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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at the Kremlin in Moscow in October. EPA

Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow

Visit to discuss 'bilateral ties' comes with Bashar Al Assad still exiled in Russia

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Top US senator to push 'Save the Kurds' bill seeking new Syria sanctions

Syrian government's noose tightens around Kurdish SDF

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Ceasefire between Syrian army and Kurdish-led forces extended for 15 days

Ceasefire between Syrian army and Kurdish-led forces extended for 15 days

A previously agreed truce had expired on Saturday

Turkey says Syria-SDF ceasefire may be extended

Syrian government forces in position a few kilometres away from the SDF-held city of Hasakah. Getty Images

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British-born Shamima Begum, from Bethnal Green in London, was persuaded to join ISIS in Syria aged 15 in 2015, and is detained at Al Roj camp. Getty Images

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IAEA director general Rafael Grossi says inspectors 'know there are places of interest where we need to go' in Syria. Getty Images

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Syria’s former vice president Rifaat Al Assad dies, aged 88

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Syria's military reclaimed the country's main energy-producing region of Raqqa and also Deir Ezzor, which houses the Al Omar oil field. EPA

Syria’s energy sector set to get a boost after Kurdish oilfield takeover

Repair of damaged infrastructure and security remain key to increasing production, analysts say

Al Shara expected to pay Washington for abandoning Kurdish ally, Syrian sources say

Syrian government announces four-day ceasefire after new agreement with SDF

Fate of dozens of Assad regime figures in Lebanon to top Damascus–Beirut talks

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Iraq cleric wants troops sent to Syrian border to deter ISIS resurgence

Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara cancels visit to Germany

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