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Tunisian leader calls meeting with Syria’s Assad ‘historic,’ buries memories of Arab Spring
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Smiles, a handshake and what Tunisian President Kais Saied called a “historic meeting” with the…
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Ukrainian president attends Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, where many leaders are close to Moscow
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of an Arab summit on Friday,…
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Syrian president heads to Saudi Arabia for regional summit, sealing country’s return to Arab fold
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad headed to Saudi Arabia on Thursday to attend a regional summit,…
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Returning to the Arab fold, Syria’s president invited to UAE-hosted COP28 climate
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate…
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Back in the Arab League after 12 years, Syria urges group to invest in war-torn country
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Monday called on Arab countries to invest in the war-torn nation, now again a…
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Syria’s main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past, get off Western terrorism lists
IDLIB, Syria (AP) — The leader of an insurgent group that rules much of northwest Syria rose to notoriety over…
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Syria extends opening of 2 border crossings with Turkey for quake aid
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed to extend by another three months the use of two border…
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Hezbollah leader denies reports linking the Iran-backed group to Syria’s drug dealer
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has denounced as “baseless lies” reports that one of Syria’s…
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War, natural disasters left record 71 million people internally displaced in 2022, report says
The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to…
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Turkey and Syria agree to improve ties after talks in Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Syria and Turkey agreed Wednesday to set up a “roadmap” to improve strained ties, following talks alongside…
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