Police stand guard during a protest in Amman. Three personnel were killed in the raid in the east of the capital. Getty Images

Jordan sentences drug dealer to death for killing three security personnel

Killing in tribal area shook the kingdom, a market and main conduit for narcotics in the region

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Syrian Foreign Minister Al Shibani arrives in Algiers for ice-breaking visit

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Oil and gas data helps uncover extraordinary history of the Euphrates

Gulf

Syria sets up tourism police unit amid plans to build new attractions

Economy

Flooding masks Syria’s ‘catastrophic’ water shortage caused by illegal wells

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Syria must focus on ‘bankable projects’ to boost foreign investment

Economy

Euphrates River flooding recedes in eastern Syria

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The Al Abbasi family was arrested by Bashar Al Assad's intelligence services in 2013. Photo: Sana

Revealed: Assad regime 'killed six children' of dissident Syrian chess champion

Missing persons unit says children of Rania Al Abbasi are dead, with Assad spymaster Amjad Youssef a suspect

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Al Shara visits Syria's flood zones after week of mayhem on the Euphrates

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CommentLebanon and Syria have a historic chance to remake the Levant

Comment

Flood alerts issued in Syria and Iraq after water releases by Turkey

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Syria finds remnants of Assad's chemical weapons

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Syria to convene parliament after elections in regained territory

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Averse to political Islam, Egypt cautiously develops ties with post-Assad Syria

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A scientific research centre in Damascus bombed by the US after a suspected chemical attack by the Assad regime in 2018. EPA

Syria finds remnants of Assad's chemical weapons

Discovery includes munitions and ingredients used to make sarin

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Syria to convene parliament after elections in regained territory

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Averse to political Islam, Egypt cautiously develops ties with post-Assad Syria

MENA

Rakan Mayasi brings deeply personal debut about arranged marriage to Cannes

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