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Washington Underscores Syria's Uncertain Future and Security Challenges

This is Beirut, 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Three months after the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Washington underscored the persisting challenges facing the process of peaceful political transition in light of recurring security incidents, notably mass killings in the country’s western part. At a UN Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East, US interim ...

Syria Slams 'Flagrant' Israeli Violation After Deadly Bombardment

This is Beirut, 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syria slammed Israeli attacks as a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty after a deadly bombardment Tuesday in the country's south, where Israel's military said it had responded to incoming fire. The violence near the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights followed Israeli air strikes in central Syria, the latest in a string of attacks ...

More Than 21,000 Syrians Flee to Lebanon in March (UNHCR)

This is Beirut, 25/03 20:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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More than 21,000 Syrians have fled to Lebanon during the month of March as the deadliest sectarian violence since Bashar al-Assad’s ousting has ravaged Syria’s Alawite heartland, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported Tuesday. The surge in refugees follows a wave of mass killings in Syria’s coastal region, particularly targeting the Alawite ...

Syria Committee Says Collected Dozens of Testimonies on Sectarian Violence

This is Beirut, 25/03 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A committee investigating a wave of sectarian killings this month on Syria's coast said on Tuesday it had recorded dozens of reports into the worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad's ousting, with investigations ongoing. Spokesman Yasser al-Farhan told a press conference in Damascus that the committee had recorded "more than 95 testimonies" and ...

Israel Strikes Syria and Presses Gaza Offensive

This is Beirut, 25/03 13:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Authorities in southern Syria reported that Israeli bombardment on Tuesday killed at least five people in Daraa province, while Israel's military said it carried out a strike in response to incoming fire. The violence in the south, near the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights, followed Israeli air strikes in central Syria, the ...

Witkoff: Normalization Between Israel and Lebanon Is Possible

This is Beirut, 22/03 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steven Witkoff, recently stated that the normalization of relations between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel is no longer a distant dream, but a real and tangible possibility. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Witkoff suggested that these countries could eventually establish formal diplomatic ties with Israel, a ...

War Monitor Says Israel Strikes Military Airport Near Palmyra, Syria

This is Beirut, 21/03 23:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli air strikes on Friday targeted the military airport near Palmyra in central Syria, a war monitor said, reporting the latest Israeli attack in the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. "Israeli warplanes targeted the Palmyra military airport," the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Since Islamist-led rebels ...

Head of Pro-Iran Armed Faction Arrested in Syria: SOHR

This is Beirut, 21/03 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Security forces in Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor have arrested the head of an Iran-affiliated faction that fought alongside ousted president Bashar al-Assad's forces, a war monitor said Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces detained Moayad Abdul Samad al-Douaihy in Deir Ezzor on Thursday. The Britain-based ...

Germany Urges Syrian Interim Leaders to Control Extremist Groups

This is Beirut, 20/03 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said after meeting Syria's interim leaders on Thursday that they must bring under control and hold accountable groups behind sectarian massacres committed this month on the Syrian coast. "It is imperative that extremist groups in their ranks are brought under control and those responsible for ...

Hezbollah-PLO: Parallel Fates

Marc Saikali, 20/03 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In 1982, the Israeli army launched Operation "Peace for Galilee" with the goal of driving Arafat's militias from southern Lebanon. More than mere militias, these were organized armies, and Yasser Arafat reigned as the undisputed ruler and bloodstained overlord of Lebanon. The leader of the PLO had unilaterally declared Lebanon as the launchpad for ...

Syria, Lebanon Armies Agree to Withdraw From Hosh al-Sayyed Ali

This is Beirut, 19/03 20:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Syrian army announced on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement and coordination framework with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on securing the border town of Hosh al-Sayyed Ali, warning that any breach of the understanding by Hezbollah would be met with a firm and direct response. In a statement published by the state-run SANA news ...

Resolution 1680: A Turning Point for Lebanese Sovereignty

Mario Chartouni, 19/03 19:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On May 17, 2006, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1680, a decisive text aimed at strengthening Lebanon's independence and normalizing its relations with Syria. This resolution, lesser-known than the spotlight-stealing Resolutions 1701 and 1559, deserves our attention if we are to understand the current dynamics between these ...

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