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Updated March 25, 2023 at 11:15 PM Published March 25, 2023 at 3:59 PM WASHINGTON – The conflict in north-east Syria escalated on Friday as Iran-backed militias launched a volley of rocket and drone attacks against coalition bases after American reprisals for a drone attack that killed a US contractor…

U.S. soldiers walk while on patrol by the Suwaydiyah oil fields in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province in 2021. Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images President Biden on Friday said the U.S. will "act forcefully" to protect its troops and other personnel in Syria after a drone strike by suspected Iranian…

BEIRUT (AP) — A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria, and U.S. forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the Pentagon said. Activists said the U.S. bombing killed…

Last Updated: March 24, 2023, 06:39 IST Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Chinese leader Wang Yi, Iran’s security official Ali Shamkhani, and Saudi security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban pose for pictures during a meeting in Beijing, China March 10, 2023. (Image: Reuters) The report gave no timeline for the move,…

RAMALLAH: Undercover Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the first day of Ramadan, raising fears that there will be no letup in the Palestinian bloodshed during the month of fasting and reflection. Israeli forces stormed the northern city of Tulkarem.…

On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Yemen, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, and Kuwait announced that Wednesday is the completion of the month of Sha’ban, and Thursday is the first day of Ramadan for the year 1444 AH. The Saudi Royal Court announced, on Tuesday, that Thursday is…

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Emirati fighter jets escorted the plane carrying Bashar Al Assad as he entered the country's airspace Photos: Mohamed bin Zayed/Twitter By WAM Published: Sun 19 Mar 2023, 2:42 PM Last updated: Sun 19 Mar 2023, 9:11 PM Bashar Al Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic, arrived today in the…

President Sheikh Mohamed met Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, where the two leaders discussed stability in the Middle East. The Syrian leader and first lady Asma Al Assad arrived on an official visit on Sunday. The couple were welcomed at a ceremony at Qasr Al…

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser at a press conference in Ottawa, Canada, October 26, 2021. AFPMONTRAEAL: Canada on Saturday moved to ease immigration for Turkish and Syrian citizens already in the country, a month after an earthquake killed more than 50,000 people in the two countries.  The 7.8…