Syria
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Dec- 2024 -29 DecemberMiddle East
Nearly 300 Arrested in Syria Crackdown on Assad Loyalists: Monitor
Syria's new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-Assad regime fighters and former soldiers.
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28 DecemberPolitics
Turkey’s Pro-Kurd Party to Meet Jailed PKK Leader on Saturday
Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party delegates will visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul.
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26 DecemberMiddle East
Syria Forces Carry Out Operation Against Pro-Assad Fighters: State Media
Syria's security forces launched an operation against pro-Assad fighters in the western province of Tartus, state media said.
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24 DecemberMiddle East
Syria Authorities Say Armed Groups Have Agreed to Disband
Syria's new authorities announced they had reached an agreement with rebel groups to disband and integrate into the regular defense forces.
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23 DecemberMiddle East
Syria’s New Leader Says All Weapons to Come Under ‘State Control’
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said weapons in the country, including those held by Kurdish-led forces, would come under state control.
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21 DecemberMiddle East
American Strike Killed Islamic State Group Leader in Syria: US Military
American forces killed an Islamic State group leader and another of the group's members in a strike in Syria.
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20 DecemberMiddle East
Pentagon Says US Doubled Troops in Syria Earlier This Year
The US doubled the number of troops it has in Syria as part of operations against the Islamic State group to around 2,000 earlier this year, the Pentagon said.
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18 DecemberMiddle East
Syria Ex-Rebel Military Chief Says to Dissolve Armed Wing
The military chief of Syria's victorious Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said it would be "the first" to dissolve its armed wing and integrate into the armed forces.
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15 DecemberMiddle East
Syria Ambush Kills Four in Assad Fiefdom: Monitor
An ambush on Saturday killed at least four fighters from a faction in the rebel alliance that overthrew Syria's president, a war monitor said.
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14 DecemberMiddle East
Israel Orders Troops to ‘Prepare to Remain’ in Syria Buffer Zone Through Winter
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to "prepare to remain" throughout the winter in the UN-patrolled buffer zone that is supposed to separate Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights.
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