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Turkey to start providing Syria with natural gas this week
The National News
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Turkey will start providing Syria with natural gas from August 2, with Azerbaijan also involved in exports running through Kilis province, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday. Ankara, which supported rebel forces in...
Assad Is Gone, but Syria Still a Mess
KKOB News Radio - New Mexico
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July 30, 2025
There are about 1.5 million to 2 million Druze in the world. Most of them — roughly 700,000 — live in Syria with about 400,000 in Lebanon and another 170,000 in Israel. When the massacre of the Druze began in Syria, Israel stepped in. Israel...
Norms and strategic calculations in Europe's Syria policy
Sabah
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July 30, 2025
Following the collapse of the Baath regime and Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia, efforts to build a new political, social and institutional order in Syria are rapidly progressing. The challenging process that began after more than a decade of...
Syrian man charged with attempted murder in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing
Associated Press
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July 29, 2025
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top prosecutor has filed charges against a Syrian man in connection with a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial in February that seriously wounded a Spanish tourist. The suspect sought to use the alleged crime to...
Syria: many questions surrounding the elections
Asia News
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July 29, 2025
The vote is scheduled for mid-September to signal a return to normalcy, but a third of parliamentarians will still be appointed by al-Sharaa, there are no political parties, and the current constitution does not provide for autonomy for certain...
'a Moral Emergency': Muslim Leaders Urge Others To Speak Out On Gaza
The Nigerian Voice
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Dearborn — After a nearly two-year military campaign in Gaza that has left more than 60,000 dead and growing fears of widespread starvation, Michigan Muslim leaders are urging Jewish leaders to condemn the civilian death toll and humanitarian...
OPINION (AN COLÚN): The connection between a Birr astronomer & one of the world's great artists
Offaly Live
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August 2, 2025
There's a very fine exhibition currently running in the Copper Tree Gallery in Birr Castle which is strongly recommended for anyone who appreciates the history of Ireland's art, culture, and scientific heritage (surely an appreciation which all...
Activist who worked on Oscar-winning film shot dead by Israeli settler
The National News
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A Palestinian activist featured in the Oscar-winning film No Other Land has been killed by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank, local authorities and journalists said. The Palestinian Authority's Education Ministry said Odeh Hadalin “was...
UN prepares aid to Syria’s Sweida, site of sectarian conflict, after government okay
The Times of Israel
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July 30, 2025
The United Nations is preparing to send a convoy of humanitarian aid to Syria’s southern province of Sweida, three aid officials told Reuters, after days of bloodshed left hundreds dead and displaced an estimated 175,000 people. The preparations...
Director of General Secretariat for Political Affairs meets female activists from Damascus, Damascus countryside
SANA
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July 30, 2025
Damascus, SANA- Director of the General Secretariat for Political Affairs, Mohammad Kahala, met Wednesday a group of female activists in Damascus and its countryside to discuss enhancing Woman’s role in building society and consolidating her...
Syria Urged to Investigate Wave of Abductions Targeting Alawite Women and Girls
The Syrian Observer
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July 28, 2025
Amnesty International has called on the Syrian government to urgently address the alarming rise in abductions and kidnappings of Alawite women and girls, demanding thorough investigations and greater accountability amid growing fears of...
UN prepares aid to Sweida after Syrian government green light
The Gazette - Colorado
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -The United Nations is preparing to send a convoy of humanitarian aid to Syria's southern province of Sweida, three aid officials told Reuters, after days of bloodshed left hundreds dead and displaced an estimated 175,000...
In Syria’s Sectarian Fights for Power, Humanity is the Loser
Inter Press Service
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July 30, 2025
Aid, Armed Conflicts, Development & Aid, Education, Featured, Gender, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Armed Conflicts The Syrian humanitarian...
Minister of Higher Education discusses developing Daraa university
SANA
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July 30, 2025
Daraa, SANA- Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Marwan al-Halabi visited Daraa on Wednesday and discussed the educational environment at Daraa branch of Damascus University and ways to solve difficulties facing students, and the...
For All These Reasons, Syria is Still Being Monitored Internationally
Asharq Al-Awsat
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The recent meeting between the United States, France, and Syria remains the subject of much speculation and debate, with much of the focus on what was actually agreed upon... This state of affairs is neither new nor surprising, given the unusual...
Is it Time for a ‘Syrian Taif’ under Saudi Auspices?
Asharq Al-Awsat
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The recent events in Sweida were not merely sectarian clashes between unruly, radical, or tribal forces and the people of Jabal al-Druze. Rather, they were also a window into the profound structural crisis that has been rattling Syria since the...
Israeli Airstrikes Target Syrian Forces and Tribal Militants in Sweida
Jordan News
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July 30, 2025
Israeli fighter jets launched airstrikes early Wednesday targeting the vicinity of Al-Thaala village and several other locations in the Sweida countryside, according to Syrian sources and eyewitnesses.اضافة اعلان Syrian outlet Sham TV reported via...
Türkiye to Start Providing Syria with Natural Gas on Aug 2, Minister Says
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 30, 2025
President Donald J. Trump’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia spotlighted the enduring ties between the Kingdom and the United States, a relationship built on shared interests in economic development, security, and technological progress, said Asaad...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Nebraska
Hastings Tribune - Nebraska
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Biggest sources of immigrants to Nebraska And while the distinctive American culture and spirit is the result of blending many diverse cultures and histories, the United States has for centuries had an up-and-down relationship with immigration....
Why Canada should follow Israel’s lead and help the Druze in Syria
The Canadian Jewish News
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July 30, 2025
For nearly three weeks now, members of Canada’s Druze community have been desperately sounding the alarm after an outbreak of ethnic violence in the Sweida area of Syria resulted in the deaths of roughly 1,000 people, mostly civilians. Tensions...