A member of the National Guard in Sweida, whose uniform displays the Israeli flag and a portrait of Druze leader Sheikh Hikmat Al Hijri. Hasan Belal for The National

Special report‘Israel will not abandon us’: Separatist Sweida poses new threat for fragile Syria

The National's interviews with residents, local officials and commanders reveal a complex picture of a scarred city

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Saudi Arabia signs Syria investment deals in sectors from aviation to property

Aviation

As Syria rebuilds, artisans of Damascus fear their crafts could be left behind

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Lebanon and Syria sign deal to repatriate more than 300 prisoners to Damascus

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Rise and fall of Mazloum Abdi, the Syrian Kurdish commander all but abandoned by the US

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InterviewKurdistan's Prime Minister calls for 'sustainable solution' for Syria's Kurds

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France tells Syria fighting ISIS is ‘priority'

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Inside Al Hol camp in Syria's Hasakah province. For years, these detention facilities and camps have represented a clear point of imbalance in the regional security equation. Getty

CommentIraq is moving to prevent the return of ISIS in a new form

It seeks to transform itself from a country shaped by the repercussions of conflict to one actively contributing to the architecture of what comes after it

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Lebanon wants 'majority' of million Syrian refugees to return home this year

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Syria seizes 75 hot-air balloons from Captagon smugglers

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Fears for environment after Israel drops unknown chemicals on Lebanon an

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AnalysisSyria's Kurdish question 'postponed, not ended' as US-brokered deal kicks in

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Syrian forces sent to Kobani, Hasakah and Qamishli under integration deal

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Iraq begins investigations into ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria

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The Syrian flag is raised next to an army checkpoint on the outskirts of Hasakah. Reuters

AnalysisSyria's Kurdish question 'postponed, not ended' as US-brokered deal kicks in

Fighting between central government and SDF stopped but few expect long-term solution

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Syrian forces sent to Kobani, Hasakah and Qamishli under integration deal

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Iraq begins investigations into ISIS prisoners transferred from Syria

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EditorialSyria's imperfect peace is better than further fighting

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