A funeral procession for Mohammad Ghamira departs a hospital in Latakia. Photo: Sana

Seven Syrian security personnel arrested after released detainee dies

Civil defence volunteer Mohammad Ghamira allegedly beaten at police station

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DispatchA Syrian town's battle to rebuild after Hezbollah's scorched-earth campaign

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Syria and Iraq agree to form judicial committees to review ISIS prisoner cases

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InterviewLebanon and Syria push economic reset with Damascus investment conference planned

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CommentThe death sentence against Bashar Al Assad is a bittersweet pill for Syrians to swallow

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Assad has been sentenced - but 3,500 former regime figures remain at large

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Syria submits protest letter to UN over Colombia's announcement

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Jordanian soldiers patrol along the border with Syria to prevent trafficking. AFP

Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Kurdistan officials meet to discuss border threats

Shared borders have long been vulnerable to weapons and drug smuggling

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Exclusive'I fainted with every electric shock': Syrian dissident tells of torture at hands of condemned Assad cousin

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on a death sentence for Syria's former president

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New York first lady Rama Duwaji 'set to visit Lebanon and Syria'

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IAEA to visit Syria over nuclear material left by Assad regime

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Who are the nine Assad regime officials sentenced to death in Syria?

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Damascus court sentences Bashar Al Assad and eight others to death

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The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency is to remove nuclear material from a site in Syria under a US-brokered agreement. Reuters

IAEA to visit Syria over nuclear material left by Assad regime

Visit will follow months of US diplomatic efforts to reach understanding with Syria and Israel over 'Site 99'

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Who are the nine Assad regime officials sentenced to death in Syria?

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Damascus court sentences Bashar Al Assad and eight others to death

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AnalysisSyria and Russia save face with deal on military bases

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