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The Worst Drought in Decades Is Threatening Syria’s Fragile Recovery From Years of Civil War Syria

The Worst Drought in Decades Is Threatening Syria’s Fragile Recovery From Years of Civil War

The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are in the grips of one of their worst droughts in decades, which is drying rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and even leading to water cutoffs in major cities Hussein Malla A drone view shows dramatically low water levels at Lake Qaraoun, one of…
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September 4, 2025
50-Million-Year-Old Sea Turtle Unearthed in Syria Stuns Paleontologists Syria

50-Million-Year-Old Sea Turtle Unearthed in Syria Stuns Paleontologists

Carapace of Syriemys lelunensis: The genus name combines the Greek words Συρία (Suría) and ἐμύς (emús), i.e., “Syria” und “turtle.” Credit: Wafa Adel Alhalabi Scientists discovered Syriemys lelunensis, a 50-million-year-old fossil sea turtle from Syria. Near the city of Afrin in Syria, an international group of scientists, including members of…
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September 4, 2025
Israel’s ‘War for Peace’ in Syria Tests New Leader’s Hold on Power Syria

Israel’s ‘War for Peace’ in Syria Tests New Leader’s Hold on Power

Israel's simultaneous push for peace and ongoing attacks in Syria are putting the country's brand-new leader to the test, threatening to undermine his nascent rule as the hardline Islamist fighters who helped bring him to power risk turning against him. Syrian Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the former Islamist rebel chief…
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September 2, 2025
France seeks arrest of Assad, six other former top Syrian officials over 2012 attack Syria

France seeks arrest of Assad, six other former top Syrian officials over 2012 attack

PARIS (Reuters) -French investigating judges have issued arrest warrants for seven former top Syrian officials, including ex-President Bashar al-Assad, for the bombing of a press centre in Homs in 2012, a judicial source and a human rights organisation said on Tuesday. Homs, in western Syria, was a major rebel stronghold…
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September 2, 2025