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CAIRO (Reuters) -Syria's foreign minister, Asaad al-Shibani, met an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday to discuss bolstering stability in the region and southern Syria, Syria's state news agency SANA reported. Syrian and Israeli officials have been conducting U.S.-mediated talks on de-escalating the conflict in southern Syria. The discussions between…

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About 400 million children (one in five) live in or are fleeing war. Photo: File On 19 August 2003, a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 22 humanitarian aid workers, including a United Nations special representative of the secretary general for Iraq. Five years later, the…

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A lot has happened in just a year on both sides of the Lebanon-Syria border. A lightning offensive by Islamist insurgents in Syria toppled longtime autocrat Bashar Assad and brought a new government in place in Damascus. In Lebanon, a bruising war with Israel dealt a serious blow to Hezbollah…

A recent UN report has accused Syria’s interim government forces and Assad loyalists of likely committing war crimes during March’s sectarian violence, which killed around 1,400 people, mainly civilians. The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry found no evidence that Damascus authorities ordered the attacks. However, it documented revenge killings, torture,…

Why AL-Monitor? AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the highest levels, as well as by media, thought and business leaders and academia. Live news & notifications…

Foreign fighters and others who joined Syria's civil war from abroad have petitioned the new Islamist-led government for citizenship, arguing they have earned it after sweeping to power with rebels who ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad. The fate of foreign fighters has loomed large since Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took…

Democracy Dies in Darkness Earlier this year, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard allowed the Tice family to view newly declassified raw intelligence files that Debra Tice says point to information that could help ascertain her son’s whereabouts. August 14, 2025 Debra Tice, the mother of missing U.S. journalist Austin…

Syria, Al Mazra': Bedouin tribal fighters roam the village of Al-Mazra'a on their way to the city of Sweida after seizing control of the village and the withdrawal of Druze forces. Photo: Moawia Atrash/dpa The U.S. is working to negotiate an agreement between Israel and Syria to allow the transfer…