The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, with Syrian officials. Ahmad Fallaha / The National
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UAE and Syria hold first business forum since Assad's fall

Gulf and Emirati investors are moving quickly to help with reconstruction following removal of sanctions

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Tortured children and missing fingernails: Charges against Assad general

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Al Shara removes elder brother but system remains in Syrian leader's tight grip

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Lebanese Prime Minister discusses security co-operation with Syria's Al Shara

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ISIS-linked women arrested in Australia on slavery and terrorism charges

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Syrian consulate opens in Jeddah after 14-year closure

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Sara Shamma brings Syria’s cultural renewal to Venice Biennale

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Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara with Mohamed Alabbar, founder of Emaar Properties. Photo: Sana Al-Abbar is an Emirati businessman known for founding Emaar Properties, a real estate development company involved in projects such as the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall.

Emaar Properties founder Alabbar meets Al Shara in Syria

UAE business delegation meets President on tour of the country

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Syria arrests armed Uzbek fighters after stand-off in Idlib

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Syria foils 'Hezbollah assassination plot' with raids across country

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Jordan's air raids on Syrian border highlight emergence of new breed of drug smugglers

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Grenade attack kills Syrian cleric near Sayyida Zaynab shrine in Damascus

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Syria detains Assad-era general over sarin gas attack

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EditorialWhy Syria's justice system will face as much scrutiny as Assad-era defendants

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A car damaged in the explosion near the Sayyida Zaynab shrine, in Damascus. Photo: X

Grenade attack kills Syrian cleric near Sayyida Zaynab shrine in Damascus

Authorities open investigation after blast in capital

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Syria detains Assad-era general over sarin gas attack

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EditorialWhy Syria's justice system will face as much scrutiny as Assad-era defendants

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On trial for atrocities: Proceedings against Assad regime officials under way

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