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With sanctions lifted, Syria looks to solar power as more than a patchwork fix to its energy crisis
Syria is working to rebuild its energy sector after years of civil war and crippling sanctions. The country has suffered ...
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Report Details Killings, Discrimination Against Religious Minorities in Post-Assad Syria
The USCIRF is encouraging the Trump administration to impose conditions on sanction removals that require improvements in ...
As U.S. Warms Ties With Syria, What Does It Expect?
President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...
Shiite neighborhoods in Damascus commemorate Ashoura quietly after Assad’s ouster
Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad.
Syrian forces massacred 1,500 Alawites. The chain of command led to Damascus.
A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres ...
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Syria says willing to return to 1974 border deal with Israel
The U.S. special envoy for Syria said this week that Jerusalem and Damascus are engaged in “meaningful” talks to restore calm ...
Trump formally lifts Syria sanctions after meeting with ex-Al Qaeda fighter prez in Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON — President Trump gave his final sign-off Monday to lifting longstanding US sanctions on Syria after pledging to ...
How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims
A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar ...
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US revokes ‘terrorist’ designation for Syrian president’s former group HTS
The United States will revoke its designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO) as ...