Syria has sentenced Bashar Al Assad to death in absentia for mass murder
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Damascus court sentences Bashar Al Assad and eight others to death

Court orders former Syrian president and his brother Maher Al Assad to be pursued internationally

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AnalysisSyria and Russia save face with deal on military bases

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Violence mars return of displaced Syrian Kurds to border town after nearly seven years

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Syria and Russia agree to transform military bases into joint training centres

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How regional turmoil and US pressure have drawn Iraq and Syria closer together

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Syria removes three civil war-era commanders in army shake-up

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on the reopening of Syria's Deir Ezzor airport

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An explosive device detonated inside the bus in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana. AFP

Explosion on bus kills at least two people near Damascus

Syrian state-owned television says several others were injured

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Turkey and Syria pledge closer defence ties

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Syria's Deir Ezzor airport reopens after 14 years

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ISIS 'remains serious threat despite counterterrorism efforts'

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Syria's Al Shara meets Kurdish leader Abdi as regional dynamics strengthen Damascus

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Syria's economic recovery 'accelerating' but poverty remains widespread, IMF says

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UAE restarts Syria business council as investors seek post-war opportunities

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Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara, centre left, receives Mazloum Abdi, head of the SDF, centre right, in Damascus. Sana

Syria's Al Shara meets Kurdish leader Abdi as regional dynamics strengthen Damascus

Two discussed stalled deal under which SDF would effectively be dissolved

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Syria's economic recovery 'accelerating' but poverty remains widespread, IMF says

Economy

UAE restarts Syria business council as investors seek post-war opportunities

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President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region welcomed by Syria's Al Shara in Damascus

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