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Syria signs cooperation declaration with Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State, minister says Syria

Syria signs cooperation declaration with Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State, minister says

(Reuters) -Syria recently signed a political cooperation declaration with the Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State, the Syrian information minister said in a post on X post on Monday. "The agreement is political and until now contains no military components," he said. (Reporting by Timour Azhari; Editing by Chris Reese)…
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November 10, 2025
Trump buys time with Syria sanctions waiver as Congress wrestles over repeal Syria

Trump buys time with Syria sanctions waiver as Congress wrestles over repeal

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November 10, 2025
Lebanon releases son of Libya’s Gaddafi after almost decade in detention Syria

Lebanon releases son of Libya’s Gaddafi after almost decade in detention

TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Libya's late leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released on Monday after almost a decade of detention without trial in Lebanon over the disappearance of a Shi'ite Muslim cleric, Lebanon's National News Agency said. Gaddafi was abducted in 2015 by militants in Syria, where he…
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November 10, 2025
Germany moves to begin deporting Syrian migrants, asylum-seekers now that civil war is over Syria

Germany moves to begin deporting Syrian migrants, asylum-seekers now that civil war is over

"There are now absolutely no grounds for asylum in Germany, and therefore we can begin deportations." Germany is moving to deport Syrian migrants back to their own country now that the civil war in that Middle Eastern nation is over. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that there's no longer any reason…
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November 10, 2025
Syria’s jihadist-turned-president caps extraordinary transformation with White House visit Syria

Syria’s jihadist-turned-president caps extraordinary transformation with White House visit

Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria’s president is capping his transformation from jihadist to global statesman in a historic visit to the White House that says as much about the young leader as it does his push for his country’s diplomatic reinvention. Ahmad al-Sharaa’s meeting on…
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November 10, 2025
A day after US removes him from ‘terrorism list’, Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives in Washington DC Syria

A day after US removes him from ‘terrorism list’, Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives in Washington DC

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday for a historic official visit, his country's state news agency reported. The visit comes just a day after Washington removed him from its terrorism blacklist. Sharaa, whose rebel forces overthrew longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is scheduled…
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November 9, 2025