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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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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.
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Following UAE, Bahrain set to reopen diplomatic mission in Syria
Dec 28, 2018 02:14Arab states are preparing to restore their presence in Syria after years of absence following the outbreak of a foreign-sponsored conflict more than seven years ago, with Bahrain being the next in the line of countries to reopen its embassy in Damascus.
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UAE to reopen embassy in Syria on Thursday: Damascus
Dec 27, 2018 10:23The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will officially reopen its embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Thursday, the Syrian Information Ministry has announced.
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Israeli airstrikes on Syria put civilian flights in danger: Russia
Dec 26, 2018 12:21Russia has condemned as “provocative” the latest Israeli regime airstrikes on Syria, saying they had endangered two civilian flights.
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Syrian forces march into Arima village near Kurdish-held Manbij
Dec 25, 2018 16:46Syrian army soldiers, supported by Russian troops, have marched into a village in the country’s northern province of Aleppo, after US-sponsored and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) decided to hand it over to government forces.
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Trump: Saudi Arabia, not US, will pay to rebuild Syria
Dec 25, 2018 10:57US President Donald Trump has said that Saudi Arabia, not the United States, will provide funds to help rebuild Syria, destroyed, in fact, mostly by American and Saudi sponsored terrorists.
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US withdrawal would hand northeastern Syria to Turks
Dec 24, 2018 17:31The Trump administration is set to rapidly withdraw US military forces from northeastern Syria, where it has occupied around 30 percent of Syrian territory since mid-2016.