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Syrian authorities' new limits on alcohol sales in Damascus spark backlash

Crowds of Syrians have rallied to protest authorities’ efforts to limit the sale and consumption of alcohol in Damascus

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Syrian Kurds return home to celebrate Nowruz for the first time since exile

Kurds are returning to Syria’s Afrin district and celebrating the Nowruz spring festival openly for the first time in years

The Independent UK

What to know about Iran's Revolutionary Guard, a powerful force within the country's theocracy

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has become a powerful force within the country's theocracy, answering only to the supreme leader

The Independent UK

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The Damascus book fair draws crowds, with censorship eased in post-Assad Syria

Damascus is hosting its first international book fair since Bashar Assad fell, and publishers say censorship has almost disappeared

The Independent UK

A Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Syria recovers from clashes with hope for the future

A month after violent clashes in a Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo, tens of thousands of residents have returned

The Independent UK

Trade and prisoner disputes keep Lebanon-Syria relations at a standstill

Relations between Lebanon and Syria remain tense 14 months after the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with disputes over prisoners, security concerns and trade continuing to block progress.

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Deal is signed in Beirut to transfer 300 Syrian prisoners in Lebanon to their home country

Lebanon and Syria have signed an agreement to transfer over 300 Syrian detainees from Lebanese prisons to continue their sentences in Syria

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Questions around a compound of Shiite refugees from Syria show lingering post-Assad fears

A compound in Lebanon housing people who fled Syria after Bashar Assad's fall has faced allegations of harboring Assad loyalists, which residents deny

The Independent UK

Lebanon's relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says

Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri says relations with Syria have improved significantly since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad

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Syrian rapper Al Darwish returns home to perform for first time in 13 years

‘Never in my wildest dreams did I think I could ever return to Syria,’ says the musician who fled his country in 2012

The Independent UK

Lebanon's government approves a deal to transfer Syrian prisoners back to Syria

Lebanon’s cabinet has approved an agreement to transfer Syrian prisoners back to Syria

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What is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard? The force labelled a ‘terrorist group’ by the EU

The Guard rose out of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and has been pivotal in quashing recent protests across Iran

The Independent UK

Russian forces begin pulling out of bases in northeast Syria

Russian forces have started withdrawing from positions in northeast Syria still controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

The Independent UK

A ceasefire holds in Syria but civilians live with fear and resentment

A fragile ceasefire between Syria's government and Kurdish-led forces has temporarily eased tensions in the country's northeast

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All you need to know about Syria’s main Kurdish-led force and its deal with Damascus

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are set to merge into the Syrian army after suffering major setbacks

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Syrian government seizes strategic town in Raqqa from Kurdish forces in an ongoing push eastward

Government forces have seized a strategic town in eastern Syria, intensifying their push against Kurdish-led forces east of the Euphrates River

The Independent UK

Rights group warns on failure to deliver justice after sectarian killings in Syria's Sweida

Human Rights Watch criticizes the Syrian government for lacking accountability in sectarian violence

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Displaced Aleppo residents return home after days of intense clashes

Hundreds of displaced residents have returned to Aleppo’s Achrafieh neighborhood in northern Syria

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Visiting EU leaders pledge to support Syria's recovery after years of civil war

European Union officials have visited Syria for the first time to meet with interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa

The Independent UK

Syria begins circulating new post-Assad currency bills

Syria has begun circulating new currency bills, a year after Bashar Assad's government fell

The Independent UK

Protesters clash in Syria after deadly Alawite mosque bombing

Clashes have erupted on Syria's coast between Alawite protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterprotesters

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Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 8 dead and 18 wounded

Authorities in Syria say that a bombing at a mosque in the city of Homs killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others

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Turkey's top officials visit Syria as deadline for Kurdish integration looms

Turkey's top diplomat along with military and intelligence chiefs have visited Syria as a deadline for a deal between Damascus and Kurdish-led forces approaches

The Independent UK

UN official says lifting US sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

The Independent UK

Millions are pledged to a Syrian Australian man who stopped a gunman and became a national hero

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian tobacco shop owner, has become a national hero in Australia, with an online fundraiser for him raising millions of dollars

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