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Syrian army units continue patrol and deployment activities along the Lebanon border, in the Qalamoun region north-east of Damascus, in January. AFP

The tension rising between Syria and Hezbollah in the shadow of the Iran war

Both sides have much to lose if the border situation spins out of control

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Syria reopens key eastern road as tension with SDF eases and displaced return

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

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

Syria foils ISIS car bomb plot with help of Turkish spies

Syria sends elite troops to border with Lebanon as war spreads

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