Syria’s interim president visits Saudi Arabia on first trip abroad, likely a signal to Iran
Syria’s interim president made his first trip abroad Sunday, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’ shift away from Iran ...
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Syria’s interim leader holds talks with key ally Turkey on his second international trip
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Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help
posting pictures of her in conversation with Mr. al-Shara at the presidential palace. Although she had no new information on her son’s whereabouts, Ms. Tice, who arrived in Damascus on Saturday ...
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Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria
He stood in the presidential palace and faced the Kremlin’s envoys for a long-awaited reckoning. The talks that ensued, the first between Moscow and Damascus since the end of the nearly 14-year ...
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Chemical weapons agency chief says Damascus meetings first step towards improved ties
DAMASCUS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday meetings he had with Syria's new leaders in Damascus were a first step towards ...
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Syria’s interim president visits Saudi Arabia on first trip abroad, likely a signal to Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Syria’s interim president made his first trip abroad Sunday, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’ shift away from Iran as ...
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Former Student Had Replica Weapons On Middle School Campus In Maryland, Sheriff Says
The incident happened on Monday, Feb. 3, at around 10:20 a.m., when a minor was spotted walking outside Mattawoman Middle School during class hours, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office.
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Austin Tice's mother, in Damascus, hopes to find son missing since 2012
DAMASCUS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - (This Dec. 18 story has been corrected to show that the New York Times first reported Tice's escape, in paragraph 11) The mother of American journalist Austin Tice ...
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Post-Assad, Damascus is coming back to life. But Syria’s artists fear a new clampdown under Islamist rule
But as the manager of the Madad cultural center in Damascus, the trained lighting technician has reason to worry. On New Year’s Eve, armed men stormed the historic stone building. «They told me ...
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American journalist Austin Tice's mother, in Damascus, hopes to find missing son
The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived in Damascus to step up the search for her son and said she hopes she ...