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Mapped: The World’s Most Critical Oil Chokepoints
Visual Capitalist
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July 17, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Why the Strait of Hormuz is a Vital Oil Chokepoint This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
Outsourcing Genocide: Israel’s Bulldozer Ads Reveal the Industrial Scale of Gaza’s Destruction
Watan
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July 10, 2025
Watan-In a Guardian column, commentator Arwa Mahdawi wrote that you don’t need to guess Israel’s intent in Gaza — just look at how the Israeli military is outsourcing the destruction of the Strip and the displacement of its people. Now, the...
Türkiye to start supplying gas to Syria soon: Bayraktar
Sabah
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July 10, 2025
Türkiye will begin supplying natural gas to Syria soon, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Wednesday during a visit to Vienna. He also noted that Azerbaijan’s state oil company, SOCAR, could become a partner in the...
Syria: Wildfires ravage Latakia province for fourth consecutive day
Middle East Eye
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July 6, 2025
Wildfires continued to leave a trail of destruction in Syria's Latakia province on Sunday, as firefighters from neighbouring Jordan arrived to help battle a fourth day of devastating fires in the war-ravaged country. Aerial footage of seen by...
Al-Sharaa Establishes the “Sovereign Fund” in Syria
Enab Baladi
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July 10, 2025
Syria’s transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, issued a decree , Wednesday, July 9, establishing a sovereign wealth fund. Decree No. 113 states that an economic institution called the “Sovereign Fund” shall be established in the Syrian Arab...
“Syria Indicator” Launches Its Second Investigative Journalism Training
Enab Baladi
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July 6, 2025
On Sunday, July 5, the independent media platform Syria Indicator launched its second training session in investigative journalism, as part of the “Ethical Journalism for Peacebuilding in Syria” project, supported by Free Press Unlimited (FPU) and...
Syria fights ‘catastrophic’ fires for fourth day
FOX 28 - Washington State
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July 6, 2025
Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest had “turned to ash” in wildfires as firefighters from neighbouring Jordan arrived Sunday to battle a fourth day of blazes in the province of Latakia. Syrian emergency...
Ukrainian intelligence: Russia spreads false narrative of Ukraine's radioactive materials in Syria
Ukrainska Pravda
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Photo: Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence The Russian secret services are attempting to spread disinformation about the supposed sale of capsules marked with radioactive elements, plutonium and uranium, bearing the logo of Ukraine’s Ministry of...
Syria fights wildfires for 4th day as Jordan sends help
Ya Libnan
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July 6, 2025
Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest had “turned to ash” in wildfires as firefighters from neighbouring Jordan arrived Sunday to battle a fourth day of blazes in the province of Latakia. Syrian emergency...
Kremlin tries to accuse Ukraine of spreading radioactive substances in Syria – Ukrainian intelligence
Interfax Ukraine
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July 10, 2025
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR) has debunked another attempt by the Russian special services to accuse Ukraine of spreading radioactive substances in Syria in order to discredit it in the eyes of the...
Wildfires Impact 1,900 Families in Syria
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) The northwestern Syrian province of Latakia continues to suffer from relentless wildfires now entering their eighth day, directly impacting approximately 1,900 families and putting thousands more at risk, the United Nations humanitarian...
Syria fights fires for fourth day as Jordan sends help
The Sun Daily
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July 6, 2025
DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest had “turned to ash” in wildfires as firefighters from neighbouring Jordan arrived Sunday to battle a fourth day of blazes in the province of Latakia. Syrian...
Syrian livestock industry takes center stage at international Agritex Expo
SANA
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June 29, 2025
Damascus, SANA–The International “Agritex” Exhibition featured a strong presence from Syrian companies specializing in animal production, with diverse offerings across agricultural and livestock sectors tailored to the needs of local markets and...
Azerbaijan readies gas supplies for Syria
Upstream
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Baku aiming to help Turkey increase its involvement in nighbour Syria's energy sector Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pose for a photo in Khankendi, Azerbaijan, on 4 July 2025Photo: AZERI PRESS...
Five years on, the Abraham Accords need a multilateral mission
Atlantic Council
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July 17, 2025
MENASource July 17, 2025 • 11:07 am ET Print this page Five years on, the Abraham Accords need a multilateral mission By Joseph Epstein Five years after the Abraham Accords normalized relations between four Arab nations and Israel, the historic...
What U.S. Businesses Need to Know About Reentering the Syrian Market & the Changing Post-Assad Sanction Landscape
National Law Review
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July 9, 2025
On May 23, 2025, approximately five months after the Assad regime was overthrown, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officially issued Syria General License (GL) 25, which lifted the sanctions initially placed...
Syria, UK Restore Diplomatic Ties
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Syria and the United Kingdom have officially restored diplomatic relations, as confirmed on Saturday, following British Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s visit to Damascus. Both nations released statements affirming the new chapter in their...
Türkiye will soon begin supplying gas to Syria: Bayraktar
Hurriyet Daily News
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VIENNA Türkiye will soon begin supplying gas to Syria, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced, adding that Türkiye has established a direct connection between its natural gas network and Syria’s infrastructure....
Geopolitical developments as European opportunities
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 17, 2025
Developments and disruptive events are happening in Europe’s neighborhood. An opportunity to forge alliances that boost security and prosperity in the neighborhood awaits Europe, learning from other geopolitical actors such as the Gulf countries,...
US lawsuit exposes Turkey-based Ponzi scheme tied to Syrian opposition figure
Nordic Monitor
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July 9, 2025
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A major fraud lawsuit filed in US federal court has exposed an international Ponzi scheme involving a high-profile Syrian opposition figure with close ties to officials in the Islamist government of Turkish President...