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Ahmad Umar Agha, of Syria, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for a wide-ranging hacking conspiracy conducted on behalf of the Bashar Al Assad regime.

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(MENAFN) Syria summoned Jordan’s ambassador in Damascus on Wednesday to deliver a formal diplomatic protest over Jordanian airstrikes in the southern province of Daraa that Syrian authorities said killed civilians, including children.

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(MENAFN) Two members of Syria's Defense Ministry were killed Wednesday after unidentified gunmen opened fire in the town of Al-Foua, located in the northeastern countryside of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Unidentified gunmen shot dead two Syrian Defense Ministry personnel on Wednesday in the town of Al-Foua, in the northeastern countryside of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, state media reported.

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(MENAFN) Syria is preparing to introduce its first nationwide map identifying mine-contaminated areas as part of a three-year plan to address landmines and unexploded remnants of war, Emergency and Disaster Management Minister Raed al-Saleh...

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(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi departed Baghdad for an official visit to Syria on Wednesday, marking the first trip by an Iraqi premier to the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024. Zaidi is leading a...

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(MENAFN) Jordan and Syria agreed late Tuesday to form a joint security committee to investigate deadly Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria and strengthen cooperation to protect civilians and uphold Syrian sovereignty.

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(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi departed Baghdad on Wednesday for an official visit to Syria, the first by an Iraqi premier since the Assad regime fell in December 2024. Zaidi is leading a high-level delegation on the trip, a state news...

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(MENAFN) Jordan and Syria agreed late Tuesday to create a joint security committee to probe deadly Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria, pledging tighter coordination to shield civilians and protect Syrian sovereignty.

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(MENAFN) Jordan announced Tuesday that its airstrikes in southern Syria killed more than 20 members of ISIS (Daesh) and destroyed a significant weapons storage facility.

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(MENAFN) The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has scrapped a safety warning on Syrian airspace that stood for more than 13 years, Syria’s civil aviation authority announced Monday.

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(MENAFN) The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has withdrawn a safety warning covering Syrian airspace that had remained in effect for more than 13 years, according to Syria's civil aviation authority on Monday.

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(MENAFN) Several people were killed Monday when an explosion occurred inside a vehicle on the Damascus-Homs highway near the town of Qara in the Damascus countryside, according to reports from Syrian state media.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces continued clearing farmland in southern Syria on Sunday to expand a military barrier, a project Damascus has denounced as a violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Three civilians were injured Sunday after unidentified armed men opened fire on their vehicle in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces pressed ahead on Sunday with bulldozing private farmland in southern Syria, extending a military barrier that Damascus says breaches the 1974 disengagement agreement, Syria’s official state news agency reported.

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(MENAFN) Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with US envoy Tom Barrack in Damascus on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in Syria and the wider region.

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(MENAFN) Syrian authorities announced Thursday that security forces had launched an operation against a cell affiliated with the ISIS (Daesh) terrorist group in Rankous, located in the western countryside of Damascus near the capital.

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(MENAFN) Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani for expanded discussions on Thursday in Aqaba, southern Jordan. “Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs...

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(MENAFN) A Syrian army soldier was killed in an attack carried out by unidentified gunmen in the al-Baghuz area of eastern Deir ez-Zor province, near the Iraqi border, the Defense Ministry said Monday.