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US sanctions dozens including Assad wife in new Syria campaign
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US sanctions dozens including Assad wife in new Syria campaign

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s wife and dozens of others as it vowed…
For Syrian family with 16 children, life at Turkish border only gets harder
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For Syrian family with 16 children, life at Turkish border only gets harder

IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) — Providing for 16 children including four sets of twins is only getting harder for Ahmad Yassin…
Syria’s Assad fires his PM amid worsening economic crisis
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Syria’s Assad fires his PM amid worsening economic crisis

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad has fired his prime minister a month ahead of elections as the…
Airstrikes again hit Syria’s rebel area, displace thousands
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Airstrikes again hit Syria’s rebel area, displace thousands

BEIRUT (AP) — Suspected Russian airstrikes pounded villages on the edge of the last rebel enclave in northwestern Syria, sending…
Syria: New US sanctions set to make Assad squirm
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Syria: New US sanctions set to make Assad squirm

Wide-ranging new sanctions are designed to isolate anyone doing business with Bashar al-Assad’s government. But with the population reeling from…
Syrian pound hits record low ahead of new US sanctions: dealers
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Syrian pound hits record low ahead of new US sanctions: dealers

AMMAN (Reuters) — The Syrian pound sank to a new record low on Monday as investors scrambled for dollars ahead…
Syrian stock market halts trading for Assad cousin’s company
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Syrian stock market halts trading for Assad cousin’s company

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s stock market on Tuesday suspended trading for the largest cellular company in the country, owned by…
Syria bars Assad’s cousin from travel amid financial dispute
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Syria bars Assad’s cousin from travel amid financial dispute

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian court has ordered a travel ban on the cousin of the country’s president and one…
Former Syrian secret police officer testifies he’s innocent
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Former Syrian secret police officer testifies he’s innocent

BERLIN (AP) — A former Syrian secret police colonel testified in a German court Monday that he was not involved…
Syrian tycoon says government ordered him to step down from mobile operator
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Syrian tycoon says government ordered him to step down from mobile operator

AMMAN (Reuters) — Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf issued a video statement on Sunday saying officials had told him to quit…
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