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Arab ministers to meet over Syria's return to Arab league

Officials say diplomats from Arab nations are planning an emergency meeting in Cairo over the weekend about fighting in Sudan and Syria's potential return to the Arab League

The Independent UK

Iranian president meets Palestinian officials in Syria

A Palestinian official says Iran’s president has met with senior Palestinian officials in Damascus and expressed his country’s support to them

The Independent UK

Iran's president lands in Syria for rare meeting with Assad

Iran’s president has landed in Damascus on the first visit by an Iranian head of state to war-wracked Syria since Tehran helped tip the balance of power there to the government

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Contacts Intensify over Syria’s Return to Arab League

Jordan kicked off a series of contacts with Arab countries and officials in wake of its hosting of a meeting of regional envoys on Monday to discuss Syria’s return to the Arab League. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq and Syria. Soon after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Raisi holds rare meeting with Assad on Syria visit

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in a bid to boost cooperation between the two allies, state media reported.

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Jordan FM: Regional Talks with Syria Step toward Solution

Jordan's top diplomat said on Monday that regional talks with Syria are a step in the right direction to end a decade of the war-torn country’s political isolation and bring Damascus back into the Arab fold. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi's remarks came as Jordan hosted a meeting of envoys…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Regional talks on Syria's fate kick off in Jordanian capital

Regional leaders are meeting in Jordan to discuss Syria’s return to the Arab fold and a Jordanian proposal to reach a “political solution” to the Syrian conflict

The Independent UK

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In Lebanon, Iran FM Visits Israel Border, Extolls Hezbollah

Iran’s top diplomat visited Lebanon’s border with Israel on Friday where he expressed support for the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group in its struggle against their common enemy: Israel. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian began his visit to Lebanon since Wednesday, meeting top officials and expressing Tehran’s readiness to help build power…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Lebanon, Iran FM visits Israel border, extolls Hezbollah

Iran’s top diplomat has visited Lebanon’s border with Israel, expressing support for the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group in its struggle against their common enemy: Israel

The Independent UK

Tunisian President Appoints New Ambassador to Syria

Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement. Tunisia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria nearly a decade ago to protest Bashar Assad's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011 that developed into civil war in which hundreds of thousands…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran urges Lebanese sides to reach agreement over president

Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran wants Lebanon's rivals to reach an agreement to elect a new president in the crisis-hit country that has been without a head of state October

The Independent UK

As Assad returns to Arab fold, Syrians watch with hope, fear

Syrians living on opposite sides of the largely frozen battle lines dividing their country are watching the accelerating normalization of ties between the government of Bashar Assad and Syria's neighbors through starkly different lenses

The Independent UK

Syria Condemns EU Sanctions over Captagon Business

Syria on Tuesday condemned the European Union’s new sanctions on Damascus over making and trafficking an amphetamine saying the move was based on lies. The Syrian Foreign Ministry statement came a day after the EU imposed sanctions on several Syrians, including members of President Bashar Assad’s family, blaming them for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moscow hosts more Turkey-Syria rapprochement talks

Russia’s defense minister has hosted his counterparts from Iran, Syria and Turkey for talks as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to help broker a rapprochement between the Turkish and Syrian governments

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Saudi foreign minister visits Syria as relations thaw

The Syrian government says Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has arrived in the Syrian capital

The Independent UK

Syria's FM to Algeria, Tunisia to revive diplomatic ties

Syria’s chief diplomat is on a visit to Algeria and Tunisia as part of efforts to revive diplomatic relationships in the Arab world

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Türkiye Renews Rejection of Preconditions for Normalizing Ties with Syria

Türkiye renewed its rejection of any preconditions for normalizing its relations with Syria, including a demand to withdraw its forces from northern Syria. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that his country would not accept any preconditions for direct talks with the Syrian government, including withdrawing its forces. Cavusoglu said…

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Austrians Tried for Allegedly Helping Mossad Shield Syrian

Five former Austrian officials went on trial in Vienna on Friday accused of granting asylum to a suspected Syrian war criminal in Austria at the request of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. The five are accused of abusing their positions by bringing Khaled Halabi, a former Syrian general, to Austria in…

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In first, Iran's president addresses Palestinians in Gaza

Iran’s president has delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian rally in the Gaza Strip — a rare display of Iran’s importance to the Hamas militant group that rules the enclave

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Syria, Saudi Arabia move toward restoring embassies, flights

Syria and Saudi Arabia say they have started procedures to reopen embassies and resume flights between the two countries for the first time in more than a decade

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Syria and Tunisia Restore Diplomatic Ties after a Decade

Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus, Syrian state media reported Wednesday. Tunisia has become the latest Arab state to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria, after cutting off relations a decade ago. The move by Tunisian…

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Syria and Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after a decade

State media says Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian, Syrian Presidents Hold Phone Conversation, Discuss Regional Tensions

Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi discussed in a phone call on Sunday the tensions in the region, a Syrian presidential statement announced. According to AFP, the Presidency said the phone call dealt with the assaults of the Israeli occupation forces on al-Aqsa Mosque and on…

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Oxford shooter's parents' request to attend son's hearing; prosecutors balk

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Moscow hosts talks aimed at Syria-Turkey rapprochement

Senior diplomats from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran have wrapped up two days of talks in Moscow

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