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Facing Alawite backlash, Syria’s new leaders take controversial steps to win loyalty

Facing Alawite backlash, Syria’s new leaders take controversial steps to win loyalty

By Timour Azhari QARDAHA, Syria, Dec 30 (Reuters) - He carried no weapons and helped keep government security forces alive, but Khairallah Dib still...

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Exclusive-Saudi to bolster trade with Lebanon after drug smuggling curbed

By Timour Azhari RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia plans imminently to boost commercial ties with Lebanon after Lebanese authorities demonstrated...

15.11.2025 3

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Exclusive-Turkey preparing law to let PKK fighters return under peace plan

By Timour Azhari (Reuters) -Turkey is preparing a law to let thousands of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters and civilians return home from...

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Foreign Islamists petition Syrian state for citizenship

By Timour Azhari (Reuters) -Foreign fighters and others who joined Syria's civil war from abroad have petitioned the new Islamist-led government for...

16.08.2025 4

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Western diplomats were within metres of Israeli strikes in Damascus, sources say

By Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Western diplomats were passing near Syria's defence ministry in Damascus in an armoured convoy when Israel struck...

18.07.2025 2

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