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After Decades as Enemies, Syria and Israel Now Share a Common Foe
The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...
The Christian Post on MSN2d
Christians face 'increasingly perilous existence' in Syria; church bombing serves as 'brutal reminder'
The bombing at the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, last month that killed over two dozen people is an indication that ...
Al-Monitor1d
Will Netanyahu meet Syria’s Sharaa in New York?
Welcome back to Al-Monitor Israel.Israeli officials are divided over whether to seize the moment and pursue a security ...
Syria’s government and Kurds still at odds over merging forces after latest talks, US envoy says
A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...
The Christian Post on MSN4d
US revokes terror label for Syria’s HTS after it toppled Assad; Christian group decries 'injustice'
The United States government has revoked its designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as a foreign terrorist organization, seven ...
Council on Foreign Relations2d
Reform in Syria and Syrian Schoolbooks
The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.
The Print on MSN3d
US revokes ‘terror’ label for Syria President-led HTS. What it means for diplomatic landscape in West Asia
Ahmed al-Sharaa led HTS, considered a jihadist group for years. Now, he has replaced Assad as Syria’s new president. And he ...
Syria looks to solar power as more than a patchwork fix to its energy crisis
Syria's new leaders are hoping renewable energy will now become more than a patchwork solution. Investment is beginning to return to the country with the lifting of U.S. sanctions, and major energy ...
Al-Monitor on MSN5d
US revoking 'terrorist' designation for Syria's HTS
The United States on Monday announced it was revoking its "foreign terrorist organization" designation of Hayat Tahrir ...
Trump admin to revoke foreign terrorist organization designation for group led by Syria’s interim president
The Trump administration will no longer consider Syria’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group led by Syria’s interim ...
Syria Direct5d
Why has US policy toward Syria shifted, and what might the future hold?
President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...