranda of understanding worth up to $6...
Fact-Finding Committee Doesn’t Rule Out Role of Syrian Fighters in March Alawite Massacre
Media Line
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July 24, 2025
The Syrian National Committee for Investigation and Fact-Finding has named 298 suspects allegedly involved in a deadly wave of violence that swept through Syria’s coastal regions in early March, resulting in the deaths of at least 1,426 people,...