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US military says targeted ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day

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The US military says it has carried out fresh air raids in Syria targeting “Iranian-aligned targets” following a recent rocket strike against American soldiers at a base in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province.
Middle East

US claims attacks in Syria targeted ‘Iranian backed groups’

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The US military has carried out airstrikes against targets in Syria in what the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed was a response to recent raid on US forces by “Iranian-aligned groups” in the country.
Foreign Policy

Iran urges expulsion of Israel from UN

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Iran's Foreign Ministry called Sunday for an arms embargo on Israel and the expulsion of the regime from the United Nations, following a deadly attack in Syria.
Middle East

Syria says two civilians killed in missile attack in Damascus

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Syrian state news agency SANA has quoted a military source as saying two civilians were killed in an Israeli missile attack on the capital Damascus.
Middle East

NGO warns new humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria

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A “new humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Syria”, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned Thursday, as the Israel-Hezbollah war forces tens of thousands of people to flee Lebanon, many to its war-torn neighbor.
Middle East

Iranian Red Crescent says to set up another Hospital on Syria-Lebanon border after Israel attack

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The Iranian Red Crescent Society announced that following the recent attack by Israel on the Red Crescent's field hospital on the Syria-Lebanon border, which resulted in its destruction, the organization will establish a new hospital on the border to continue providing services to the war-affected people of Lebanon.
Int'l Relations

Iran writes letter to the UN to blast Israeli attack on Iranian Red Crescent field hospital in Syria-Lebanon border

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Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York has sent letters to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council president, slamming an Israeli strike on Iran’s makeshift hospital and medical warehouse on the Lebanese-Syrian border on Wednesday.
Middle East

Israel bombs Iranian Red Crescent field hospital in Syria, draws condemnation

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An Iranian Red Crescent field hospital on the Syria-Lebanon border was targeted by Israeli fighter jets, receiving condemnation from Iranian authorities.
Middle East

At least 7 killed in Israeli strike on residential building in Damascus

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At least seven people were killed and 11 others wounded in an Israeli attack on a residential building in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, according to Syrian state broadcaster SANA.
Middle East

Israeli attacks kill three civilians in Damascus

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Three civilians have been killed and nine others wounded in Israeli strikes on Syria’s capital Damascus, according to the state-run media.
Security

Iran rejects Israeli claims of targeting Tehran-related base in Syria

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Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned Israel's deadly strike on Syria, denying the regime's claim that a Tehran-affiliated center was hit in the raid.
Middle East

Israeli strikes kill 16 in central Syria

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Israeli attacks have killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more in central Syria, state media outlets have reported.
Local

Iran’s IRGC aerospace advisor dies of injuries from Syria strike

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A senior Iranian military advisor with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace Unit on Thursday succumbed to his injuries sustained in an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Syria.
Middle East

Erdogan, Assad to hold meeting next month: Report

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad are expected to meet in August, as the two neighboring states are taking steps towards normalization of diplomatic relations after over a decade of hiatus.
Europe

Italy says to appoint ambassador to Syria

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Italy has decided to appoint an envoy to Syria "to turn a spotlight" on the country, its foreign minister announced on Friday, making it the first G7 nation to relaunch its diplomatic mission in Damascus since war consumed the nation.
Europe

Russian, Syrian leaders meet in Kremlin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin on Wednesday evening.
Middle East

Kurdish authorities free dozens of Daesh-linked prisoners in Syria’s Hasakah

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Kurdish-led authorities in Syria’s northeastern   province of Hasakah have released 180 prisoners held on terrorism charges including links to Daesh terror group.
Europe

Putin reassures Assad of Russia’s support for Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, on the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries and reassured him of Moscow’s support for the Arab country’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.
Middle East

Assad says will only meet Erdogan if ‘core’ issues addressed

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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has stated he would only meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if the two countries could focus on the core issues of Ankara's support for "terrorism" and the pullout of Turkish troops from Syrian territory.
Middle East

Syrians voting in parliamentary election

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Syrians are heading to the polls to choose their representatives to the parliament in the fourth election of the legislative body since the 2011 war broke out.
Middle East

Syria sets conditions for restoring ties with Turkey

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The Syrian foreign ministry has reiterated that normalizing relations with Ankara hinges on returning to the status quo before 2011.
Middle East

Syria passenger plane touches down at Saudi airport after over a decade hiatus

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A passenger plane operated by Syria’s flag carrier, Syrian Airlines, has landed in the Saudi capital Riyadh – the first in more than a decade، as part of a thaw in diplomatic relations between Damascus and the Kingdom.
Middle East

Erdogan says to invite Assad for talks to restore Turkey-Syria relations

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Ankara will extend an invitation to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "any time" for possible talks to restore relations between the two neighbours, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has stated.
Middle East

Hundreds arrested during anti-Syria riots in Turkey

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Turkey’s government has urged for calm after violence against Syrian refugees broke out in the central Melikgazi region and spread to other areas.
Middle East

Syrian, Turkish officials to meet in Iraq for restoration of diplomatic relations after over a decade: Report

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Turkish and Syrian officials are expected to meet in the Iraqi capital Baghdad for the potential rapprochement between their respective countries, and restoration of diplomatic ties which were severed more than 12 years ago, media reported.
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