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Syrian president meets Iranian leader in Tehran – Iranian state media
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited his closest regional ally Iran on Sunday for talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during which both leaders…
Syria’s Assad visits UAE, first trip to Arab state since war began
DUBAI (Reuters) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited the United Arab Emirates on Friday in his first visit to an Arab state since the Syrian war began in 2011, underlining warming…
Syria supports Putin’s recognition of Ukraine breakaway regions
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria supports the decision of its ally Russia to recognise two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, Syrian state TV quoted the Syrian foreign minister as saying on…
Syria defends rights record as West, Turkey accuse it of imposing ‘starvation’
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Western powers and Turkey accused Syria on Monday of imposing "starvation" and siege warfare in opposition-held areas, as Syrian officials said foreign forces were…
Israel attacks southern Syria region, Syrian state media says
(Reuters) -The Syrian government said Israel carried out an attack in southern Syria on Monday, state media reported, in a frontier zone where Israel has long been concerned about the…
Abu Dhabi crown prince discusses Syria with Assad – WAM
(Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates' de facto ruler, discussed developments in Syria and the Middle East with Syria's President Bashar…
Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad’s fortunes, U.S. views shift
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will keep the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in a 1967 war, even if international views on Damascus change, Israeli Prime Minister…
U.S. says it won’t normalize or upgrade diplomatic ties with Syria’s Assad
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no plans to "normalize or upgrade" diplomatic relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and also does not…
U.N. issues new Syria war death toll, says 350,000 is an ‘undercount’
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 350,209 people have been killed in the decade-old war in Syria, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday in its…
Erdogan and Putin to discuss Syria in Sochi – Turkish officials
By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia later this month for talks with President Vladimir Putin about the violence in northwestern Syria, where Moscow…
Syria violence worsening, not safe for refugee return, UN investigators say
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria is still unsafe for the return of refugees a decade after its conflict began, U.N. war crimes investigators said on Tuesday, documenting worsening violence and rights…
