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Citizens of the Sheik Maksoud neighbourhood are evacuated to a safe area during the clashes between SDF and Syrian forces in Aleppo, Syria. Getty Images

‘We’re tired of war’: Aleppo residents wait to return home as drone attacks fuel fear

While Damascus says the military campaign to take over areas controlled by Kurdish fighters in Aleppo is over, fears of renewed violence persist

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US conducts strikes against ISIS targets across Syria

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Al Shara hosts EU leaders at historic Damascus meeting on reconstruction

Battles resume in Aleppo as Kurdish fighters refuse to surrender

Syrians in Israeli-occupied towns pin hopes of regaining homes on diplomacy

Syrian government declares temporary ceasefire in Aleppo



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On May 31, 1974, the disengagement agreement to end hostilities between Israel and Syria was signed in Geneva. Getty Images

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British soldiers during the Iraq War. The 2003 US-led invasion exemplified a disregard for international law. PA

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Joint UK-French strike targets ISIS arms cache in Syria

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US forces killed or captured 25 ISIS members in Syria in December

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Syria arrests 21 people allegedly linked to Assad regime in Latakia

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on the end of Syria's Assad-era banknotes

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Women walking at Al Hol camp in October, 2023. Set up by the UN in 1991 to shelter Iraqi refugees fleeing the fallout from the Gulf War, the camp has become one of Syria’s most complex humanitarian and security challenges. AFP

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Syrians cross the Al Kabir River between Syria and Lebanon in March 2025. Reuters

Four missing trying to cross river on Syria-Lebanon border

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