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Turkiye won’t halt Syria military activity until Kurd fighters ‘disarm’

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Members of the Syrian National Army, which is backed by Turkey, stand guard on the tarmac after the first flight arrived from Damascus International Airport to Aleppo International Airport, following the ousting of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, December 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ankara will push ahead with its military preparations until…

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Putin denies Russian defeat in Syria, says he plans to meet Assad

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year press conference and phone-in, in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (December 19, 2024) that Russia had not been defeated in Syria and that Moscow had made proposals to the new rulers in Damascus to maintain Russia’s…

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Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russians evacuated him from Syria

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their…

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Blinken Asks Turkey’s Erdogan For Protection Of Syria Civilians

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Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday that Syrian civilians need to be protected after Ankara-backed Islamists overthrew the Damascus government. The top US diplomat met late Thursday for more than an hour with Erdogan at a lounge at the airport of the capital Ankara, moments after…

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S Jaishankar, UAE Counterpart To Hold Strategic Talks Today, Syria On Agenda

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New Delhi: India and the United Arab Emirates will look to further their already-strong strategic partnership to an all-time high when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will meet in Delhi today for a comprehensive strategic dialogue. Mr Jaishankar and Sheikh Al Nahyan will review the entire gamut…

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S Jaishankar, UAE Counterpart To Hold Strategic Talks Today, Syria On Agenda

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New Delhi: India and the United Arab Emirates will look to further their already-strong strategic partnership to an all-time high when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will meet in Delhi today for a comprehensive strategic dialogue. Mr Jaishankar and Sheikh Al Nahyan will review the entire gamut…

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Syrian Rebels Say Take Control Of Eastern City Of Deir Ezzor

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Beirut: Syrian rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that they had taken the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, while a war monitor confirmed Kurdish forces had withdrawn. “Our forces have seized the entire city of Deir Ezzor,” the rebels said in a statement, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor…

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Israeli Army Says Conducted About 480 Strikes In Syria In 48 hours

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Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Tuesday that it conducted about 480 strikes over the past 48 hours on strategic military targets in Syria, days after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. “Within the last 48 hours, the IDF (army) struck most of the strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria, preventing them from falling into the hands…

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75 Indians Evacuated From War-Torn Syria

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New Delhi: India on Tuesday evacuated 75 Indian nationals from Syria, two days after rebel forces overthrew President Bashar Assad’s authoritarian government. The evacuation, coordinated by the embassies of India in Damascus and Beirut, was put into effect following an assessment of the security situation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. “The Government of…

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Mystery Surrounds Whereabouts Of Assad, Who Boarded Flight From Syria

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Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Bashar al-Assad, who was no longer in Damascus when rebels captured the Syrian capital on Sunday, ending more than five decades of his family’s rule. Two senior army officers said Assad had boarded a plane early on Sunday in Damascus for an unknown destination. Russia, one of Assad’s closest allies,…

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