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US may let Kurdish militants to keep arms after Syria pullout: Officials
Dec 29, 2018 08:46US officials say the Pentagon is considering recommending that Kurdish militants be allowed to keep American-supplied weapons after the withdrawal of troops from Syria.
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Trump pulls troops out of Syria in desperate attempt to save his presidency
Dec 29, 2018 07:06On December 19, Donald Trump announced in a Twitter message: "Our boys, our young women, our men, they're all coming back and they're coming back now. We won". Shortly thereafter, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement: "We have started the process of returning US troops home from Syria as we transition to the next phase of the campaign".
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Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz next Arab leader in line to visit Damascus
Dec 29, 2018 05:23Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is reportedly going to pay an official visit to Syria early next year amid promising signs that the incumbent Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad is being admitted back into the Arab world.
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Experts restoring Syria’s ancient artifacts as it returns to normality
Dec 29, 2018 04:46Experts at the Damascus National Museum in Syria have been trying to restore ancient relics damaged during more than seven years of deadly war in the Arab state, as the world prepares itself to bring life in the Arab country back to normality with the defeat of terrorism.
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Flash floods hit Syrian refugee camp
Dec 29, 2018 03:28Heavy rain and flooding wreaked havoc in Syria's Atma refugee camp, Turkish NGO Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said in a written statement on Friday, December 28.
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Turkey will have no business in Syria's Manbij if YPG leaves, says Erdogan
Dec 29, 2018 03:19Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s military forces will have no business in Syria’s northern town of Manbij once Kurdish militants from the US-backed People's Protection Units (YPG) withdraw from the area.
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Kuwait to reopen embassy in Syria for first time in seven years
Dec 29, 2018 02:23In another sign of thawing relations between the Syrian government and the Arab world after years of diplomatic row in the wake of foreign-sponsored militancy, Kuwait has announced plans to reopen its embassy in Damascus next month.
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Russia, Turkey, Iran to hold talks on Syria conflict early next week
Dec 28, 2018 14:11Russia, Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran are set to hold a new round of talks on the ongoing foreign-sponsored Syria crisis early next year, in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s decision last week to withdraw American troops from the war-ravaged Arab country.
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Iran welcomes Manbij liberation by Syrian army
Dec 28, 2018 12:05Iran deems the raising of Syria’s national flag in the city of Manbij an important step toward the establishment of the legitimate rule of Syrian government over the entire country, Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
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Syrian army enters Manbij near Turkish border, raises flag
Dec 28, 2018 09:07The Syrian army has entered Manbij near the Turkish border, marking the return of territories held by US-backed militants to the government fold for the first time in years, an army spokesman said Friday.