People seeking to travel from Lebanon to Syria. Getty Images

Syria escape route shut to Lebanese as Israel's war with Hezbollah escalates

Post-Assad government has not forgiven Beirut for Hezbollah's intervention in Syria's civil war

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UK to launch its first war crimes trial against member of Assad regime

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Syria foils ISIS car bomb plot with help of Turkish spies

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ExclusiveSyria sends elite troops to border with Lebanon as war spreads

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AnalysisCan a Venezuela scenario develop in Iran with Khamenei eliminated?

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Syria's central bank launches reform review with top US consultant to rebuild global trust

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UN Security Council removes Al Nusra Front and Hayat Tahrir from sanctions list

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Caesar: No Place, No Time draws on testimonies from Syrian detention centres during the Assad era. Photo: Shasha

Syrian Ramadan series on Assad-era prisons ignites backlash

Mustafa Safwan Naamo’s show Caesar: No Place, No Time has divided audiences since premiering last week

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Woman and child killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon's Baalbek

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Syria swaps troops for Druze prisoners in deal brokered by Al Shara's brother

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ISIS launches daily attacks in north-eastern Syria

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ISIS kills Syrian soldier in intensified eastern campaign

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Four killed in 'ISIS attack' on Syrian police checkpoint

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ExclusiveAssad's face vanishes as Syria replaces a third of banknotes in weeks

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A Syrian soldier was killed in an attack on an army compound near Al Mayadin, east of Deir Ezzor. EPA

ISIS kills Syrian soldier in intensified eastern campaign

At least nine Syrian security personnel killed in east as ISIS declares war against President Ahmad Al Shara

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Four killed in 'ISIS attack' on Syrian police checkpoint

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ExclusiveAssad's face vanishes as Syria replaces a third of banknotes in weeks

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Syria names presidential envoy to oversee SDF integration deal

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