This is Beirut, 14/04 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian ministers and the country's central bank chief are to take part in the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's spring meetings in Washington next week, two sources told AFP on Monday. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Finance Minister Mohammed Barnieh and central bank governor Abdul Qadir al-Hasriya were set to join the April 21-26 ...
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa concluded high-level talks in Damascus on Monday, agreeing to form a joint ministerial committee to address several long-standing bilateral issues, in what was described as a “very positive” atmosphere. Salam arrived at Damascus International Airport around 1:30 PM, accompanied ...
This is Beirut, 14/04 09:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Arab Emirates wants to support Syria's reconstruction, the Gulf nation's president said as he met Sunday with Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, state media said. At the meeting in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan "affirmed the UAE's keenness to support... Syria to confront the challenges of the transitional phase and ...
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Foreign observers wonder why the transition seems to be so awkward at a time when the proper conditions for an orderly political change are in place. Far from being accidental, these botched opportunities are ascribed to systemic factors related to undermined national legitimacy, curtailed sovereignty, dysfunctional governance, and regional ...
This is Beirut, 13/04 16:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose war-devastated country seeks Gulf financial support, traveled to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for his first visit since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, state media said. Nearly a week after rebels toppled Assad in December, UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said his government found ...
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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who laid a wreath of flowers at the Martyrs’ Monument in central Beirut on the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of the Lebanese Civil War on Sunday, said, “We must learn from the tragedies of the war and it is time to rebuild our state capable of protecting us through its army.” On the occasion, he ...
This is Beirut, 13/04 12:30 - Reading : less than a minute
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An Army unit, in coordination with a patrol from the Intelligence Directorate, seized a truck carrying equipment used for Captagon production along with raw materials used in narcotics manufacturing in Sammaka, Hermel on Saturday, April 12. According to a statement issued by the Army Command – Directorate of Orientation, “the seized items ...
This is Beirut, 12/04 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Security forces from the new Islamist government in Damascus deployed Saturday around a strategic dam in northern Syria, under a deal with the autonomous Kurdish administration, state media reported. Under the agreement, Kurdish-led fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will pull back from the dam, which they captured from the ...
This is Beirut, 11/04 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Israel of sowing divisions in Syria in a bid to "dynamite" the "revolution" that toppled strongman Bashar al-Assad. Turkey is a key backer of Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the rebel coalition which ousted Assad in December. "Israel ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 23:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Syria and South Korea have established diplomatic relations for the first time, with embassies to be set up in their respective capitals, Damascus said on Thursday. A Syrian foreign ministry statement said Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Thursday received a South Korean delegation headed by Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul. Cho was also ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Kurds Damascus Tishrin dam
The Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have struck a deal with the central government on running a key dam they captured from jihadists with US support, a Kurdish source said Thursday. "An agreement has been reached between the autonomous administration and the Syrian government for the management of the Tishrin Dam" on the Euphrates ...
This is Beirut, 10/04 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey and Israel have started talks aimed at easing tensions over Syria, officials from both sides said Thursday. Israel has launched air strikes and ground incursions to keep Syrian forces away from its border. Turkey is a key backer of the Islamist-led coalition in Syria that toppled Bashar al-Assad in December. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan ...