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The U.S. Urges the UN to Lift Sanctions on Syria’s President

Paul Guillot, 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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According to a draft obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. is asking the Security Council to remove a set of sanctions imposed on Ahmad al-Sharaa and his Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab. The resolution could be put to a vote as early as Thursday. To pass, it must secure at least nine votes and avoid a veto from any of the five permanent ...

Lebanon Pressed Again to Hunt Down Assad Officials

Natasha Metni Torbey, 05/11 14:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Lebanon has once again found itself at the center of a sensitive international investigation tied to the post-Assad era. One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024, Beirut is being asked to cooperate with international judicial authorities to locate senior Syrian security officials accused of war crimes and crimes ...

Football – West Asia U17: Lebanon into the Final, Syria Knocked out on Penalties

Makram Haddad, 03/11 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Mission accomplished. In the heat of Aqaba, the Lebanon U17 national team kept their nerves to clinch their ticket to the final of the 12th West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) edition. A cup-tie script: early opener from Youssef Badran (12'), Syrian equalizer, then a knife-edge shootout where the young Cedars kept a steady hand (4–3). ...

Syrian Leader to Discuss Sanctions, Reconstruction in US Visit

This is Beirut, 02/11 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction, and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country's first leader to pay an official visit to Washington later this month, the foreign minister said Sunday. Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in the US capital in early November, Syria's top diplomat Asaad ...

German FM Raises Return of Refugees During Syria Visit

This is Beirut, 30/10 19:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed the possible return of Syrian refugees with President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a visit to Damascus on Thursday. Germany has a large Syrian community, with hundreds of thousands having settled there after fleeing the civil war. Wadephul said it was "in the understandable interest of the Syrian ...

Syria Attracted $28 Bn in Investment Since Assad's Fall

This is Beirut, 29/10 17:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday his country had managed to secure $28 billion worth of investments in the past 10 months following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's government last year. The president cited the figure while speaking in Riyadh at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, where he ...

Syrian Authorities Seize 11 Million Captagon Pills Smuggled from Lebanon

This is Beirut, 28/10 10:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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Anti-narcotics units in Syria’s Homs province intercepted a vehicle carrying roughly 11 million Captagon pills smuggled from Lebanese territory, the Syrian Interior Ministry announced Tuesday. The shipment was seized in the southern rural area of Homs. Security forces confiscated both the drugs and the vehicle used in the operation. According ...

Syria Urges Banks to Provision Their Claims on Lebanon

Liliane Mokbel, 23/10 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Central Bank of Syria has given domestic banks a six-month deadline to fully provision their claims on the Lebanese banking sector, estimated at $1.6 billion, according to a circular cited by Reuters. The directive does not specify the exact nature of these claims – whether deposits, placements or financial investments – making their ...

LAF Arrests Four in Raids Targeting Drug Traffickers

This is Beirut, 22/10 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Lebanese Army (LAF) announced on Wednesday that it had arrested four individuals in separate raids as part of its ongoing efforts to maintain security and combat drug trafficking. In its statement, the LAF said the operations were carried out with support from Intelligence Directorate patrols. According to the statement, an army unit, also ...

Syria Launches Operation Against Jihadists

This is Beirut, 22/10 12:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria government forces launched an operation Wednesday against jihadists holed up in a camp in the northwest, in a push to capture French fighters wanted by their government, a monitor and a French jihadist told AFP. Security forces "launched a vast operation against the camp... to arrest French fighters wanted by their government," ...

UK Removes Syria's HTS from 'Terrorist' Organizations List

This is Beirut, 21/10 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UK on Tuesday removed Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of banned "terrorist" organizations after the group ousted Bashar al-Assad last December and took control of the government. The move comes after the United States announced in July it would revoke HTS's "terrorist" designation. HTS was proscribed by the UK in 2017 over ...

Syria: 12 Million Captagon Pills Seized

This is Beirut, 21/10 13:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Nearly 12 million Captagon pills were seized in Al-Dumayr, near Damascus. The smuggling ring leader was arrested and the drugs will be destroyed. Despite ongoing crackdowns, Captagon – Syria’s main export during the civil war – continues to flood the region.

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