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EU President to make first post-Assad visit to Syria to support recovery

Bloc is setting up 'technical assistance hub' as official tells The National new context in Syria is 'hopeful and challenging'

Egypt to export gas and petroleum products to Syria

Case against Syrians accused of funding extremists dismissed

Egypt's military increasing support to Lebanon’s army, sources say

CommentSuperpowers are failing to heed the lessons of regime change

Joint UK-French strike targets ISIS arms cache in Syria

Syrian security force member killed in Aleppo suicide attack

US forces killed or captured 25 ISIS members in Syria in December

Centcom launched operations in response to killing of two US soldiers and an interpreter in Palmyra

Syria arrests 21 people allegedly linked to Assad regime in Latakia

Today's cartoonShadi's take on the end of Syria's Assad-era banknotes

Syria imposes curfew in Latakia after sectarian violence

EditorialSyria has an opportunity to empty its 'ISIS camps' for good

No faces, no places: Syria unveils new banknotes to replace Assad-era currency

Security deployments in Syria's coastal region aimed at 'restoring calm'

EditorialSyria has an opportunity to empty its 'ISIS camps' for good

Dozens of Syrian families are being reintegrated into society but departure programmes need more help

No faces, no places: Syria unveils new banknotes to replace Assad-era currency

Security deployments in Syria's coastal region aimed at 'restoring calm'

Syria's Alawites protest after deadly mosque bombing

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