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Report: Syria Used US-Sanctioned Ships to Import Wheat from Crimea

Using a low-profile fleet of ships under US sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed from Ukraine, Reuters reported. Wheat sent to Syria from the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea increased 17-fold this year to just…

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Republic of Silence review – memory-collage of exile from the Syrian tragedy

Ambitious documentary pieces together snatches of public and private history since the uprising against Assad

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive-Russian-annexed Crimea showers Syria with wheat, Ukraine cries foul

Using a low-profile fleet of ships under U.S. sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed from Ukraine, a sign of tightening economic ties between two allies shunned by the West.

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Lebanon 'Tackles' Presidential Vacuum...with Army Generals

As Lebanon’s political blocs have failed to elect a new president for the country, all attention turns, as usual, to the military institution, which enjoys the people’s trust as the most cohesive authority within the Lebanese state. In addition to MP Michel Moawad, two candidates share the electoral stage; but…

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Economic pain, Turkish strikes drive Syrian Kurds to Europe

A growing number of Syrian Kurds are making the journey to Europe on a circuitous course that includes travel by car and plane across Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, then finally by boat to Spain

The Independent UK

Syria Fuel Crisis Slows Down Life in Damascus

Syrian student Ziad al-Ezz can no longer get to university as severe fuel shortages cripple the capital Damascus, pushing residents to seek alternatives for heating and shuttering businesses. With the country's economy battered by more than a decade of war, authorities have announced four fuel price hikes since the start…

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US Congress Approves Bill against 'Assad's Captagon Trade'

The US Congress approved a draft resolution that lays down a US strategy to stop drug production and trafficking and dismantle networks linked to the Syrian regime and President Bashar al-Assad. Lawmakers introduced the bill into the 2023 Department of Defense budget, passed by the Senate last Thursday, with the…

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Turkish military incursion in Syria faces opposition from US, Russia

Turkish military forces are poised to launch a ground offensive in Syria against US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces, accused by Ankara of attacks on Turkey. But Ankara is facing stiff opposition from both Washington and Moscow.

Radio France Internationale

Moscow Mulling Erdogan’s Suggestion to Hold Summit between Russian, Syrian Leaders

Moscow welcomed on Friday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's proposal to establish a three-way mechanism for diplomacy between Türkiye, Russia and Syria, Russian state news agencies reported, citing a deputy foreign minister. Mikhail Bogdanov said Moscow received Erdogan’s proposal "very positively." The RIA Novosti news agency also reported that Syria's…

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Jordan Hands Prison Terms to Captagon Smugglers from Syria

Jordan's judiciary on Thursday sentenced two men to long prison terms for attempting to smuggle nearly 2 million Captagon pills into the country from Syria, a judicial source told AFP. The state security court handed a 20-year prison term and a fine of 20,000 Jordanian dinars ($28,000) to one of…

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Tel Aviv Accuses Tehran of 'Smuggling' Weapons, Experts to Proxies Using Civilian Airline

An Israeli report published Thursday claimed that it uncovered a new means used by Iran to smuggle weapons into Syria and Lebanon, through the private airline Mahan Air. The report said that this discovery came within the framework of Israel’s campaign to thwart the new Iranian smuggling route through Beirut,…

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Erdogan Seeks to Hold a Summit with Putin, Assad

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin had welcomed his call to hold a tripartite meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Addressing journalists on his return from Turkmenistan, where he participated in the first tripartite meeting of the presidents of Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, Erdogan said:…

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Moscow welcomes Turkey's call for trilateral Syria diplomacy

Moscow on Friday welcomed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's proposal to establish a three-way mechanism for diplomacy between Turkey, Russia and Syria, Russian state news agencies reported, citing a deputy foreign minister.

Reuters

WFP to Double Efforts to Secure Syrians’ Needs

World Food Program (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Corinne Fleischer revealed on Thursday the program’s plans to double efforts to secure the Syrians' needs. Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad discussed with Fleischer, and the accompanying delegation, developments related to food security in the…

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ISIS supporter to be watched in community

A Sydney man who planned on fighting for ISIS in Syria will be carefully monitored for two years after being released from prison.

The Independent UK

Ireland minister: `The world is a crazy and tragic place'

Ireland’s foreign minister says “the world is a crazy and tragic place at the moment.”

Reuters

Starved of electricity, some Syrians turn to solar power

Facing crippling electricity cuts, Syrian dentist Ibrahim al-Akzam has turned to solar power to keep his Damascus clinic going, a reflection of the deep energy crisis in his country after 11 years of war.

Reuters

Turkey seeks a trilateral mechanism with Russia, Syria -Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Thursday as saying he proposed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin forming a trilateral mechanism with Russia and Syria to accelerate diplomacy between Ankara and Damascus.

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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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Meet the inspiring Edinburgh mum who fled war in Syria to run a cookery club in city

Noura Selibi and her husband, Qays, escaped from Syria eight years ago amid a civil war. After spending three years in Turkey, Noura made her way to Edinburgh where she has delved into cooking.

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

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Iran’s ‘Anger’ Among 3 Reasons for Growing Economic Paralysis in Syria

No one can deny that the economic crisis in Syria is unprecedented. But what are the real reasons for it? Why isn’t Iran helping in resolving it as it had helped the regime throughout the past decade? And will that lead to “political concessions” from Damascus? The economic crisis in…

Daily Mirror

Refugee who fled to Scotland from Syria transforms life through cooking

Noura Selibi who fled Syria eight years ago to escape civil war and now finds herself bringing Syria to Scotland to raise money for the less fortunate through cooking

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Compulsory Military Service Prompts Migration of Youths in Southern Syria

Syrian youths seeking to avoid mandatory military service by the regime usually flee to the southern provinces of Daraa and Sweida where some regions are still outside the control of the regime. The regime tried to take advantage of the situation by issuing in April 2021 a law in Daraa…

Reuters

Top Israeli general claims attack on convoy at Iraq-Syria border

The chief of Israel's armed forces on Wednesday claimed credit for a recent air strike on a convoy that had entered Syria from Iraq, saying the target was a truck carrying weaponry.

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