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The Associated Press on MSN · 5h

EU ministers will consider easing sanctions on Syria at a meeting later in January

Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called for a “smart approach” to provide relief to the Syrian population after last month’s overthrow of President Bashar Assad.

Hosted on MSN · 10h

EU foreign ministers to tackle Syria sanctions relief at end of month

European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign policy chief said on Sunday in Riyadh ahead of a meeting of top Middle Eastern and Western diplomats and Syria's new foreign minister.

Al-Monitor · 9h

Saudi Arabia urges Syria sanctions relief at talks with regional, EU diplomats

Saudi Arabia on Sunday called for the lifting of sanctions on Syria after meetings with top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe that focused on the war-ravaged country's future.The Gulf kingdom,

Syria, Lebanon

Syria, Lebanon pledge firm ties after years of tensions

Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese head of government to Damascus since the civil war started in 2011.Prime Minister Najib Mikati's trip came after Islamist-led rebels seized Damascus last month,

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Lebanon to work with Syria to strengthen borders

Lebanon and Syria will work together to secure their land borders, as well as to delineate both land and sea borders, Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Saturday in Damascus. In the first trip by a Lebanese prime minister to neighbouring Syria in 15 years,

The New York Times · 1d

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Meets With Syrian Leader

The visit by Prime Minister Najib Mikati was the first official trip by the Lebanese leader to meet with the new government of Syria.

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Syria’s Alawites, Sect of the Assads, Fear for Their Future

They say disparate violent incidents in the past two months—including alleged extrajudicial killings and the destruction of a ...

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Syria Confronts an Immense Challenge: Justice for Assad Regime Crimes

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...

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Exclusive: Western powers warn Syria over foreign jihadists in army, sources say

U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to senior ...

Saudi Arabia and Turkey find early common ground Syria, will it last?

Despite supporting the armed opposition in the earlier parts of the Syrian civil war, Turkey and Saudi Arabia soon found ...

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Syria's Kurdish community at the center of a post-Assad game of geopolitical tug-of-war

The fall of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad has created a power vacuum that threatens some of the United States' ...

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Turkey says Syria should be given chance to address Kurdish militant presence

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that the new Syrian administration should be given an opportunity to ...

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Iran Was ‘Defeated Very Badly’ in Syria, a Top General Admits

For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a ...

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International sanctions have left Syria’s health system on life support

U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to ...

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