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UN Envoy: Syria Talks in Switzerland 'No Longer Possible'

The UN special envoy for Syria has expressed regret that talks between the government and opposition scheduled to start on July 25 in Geneva “are no longer possible,” reportedly because President Bashir Assad’s government contends that Switzerland is not neutral because of its support for European Union sanctions against its…

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Putin in Iran for summit overshadowed by Ukraine war

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei Tuesday urged strengthened energy co-operation with Moscow in a meeting with Vladimir Putin after Russia's president arrived in Tehran for a three-way summit on the Syria war.

France 24

Putin Meets Iranian Leader on First Trip outside Former Soviet Union since Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader's first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. During his visit to Tehran, Putin will also hold his first face-to-face meeting since the invasion with a…

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Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran starting Tuesday is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United States and Europe during its grinding campaign in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Home Office rejects bid for Syrian refugee to be reunited with dying father

A YOUNG Syrian woman who came to Scotland as a refugee nine years ago has been refused a visa to be reunited with her dying father before it is too…

The National (Scotland)

Alleged terror boss an 'innocent man'

The alleged leader of the Shura terror group Hamdi Alqudsi has proclaimed his innocence, saying he had nothing to do with any planned attacks in Sydney.

AAP

Putin arrives in Iran for rare foreign trip to meet Erdoğan and Raisi

Syria, Ukraine and oil will be on the agenda.

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Advocates fear for women and children in Syrian camps following death of Yusuf Zahab

Advocates for women and children stuck in Syrian detention camps say they have grave concerns two young boys could be taken off their mothers and sent to an adult prison "any day".

ABC News

Putin forges ties with Iran's supreme leader in Tehran talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader's first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

As his war on Ukraine rages, Russia’s Putin heads to Iran

The increasingly isolated president will meet his Turkish and Iranian counterparts in Tehran to discuss Syria as the Eas

Al Jazeera

Australian teenager Yusuf Zahab dies in Syrian prison

Yusuf Zahab, who was taken to Syria when he was 11, died in Kurdish-held prison months after pleading for help.

Al Jazeera

Why Does Russia Want to Remove the Syrian Political Process from Geneva?

Damascus has informed United Nations envoy Geir Pedersen that it would not send its delegation to Geneva to participate in the ninth round of the Constitutional Committee on July 25, which means freezing the Syrian political process that is held under the auspices of the UN. The actual reason is…

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Iran, Russia, Turkey Presidents to Talk Syria War in Tehran

With the war in Ukraine still raging, Russian President Vladimir Putin travels Tuesday to Tehran for talks with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts on the Syria conflict. Russia, Turkey and Iran have in recent years met to discuss Syria as part of the so-called "Astana peace process" to end more…

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Sydney teen Yusuf Zahab believed to have died in IS attack on Syrian jail after begging Australia for help

Family say they are ‘heartbroken and angry’ and claim the previous government knew about their son’s detention for more than three years

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South West Sydney teenager Yusuf Zahab believed to have been killed in Syrian jail after IS attack

An Australian boy taken to Syria by radicalised family members at the age of 11 is believed to have died there, just months after begging for help from the federal government.

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Syrian Regime Amnesty Decree Released only 547 Detainees

The Syrian Network for Human Rights documented the release of 547 detainees from Syrian prisons during the period between early May till mid-June. It stressed in a report on Saturday that there are some 132,000 people still detained or held in regime prison. The report confirmed that between May 1…

The Guardian - AU

Australian government wrongly cancelled citizenship of man on death row in Iraq, family claim

Ahmad Merhi, who travelled from Sydney to Syria, says he is now stateless as he awaits hanging

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Turkey Resumes Transfer of Syrian Mercenaries in Libya

Turkey has resumed the back-and-forth transfer of Syrian mercenaries operating in Libya following the decision in late June to halt the transfer process until the end of 2022. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed on Wednesday that nearly 250 Syrian mercenaries were sent back to Syria from Libya…

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Ukraine Severs Ties with NKorea after Pro-Russia Separatists Recognition

Kyiv said Wednesday it was severing relations with North Korea, as Pyongyang confirmed it was formally recognizing two self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics in eastern Ukraine. North Korea's recognition of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic came after another Russian ally, Syria, made the same move last month, AFP…

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Drone strike kills Islamic State leader in Syria, US says

The U.S. military said it killed a top Islamic State leader and seriously wounded another in a drone strike in Syria.

The Guardian - US

US military kills Islamic State leader in Syria airstrike

Maher al-Agal, said to be responsible for developing networks outside Iraq and Syria, was killed in a drone strike

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Pentagon: US Kills ISIS Group Leader in Syria in Drone Strike

The Pentagon said Tuesday that it killed a leader of the ISIS group in Syria in a drone strike. US Central Command said in a news release that Maher al-Agal was killed Tuesday and an unidentified senior official in the ISIS group was seriously injured. The Pentagon said there were…

Al Jazeera

NGOs voice fears for Syrians over limited UN aid mandate

Russia has succeeded in limiting the renewal of a crucial UN aid operation from Turkey to northwest Syria to six months.

The Independent UK

ISIS leader in Syria killed in drone strike, says US military

Maher al Agal was targeted and killed outside Jindayris, says Washington

Al Jazeera

US says it has killed ISIL leader in Syria

The US says the raid in northwest Syria, killed Maher al-Agal and ‘seriously injured’ one of his associates.

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