Trump’s Vow to Lift Sanctions on Syria Unleashes Hope
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Trump’s Vow to Lift Sanctions on Syria Unleashes Hope

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Salaries would go up. Bread and gasoline would be cheaper. The electricity would come on for more than a few hours per day. The reconstruction of destroyed towns and cities would begin. President Trump’s announcement in a speech in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday…

Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State
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Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A Kurdish militia group that has waged a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for four decades said on Monday that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reshape Turkish politics and reverberate in neighboring countries. The announcement…

The Only Female Minister in Syria’s New Government Wants to ‘Get Things Done’
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The Only Female Minister in Syria’s New Government Wants to ‘Get Things Done’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a white pantsuit, Hind Kabawat stood out a mile, the only woman in a lineup of 23 men in suits, all ministers of the interim Syrian government just sworn in, flanking the president. “I want more women and I did tell the…

Druse in Syrian Town Rocked by Violence Agree to Disarm Militias
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Druse in Syrian Town Rocked by Violence Agree to Disarm Militias

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Sirens blaring, a truckful of armed men trailing in its wake, the black sport utility vehicle that sliced sharklike through the Syrian town of Ashrafieh Sahnaya on Friday morning was impossible to miss. Government forces had retaken control from the armed groups that…

Israel Launches Airstrikes Near Presidential Palace in Damascus
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Israel Launches Airstrikes Near Presidential Palace in Damascus

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israeli fighter jets struck near the presidential palace in Damascus, the Syrian capital, early Friday, in what Israel’s leaders said was a message to President Ahmed al-Sharaa that they are willing to attack deep inside his country after a recent wave of sectarian…

Death Toll From a Wave of Sectarian Violence in Syria Passes 100
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Death Toll From a Wave of Sectarian Violence in Syria Passes 100

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The death toll from this week’s outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria has surpassed 100, a war monitoring group said on Thursday after the unrest spread to new areas. The violence erupted on Tuesday in the city of Jaramana after an audio clip…

Sectarian Clashes Spread Around Syria’s Capital, Drawing In Israel
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Sectarian Clashes Spread Around Syria’s Capital, Drawing In Israel

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Violent clashes between pro-government fighters and Druse militia around Syria’s capital, Damascus, spread on Wednesday and drew Israel’s military into the fray, leaving at least 11 people dead, according to the Syrian authorities and a war monitor. The total death toll for two…

Kurdish Distrust of Syria’s New Government Runs Deep
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Kurdish Distrust of Syria’s New Government Runs Deep

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When rebel forces took over Syria, they pledged to unite the country’s disparate armed groups into a unified national army. The biggest challenge for them by far has been in northeastern Syria, an autonomous region run by the country’s Kurdish minority where suspicion…

Opinion | In Syria, an Account of Life Under al-Assad
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Opinion | In Syria, an Account of Life Under al-Assad

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From Ghouta, Ms. Al-Khalil kept a diary, fragments of her experience under bombardment and siege. Like some 113,000 Syrians who have been forcibly disappeared since 2011, she was abducted, on Dec. 9, 2013. We still don’t know where she is or if she…

Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say
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Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than 100 chemical weapons sites are suspected to remain in Syria, left behind after the fall of the longtime president, Bashar al-Assad, according to the leading international organization that tracks these weapons. That number is the first estimate of its kind as…