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Syria Promises Justice Over Human Rights Violations in Sweida
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Syria’s interim government issued a forceful condemnation on Wednesday over a series of alleged human rights violations in the southern province of Sweida, promising to pursue legal action against those responsible. In an official...
Syria denounces Israeli attack on its territory
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Syria has forcefully condemned recent Israeli airstrikes on its southern territory, describing the attacks as a "treacherous aggression" and a serious breach of international law. In an official statement, the Syrian Foreign Ministry...
Egypt Denounces Israeli Airstrikes in Syria, Lebanon
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Egypt strongly condemned Israel on Wednesday over a wave of airstrikes in Syria and Lebanon, denouncing them as a “violation” of both nations' sovereignty and a “breach” of international law. In an official statement, the Egyptian Foreign...
UN Chief Alarmed by Violent Clashes in Syria’s Druze Region
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed profound alarm over the ongoing violent clashes in Syria’s Suweida governorate, a region predominantly inhabited by Druze communities, where numerous casualties have been reported,...
Syria Declares Ceasefire in Sweida
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN) Syrian defense officials announced a full ceasefire Tuesday in the southern Sweida province after days of intense fighting among Druze militias, Bedouin tribes, and the interim government’s forces, according to defense chief Murhaf Abu...
Israel Attacks Suwayda Region in Syria
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN) On Tuesday, an Israeli warplane carried out a strike in Suwayda, a province in southern Syria predominantly inhabited by the Druze community. The aerial assault targeted the heart of the region, intensifying already heightened tensions in...
Israeli warplanes strike Syria
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN) Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes Monday on areas surrounding Suwayda city in southern Syria, according to Syrian state media reports. The state news agency reported that Israeli fighter jets conducted two strikes near the town of...
Israel Strikes Southern Syria’s Suwayda
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN) An Israeli warplane carried out an airstrike on the Druze-majority governorate of Suwayda, located in southern Syria, on Tuesday, escalating tensions in the region. According to a state-run news agency, “Israeli occupation aircraft...
Turkey calls for stop of violence in Syria
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN) Türkiye has called for a rapid end to the escalating violence in southern Syria and emphasized the importance of resolving the conflict through local dialogue led by the Syrian government, according to a statement released by its Foreign...
Syria, UAE's DP World Seal USD800M Agreement
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July 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Syria’s General Authority for Land and Sea Ports (GALSP) has entered into a major agreement valued at $800 million with DP World, a leading global port operator based in the United Arab Emirates, according to a Syrian state news outlet on...
Clashes in Southern Syria Claim Over Thirty Lives
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July 14, 2025
(MENAFN) In southern Syria’s Suwayda governorate, violent clashes between armed Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias have resulted in more than 30 fatalities and nearly 100 injuries, according to early reports from the Interior Ministry on...
Clashes Between Groups Erupt in Southern Syria
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July 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Violent confrontations in Syria's southern Suwayda governorate have resulted in the deaths of over 30 individuals and injuries to nearly 100 others. The clashes, involving armed Bedouin tribal factions and Druze militias, erupted in the...
UN Pledges USD625,000 to Battle Syria’s Devastating Wildfires
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July 13, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Syria announced on Thursday the release of $625,000 to bolster emergency response operations following severe wildfires that have ravaged the Latakia countryside in northwestern Syria....
Azerbaijan’s SOCAR, Syria Seal Gas Agreement
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July 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Azerbaijan’s state oil giant SOCAR has formalized an agreement with the Syrian government to supply natural gas to Syria, marking a significant step in Damascus' push for energy stability, media reported. The memorandum of understanding...
Iraq Deploys Twenty Firefighting Teams to Syria as Wildfires Persist
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July 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Iraq's Civil Defense Directorate announced on Thursday that it is deploying 20 firefighting teams to Syria’s northwestern Latakia province, where devastating wildfires have been burning for over a week. Nawas Sabah, head of the Civil...
Raging Syria Wildfires Devastate Homes, Farmland
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July 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Two fast-moving wildfires have ravaged central Syria’s Hama province, tearing through residential areas and farmland, while fierce blazes in the Latakia countryside entered their ninth consecutive day on Friday, according to Syrian...
Syria Launches Economic Bodies to Fast-Track Recovery
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday signed a series of decrees to establish three key economic bodies—the Development Fund, the Sovereign Fund, and the Supreme Council for Economic Development—in a bid to accelerate the...
Syria’s Leader starts state fund to speed up recovery of nation
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has issued new decrees forming the Development Fund, the Sovereign Fund, and the Supreme Council for Economic Development, in a move aimed at accelerating the country’s post-war recovery, according to state...
Syria encourages inclusion of SDF members into national army
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) The Syrian interim government has reiterated its opposition to any attempts at dividing the country, following a recent meeting in Damascus between Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian...
Syria’s wildfire threats thousands of civilians
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Wildfires sweeping through Syria’s northwestern Latakia province have directly impacted around 1,900 families, with thousands more in potential danger, according to reports from the United Nations humanitarian agency on Wednesday. The UN...