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Analysis: Syria, Lebanon embark on long healing process to repair relations
A rare opportunity for Lebanon and Syria to repair their relations and move beyond decades of political domination and ...
Congress members pay an unofficial visit to Damascus as US mulls sanctions relief
A pair of Republican Congress members have arrived in the Syrian capital on an unofficial visit organized by a ...
G.O.P. Lawmakers in Syria Say They See Opportunity to Help Rebuild the Nation
Two Republican congressmen were expected to meet the country’s new leaders and to visit areas destroyed during the long civil ...
IMF-World Bank meetings to discuss restoring support for Syria, UN official says
Officials will discuss major steps to restore support for Syria from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund at spring ...
Iraqi and Syrian leaders meet in Qatar, marking a significant first encounter
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met on Thursday in Qatar with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first ...
Syria hopes tourists will return to Palmyra, a World Heritage Site ravaged by war
Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...
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UNHCR rushes emergency supplies to quake-hit central Myanmar
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...
Lebanese president says Hezbollah disarmament will come through dialogue not ‘force’
Lebanon’s president says the disarmament of the militant group Hezbollah will come through negotiations as part of a national defense strategy and not through “force.” ...