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Denmark tells Syrian refugees to return to Damascus
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Denmark tells Syrian refugees to return to Damascus

Aya Abo Daher had just graduated high school in the Danish town of Nyborg and was looking forward to celebrating the…
Syrian air force may have dropped chlorine bomb on town in rebel area in 2018 – chemical arms watchdog
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Syrian air force may have dropped chlorine bomb on town in rebel area in 2018 – chemical arms watchdog

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The global chemical weapons watchdog has “reasonable grounds to believe” that Syria’s air force dropped a chlorine…
Inside secret Syria talks aimed at freeing American hostages
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Inside secret Syria talks aimed at freeing American hostages

Last summer, two US officials ventured into hostile territory for a secret high-stakes meeting with American adversaries. The Syrian government…
Syria to close schools and universities over virus surge
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Syria to close schools and universities over virus surge

BEIRUT (AP) — Primary schools around Syria will close down indefinitely next week amid a severe increase of coronavirus cases…
Syrian Kurdish forces end sweep in camp housing IS families
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Syrian Kurdish forces end sweep in camp housing IS families

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Kurdish-led forces on Friday ended a five-day sweep inside a sprawling camp in the country’s northeast…
Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria’s crisis
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Donors pledge more than $6 billion to tackle Syria’s crisis

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union, the US and dozens of other nations pledged $6.4 billion in aid Tuesday to…
Syrian who fled to Germany drops out of race for parliament
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Syrian who fled to Germany drops out of race for parliament

BERLIN (AP) — A Syrian man who came to Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2015 and was running for a…
Syria says Assad, his wife have recovered from coronavirus
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Syria says Assad, his wife have recovered from coronavirus

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have recovered from COVID-19 and returned to their regular duties…
US-backed Syrian forces raid camp of IS families, arrest 9
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US-backed Syrian forces raid camp of IS families, arrest 9

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Kurdish-led forces, with assistance from the US-led coalition, launched a military operation Sunday at a…
Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’
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Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’

BEIRUT (AP) — At age 19, Fatima al-Omar is at her wits’ end. In the last year alone, she lost…
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