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Syria announces commissions for missing persons, transitional justice

AFP, Published on 18/05/2025

» DAMASCUS - Syria on Saturday announced the formation of a national commission for missing persons and another for transitional justice, more than five months after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

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Trump caps Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi with dizzying investment pledges

AFP, Published on 16/05/2025

» ABU DHABI — United States President Donald Trump on Friday capped off a Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi that has seen the securing of multi-billion-dollar deals, a US$1.4 trillion investment pledge from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as historic overtures to Syria and renewed optimism over an Iran nuclear deal.

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Trump to close deal-making Gulf tour in UAE

AFP, Published on 15/05/2025

» DOHA — United States President Donald Trump on Thursday closes a Middle East tour in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as he focuses squarely on seeking deals after billions of dollars of pledges from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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Trump, casting himself as peacemaker, to lift Syria sanctions

AFP, Published on 14/05/2025

» RIYADH (SAUDI ARABIA) - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would lift sanctions on Syria to offer it a chance for "greatness" after Bashar al-Assad's fall, as he cast himself as a peacemaker in the Middle East.

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Ocalan: founder of the Kurdish militant PKK who authored its end

AFP, Published on 12/05/2025

» ISTANBUL - Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist" to many within wider Turkish society.

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US envoy calls enrichment 'red line' ahead of new Iran talks

AFP, Published on 11/05/2025

» WASHINGTON - The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks Sunday in Oman ahead of a visit to the region by Donald Trump, whose key negotiator staked out an increasingly hard line on the issue of uranium enrichment.

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UN envoy urges Israel to halt Syria attacks 'at once'

AFP, Published on 03/05/2025

» DAMASCUS - United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria "at once", after it carried out multiple air strikes targeting the Islamist-led authorities following sectarian violence this week.

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Druze take up arms against Islamists in Syria

AFP, Published on 01/05/2025

» JARAMANA, Syria - Syrian estate agent Fahd Haidar shuttered his business and got out his rifle to defend his hometown of Jaramana when it came under attack this week by Islamists loyal to the new government.

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Israel strikes Syria to warn ‘extremists’

AFP, Published on 30/04/2025

» DAMASCUS - Israel struck Syria on Wednesday in what it called a “warning” against attacks on the Druze minority, in a military intervention that came as sectarian clashes spread near Damascus, killing 13 people.

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Powerful 6.2 earthquake shakes Istanbul

Published on 23/04/2025

» ISTANBUL - More than 150 people were injured when they jumped from buildings in Istanbul on Wednesday as one of the strongest earthquakes in years hit the city.