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Live Updates I Focus turns to quake aid but rescues continue

Syrian President Bashar Assad has made his first public appearance in the earthquake-devastated areas of Syria

The Independent UK

First aid convoy reaches rebel-held Syrian enclave after earthquake

The first aid convoy to reach Syria’s rebel-held northwest since the devastating earthquake brought medicine, blankets tents and shelter kits on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Days after quake, aid trucks reach northwest Syrian enclave

A small convoy has crossed from Turkey into Syria’s rebel-held northwest with desperately needed medicines, blankets, tents and U.N. shelter kits, the first aid to reach the enclave, three days after the devastating earthquake struck the region, killing thousands

The Independent UK

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Live Updates I Turkish president to visit quake-hit areas

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to travel to the quake-hit provinces of Gaziantep, Osmaniye and Kilis amid ongoing criticism that the government’s response has been too slow

The Independent UK

Aid to quake-hit Syria slowed by sanctions, war's divisions

Aid workers say getting aid into Syria after this week’s devastating earthquake has been hampered by the country’s deep fragmentation from years of war

The Independent UK

Quake deaths pass 7,200 as Turkey, Syria seek survivors

ISTANBUL — As temperatures dipped below freezing, rescue crews raced Tuesday to free those trapped under the thousands of buildings that collapsed in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria, even as the death toll rose past 7,200.

Los Angeles Times

Crews race to find survivors in Turkey and Syria as quake death toll now exceeds 6,000

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Northern Syria has endured years of war. Now, an earthquake has added to the despair

Since the civil war began in 2011, Syria's northern region has been beset by crisis after crisis. Monday's devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake was "the last thing people need," one aid worker said.

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Türkiye Kills 11 Kurdish YPG Members on Anniversary of Olive Branch Operation

Turkish-Syrian border areas witnessed this week a military escalation, marking the five-year anniversary of Türkiye’s Operation Olive Branch aimed to clear members affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from the Afrin region. On Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Turkish forces and their proxies shelled the vicinity…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran and Syria Set to Renew Long-Term Economic Agreement

Syria and key ally Iran agreed Saturday to renew an economic strategic arrangement between the two countries as Damascus prepares to welcome Iran’s president in the near future. Since Syria's peaceful uprising turned into conflict in 2011, Tehran has sent thousands of Iran-backed fighters to help President Bashar Assad stay…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran and Syria set to renew long-term economic agreement

Syria and key ally Iran have agreed to renew an economic strategic arrangement between the two countries as Damascus prepares to welcome Iran’s president in the near future

The Independent UK

Turkish official gives June date for Nordic NATO expansion

A senior Turkish official says Sweden and Finland are unlikely to be able to join NATO before June

The Independent UK

Crowd Attacks Syrian Opposition Figure over Reconciliation Push

Angry protesters in Syria’s rebel-held enclave rallied Friday against reconciliation attempts between Türkiye and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and scuffled with a local Syrian opposition figure involved in those attempts. The crowd of several dozen demonstrators in the opposition-held town of Azaz first chanted slogans against the political efforts,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's FM says talks with Saudis could restore relations

Iran's foreign minister says talks with regional rival Saudi Arabia are continuing and could eventually restore diplomatic relations that were severed years ago

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Aid Convoy Enters Syrian Opposition Area Ahead of Key UN Vote

A humanitarian convoy on Sunday delivered urgently needed supplies to Syria's last opposition stronghold, a day before the UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution that would determine whether aid deliveries to the war-stricken territory can continue. Syria’s conflict has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced half…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrians in Opposition Enclave Protest Türkiye-Syria Contacts

Thousands of Syrians held protests Friday in different parts of the opposition-held northwest against recent moves by the governments in Damascus and Ankara to improve ties. The protests in villages and towns in Idlib and Aleppo provinces came a week after the Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers held previously…

The Independent UK

Israeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service

The Syrian army says missile strikes by Israel’s military have put the capital's airport out of service

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Military Chief Says Israel behind Strike on Iranian Truck Convoy in Syria

Israel's military chief of staff strongly suggested on Wednesday that Israel was behind a strike on a truck convoy in Syria last month, giving a rare glimpse of Israel's shadow war against Iran and its proxies across the region. Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said Israeli military and intelligence capabilities made…

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The Independent UK

Israeli military chief suggests Israel behind Syria strike

Israel’s military chief of staff has suggested that Israel was behind a strike on a truck convoy in Syria last month

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's at stake in Turkey's new Syria escalation

Kurdish forces and international players — after weeks of deadly Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria — are trying to gauge whether Ankara’s threats of a ground invasion are serious

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye: No Plans for Erdogan-Assad Meeting

Türkiye on Monday confirmed there are no plans for a meeting soon between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad. “We don’t have an immediate plan for such a meeting, but our president is sending a message: If you act responsibly, if you address the security concerns and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protesters Storm Governor’s Office in Southern Syrian City, 2 Killed in Clashes

Dozens of demonstrators angry over worsening economic conditions in Syria stormed and ransacked the governor's office in the southern city of Sweida on Sunday, clashing with police, the authorities and witnesses said. Earlier, more than 200 people had gathered around the building in the center of the Druze-majority city, chanting…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Turkey has put the US in a tough spot by threatening another Syria incursion

Syria’s civil war, which entered its 11th year this March, may at first look like a clear-cut case of good versus evil, in which a bloodthirsty dictator, Bashar Assad, tries to snuff out any semblance of opposition to his rule. Yet, the conflict is far more complicated than that. Far…

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: America needs to try harder to match its foreign policy to its morals

I once went to the village of Koreme in Iraqi Kurdistan and walked along a dirt road past a little brick school and a makeshift mosque to a dusty field of almond trees and high grass where all the males of the village — age 13 to 43 — had…

The Independent UK

Turkish strikes on Kurds stoke tensions with Syria as well

This weekend's Turkish airstrikes targeting Kurdish fighters in northern Syria also threaten to stoke tensions with the Syrian government

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