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Al-Sharaa Says Syria in Talks with Israel on Security Deal

This is Beirut, 12/09 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Friday that Syria was negotiating with Israel to reach a security agreement that would see Israel leave areas it occupied after the December overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. As the Islamist-led forces toppled Assad on December 8, Israel deployed troops to the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights ...

Syria Evacuates Bedouin from Druze-Majority Sweida as Ceasefire Holds

This is Beirut, 21/07 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syrian authorities evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida on Monday, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said killed more than 1,260 people. The violence, which followed massacres of Alawites in March and clashes involving the Druze in April and May, has shaken ...

Sharaa Meets US Envoy After Lifting of Sanctions

This is Beirut, 24/05 20:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The US ambassador to Turkey, who has assumed the role of Syria envoy, said Saturday he had met the country's interim leader following Washington's lifting of sanctions on the war-torn country. Tom Barrack, who met with interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul, said in a statement: "I reiterated the United States' support for ...

Trump Meets Syrian Leader After Lifting Sanctions

This is Beirut, 14/05 10:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump became the first US president in 25 years to meet a Syrian leader on Wednesday after he offered sanctions relief in hopes of offering a new path to the war-battered country. Trump, in Riyadh on the first state visit of his second term, met with Ahmed al-Sharaa, an erstwhile Islamist guerrilla turned interim president after the ...

Syrian Interim President Meets With Iraqi PM for the First Time

This is Beirut, 17/04 22:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met with Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Doha, Iraqi state media reported Thursday, in their first meeting since Bashar al-Assad was toppled. Sudani made "a quick visit to Qatar, where he met with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani" and Sharaa, the official INA news agency ...

New Syria leader holds talks with Jordan king

This is Beirut, 26/02 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday on his third foreign visit since ousting Bashar al-Assad. King Abdullah II greeted Sharaa at Amman's Marka airport, the royal court said in a statement. The two leaders then headed to Raghadan Palace for their first talks since Sharaa took power. It is ...

Syria's New Interim President Welcomes Qatar Emir to Damascus

This is Beirut, 30/01 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's newly appointed interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa welcomed Qatar's emir on Thursday, the first foreign head of state to visit Damascus, the Qatari court said. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani "arrived on an official visit to Damascus" where he was "welcomed by the president of the Syrian Arab Republic, Ahmed al-Sharaa,” a court statement ...

Syria's de Facto Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa Meets Minority Christians

This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met with senior Christian clerics on Tuesday, amid calls on the Islamist chief to guarantee minority rights after seizing power earlier this month. "The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, meets a delegation from the Christian community in Damascus," Syria's General Command said in a ...

Joumblatt Delivers 13-Point Memorandum to Al-Sharaa

This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Following Sunday’s visit to Syria by the former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), Walid Joumblatt, a 13-point memorandum was submitted to Syria’s new leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa. The memorandum focuses on establishing “healthy and stable relations” between Beirut and Damascus. It also provides a potential roadmap for addressing ...

US Says in Contact With New Syria Rulers

This is Beirut, 2024-12-14 20:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The United States has made contact with Syria's victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday, despite previously designating the group as terrorists. Blinken's comments, after talks on Syria in Jordan, came as Turkey reopened its embassy in Damascus, nearly a week after the Islamist-led rebels toppled ...

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