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Republican US congressmen visit Syria, meet with new leadership, local Christians
PA leader Mahmoud Abbas separately meets with Syrian counterpart in Damascus; Syria's FM to reportedly soon visit US as ...
U.S. congressmen visit Syria in first trip since Assad's ouster
Two U.S. Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the ...
G.O.P. Lawmakers in Syria Say They See Opportunity to Help Rebuild the Nation
Two Republican congressmen were expected to meet the country’s new leaders and to visit areas destroyed during the long civil ...
‘From dictatorship to occupation’: Syrian civilians caught in Israeli advance
Residents of southwestern Syria say they fear the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Syria’s new authorities.
Exclusive: Israel hit Syrian bases scoped by Turkey, hinting at regional showdown, sources say
The bombardment signals the risks of a deepening rift between two powerful regional militaries over Syria, where Islamist ...
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US to reduce military footprint in Syria to fewer than 1,000 troops
The departure would return force levels to where they had been for years, after the U.S. and its allies waged a multiyear campaign to defeat ISIS.
Exclusive—Syria's New 'Resistance' Takes on Israel and a US 'Axis of Evil'
Uli al-Baas told Newsweek it believes the U.S. "is the sponsor of chaos, terrorism and evil around the world." ...
Peace between Israel and Syria is possible, Damascus businessman tells 'Post'
After being stripped of his Syrian citizenship by the Assad regime, he now holds Canadian citizenship and has built a ...
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US to pull 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to fight IS
The US will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic ...