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Several European countries to reopen embassies in Damascus in near future
Jun 01, 2021 07:13Western diplomatic sources in Syria say they expect a number of European countries to reopen diplomatic missions in Damascus in the “near future” after President Bashar al-Assad won a landslide re-election victory last week.
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Iran, Russia, China congratulate Syria’s Assad on decisive victory in reelection
May 28, 2021 10:14Iran, Russia and China have separately congratulated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for achieving a landslide victory and winning his fourth seven-year term in the 2021 presidential election.
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Criticism of Syria vote shows West detached from reality: FM Mekdad
May 27, 2021 08:03Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad says the Western states’ criticism about the presidential election in the West Asian country shows they are detached from reality.
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South Africa warns of 'vaccine apartheid' amid hoarding by rich nations
May 11, 2021 06:40South Africa’s president has warned of “vaccine apartheid” as millions of people in poor countries are dying of the coronavirus with no access to vaccines and wealthy countries are hogging shots.
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Putin vows to 'firmly' defend Russia's interests
May 09, 2021 10:32President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia will “firmly” defend national interests, at a time of soaring tensions between Moscow and the West.
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Leaked documents prove UK funded terrorists inside Syria: Assad's top aide
May 09, 2021 06:43A senior aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has charged the United Kingdom with funding terrorist groups operation in Syria to stoke further unrest in the West Asian country and said Western states were exerting pressure on Syrian officials to dissent from the government.
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Russia expels more diplomats from some Western-aligned countries
Apr 28, 2021 11:55Russia has given one week to seven diplomats from some Western-aligned countries to leave, in a tit-for-tat move against the backdrop of the expulsion of Russian diplomats.
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West creating mechanism to discredit unfavorable states in OPCW: Russian envoy
Apr 21, 2021 06:49Russia's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Alexander Shulgin, says Western countries are formulating a mechanism in the international body in order to discredit states which they view as unfavorable.
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Russia warns Turkey, other states against fueling militarization in Ukraine
Apr 13, 2021 07:26Russia has warned Turkey against fueling the Ukrainian government’s “never-ending militarization sentiments,” amid speculation that Kiev may be planning to launch a new offensive against the Russian-speaking Donbass region in Ukraine.
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OPCW likely to repeat claims about chemical weapons use in Syria: Russian diplomat
Apr 07, 2021 06:41A senior Russian diplomat has warned that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) would likely repeat its allegations about chemical weapons use in Syria in order to implicate army troops and the Damascus government.