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Today's cartoonShadi's take on talks to revive the 1974 Israeli-Syrian peace agreement

Our cartoonist's take on talks to revive the 1974 Israeli-Syrian peace agreement

Israel and Syria to share intelligence and explore commercial ties after Paris deal

Mastercard grants QNB licence to resume activities in Syria

EU President to make first post-Assad visit to Syria to support recovery

Egypt to export gas and petroleum products to Syria

Case against Syrians accused of funding extremists dismissed

Egypt's military increasing support to Lebanon’s army, sources say

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Security deployments in Syria's coastal region aimed at 'restoring calm'

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Syria's Alawites protest after deadly mosque bombing

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Ghalia Mohammed Yassin, 22, left Al Hol camp in June with her mother, Hiba, and two siblings. (Ahmed Fallaha for The National)

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Syria to introduce new banknotes on January 1

Christmas joy returns to Syria's Idlib after years of civil war

Jordanian strikes target drug traffickers and factories in Syria, state media says

ISIS leader for Damascus arrested in operation supported by US-led coalition

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Taha Al Zoubi, known by the nom de guerre Abu Omar Tibiya, whom authorities identified as ISIS’s so-called 'wali of Damascus'. SANA

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Syrian authorities said explosive suicide belt and military-grade weapon seized during raid

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Syrian government and SDF agree to de-escalate after deadly Aleppo clashes

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