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Israel cripples Syria’s two main airports in strikes: Syrian state media

Damascus and Aleppo airports knocked out of service in Israeli attacks, state news agency SANA says.

Al Jazeera

Latest Israeli air attack on Syria injures two soldiers: State media

Syrian state news agency reported that two injured and material damage sustained in air raid by Israeli forces.

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Aleppo airport out of service after Israeli air attack: State media

Israeli attack damages runway, grounding flights in northern Syria, state news agency SANA reports.

Al Jazeera

Israeli missile fire allegedly injures soldier near Syrian capital Damascus

The missile fire is the latest attack in an ongoing shadow conflict unfolding in Syria between Israel and Iran.

Al Jazeera

Syrian reporter and three soldiers killed in roadside bombing: State media

SAMA TV reporter Firas al-Ahmed killed in Deraa, near the Jordanian border.

Al Jazeera

Four Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli missile attack: Report

The attack also wounded four other Syrian soldiers and caused some material damage, state media say.

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How important is Captagon in al-Assad’s return to the Arab fold?

The billions of dollars Syria’s al-Assad is believed to be making from Captagon have given him a financial lifeline.

Al Jazeera

Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold

President Bashar al-Assad has always seen time as an ally in the Syrian civil war, along with the Iranian and Russian firepower that helped him defeat his enemies, according to sources familiar with his thinking.

Reuters

Analysis-Qatar takes diplomatic back seat as Saudi flexes political muscle

The Arab League's welcoming back of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad into its ranks highlights how far behind Qatar has fallen in its bid to be a diplomatic voice that carries weight in the Middle East.

Reuters

Syria's Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a pariah for more than a decade, is expected to steal the spotlight at Friday's Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, where he will rub shoulders with regional leaders who once backed his war foes.

Reuters

US lawmakers introduce bill to combat normalization with Syria's Assad

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday intended to bar the American government from recognizing Bashar al-Assad as Syria's president and to enhance Washington's ability to impose sanctions - a warning to other countries normalizing relations with Assad.

Reuters

Saudi Arabia resumes work of its diplomatic mission in Syria

Saudi Arabia will reopen its diplomatic mission in Syria, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Tuesday, nearly a decade after diplomatic ties were cut and two days after Syria was readmitted into the Arab League.

Reuters

Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold

President Bashar al-Assad always saw time as an ally in Syria's civil war, alongside the Russian and Iranian firepower he turned on his foes, sources familiar with his thinking say.

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Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalise

The Arab League readmitted Syria on Sunday after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President Bashar al-Assad in a move criticised by Washington.

Reuters

Syria, Iran sign strategic cooperation accord, including oil MoU - news agency

The presidents of Iran and Syria on Wednesday signed a long-term strategic cooperation agreement, including a memorandum of understanding on oil industry cooperation, the Syrian state news agency reported.

France 24

Israeli air strikes kill one soldier, put Syria's Aleppo airport out of service

Israeli air strikes targeted the international airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early Tuesday, killing one Syrian soldier and putting the airport out of commission, state media said.

Al Jazeera

Israel launches deadly air raid on Aleppo airport: media

The attack, which shut down the international airport, is believed to have killed at least one person and wounded more.

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EU curbs Syria's Assad cousins, others over suspected drug trade

The European Union on Monday placed sanctions on people and groups linked to what it described as the Syrian government's "large-scale drug trafficking operations," and the EU also included one Russian company.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian State Media Say Israeli Artillery Shells Border Town

Syria's state media said Israel shelled targets in southern Syria early on Monday, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, causing unspecified material damage. There was no immediate comment from Israel. The report on the state SANA news agency said Israeli forces targeted the town of Talat Qars al-Nafl in Quneitra province…

AFP

Syria attacks blamed on IS kill at least 41

Beirut (AFP) - Suspected Islamic State group fighters killed at least 36 truffle hunters and five shepherds in Syria on Sunday, a monitor said, in the latest attacks by jihadists in the war-ravaged country.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Reports: ISIS Kills 26 People in Syrian Countryside

ISIS militants have killed 26 people who were foraging for wild truffles in Syria's Hama region, opposition and state media reported Sunday. Amid the economic devastation of Syria’s yearslong war, foraging for truffles can help people earn money, as the seasonal delicacy fetches a high price. The Syrian Observatory for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Al Jazeera

Israeli attacks on Syria in the past year: Timeline

In the past year alone, Israeli attacks on Syria have killed at least 44 people and injured more than 50.

The Independent UK

Reports: IS land mine kills at least 6 civilians in Syria

Syrian state media says a deadly land mine explosion has killed at least six people

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