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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...
Post-conflict Türkiye eyes economic revival after PKK exit
Today.Az
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July 15, 2025
After nearly five decades of armed insurgency, the PKK has officially ended its armed struggle—a turning point not only for Türkiye, but for the entire region. The symbolic arms-laying ceremony held in Sulaymaniyah under the Kurdistan Regional...
Syria looks to solar power as more than a patchwork fix to its energy crisis
ABC News - New York
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July 7, 2025
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Abdulrazak al-Jenan swept the dust off his solar panel on his apartment roof overlooking Damascus. Syria's largest city was mostly pitch-black, the few speckles of light coming from the other households able to afford solar...
Turkish Energy Minister Says SOCAR May Become Partner in Providing Gas to Syria
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 10, 2025
A review of the embattled United Nations Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, ordered by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has identified four possible ways forward for the organization that has lost US funding and been banned by Israel. The...
U.S. Media Shocked by Russia’s Kh-101 Missile Strike
Pravda.ru
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July 15, 2025
U.S. Media Shocked by Russia’s Kh-101 Missile Strike The capabilities of Russia’s Kh-101 cruise missile armed with a cluster warhead have horrified military analysts, according to a new report by The War Zone (TWZ). The article was prompted by...
A Syrian death factory gives up its secrets
Mint
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July 10, 2025
Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Saydnaya Prison would call the names of the condemned, usually dozens at a time. They wrapped nooses around their necks, then dragged tables from beneath their feet with a scraping that echoed through...
Wildfires in Syria's Latakia affect 2,000 families
Daily Finland
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Some 1,900 Syrian families have been directly affected, with thousands more at risk, as wildfires continue to ravage Syria's northwestern province of Latakia for an eighth consecutive day, the United Nations (UN) humanitarian agency said...
Wildfires in Syria's Latakia affect nearly 2,000 families
Xinhua News Agency
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DAMASCUS, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Some 1,900 Syrian families have been directly affected, with thousands more at risk, as wildfires continue to ravage Syria's northwestern province of Latakia for an eighth consecutive day, the United Nations (UN)...
BEN MORGAN: Trump changing course on supporting Ukraine?
The Daily Blog
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July 14, 2025
Early last week, President Trump hinted at providing more US support to Ukraine, and as the week progressed there were more signs of a change in direction. On 9 July, paused American aid was restarted. CBS reporting that “A U.S. official confirmed...
Syria hopes for brighter days as sanctions end and power projects begin
Daijiworld News
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July 7, 2025
Daijiworld Media Network – Damascus Damascus, Jul 7: As darkness still grips much of Damascus, a faint glow from rooftop solar panels brings hope to residents like Abdulrazak Al-Jenan. The 62-year-old went deep into debt in 2019 to install a solar...
In Free Fall
NOW Lebanon
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July 14, 2025
🔊 Listen to Post 'If Lebanon doesn’t act, it will become Bilad al-Sham again,' warns Tom Barrack, Israel escalates strikes as US increases pressure on Hezbollah, Hezbollah satisfied with Lebanese response to US disarmament proposal amidst American...
SYRIA’S TOURISM STARTED WORKING ON ITS REVIVAL
Tourism Review
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Syria, having weathered more than a decade of strife, is now looking to tourism as a key element in its economic resurgence and re-engagement with the global community. The country, abundant in historical treasures, a stunning Mediterranean...
Presidential Decree establishing a sovereign fund to implement direct development and production project
SANA
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July 9, 2025
Damascus, SANA- President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Ahmad al-Sharaa issued on Wednesday the Decree No. (113) for the year 2025, which stipulates the establishment of an economically-oriented institution in the Syrian Arab Republic called 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...
First Syrian Returns Begin from Lebanon Under UN-Backed Plan
MTV Lebanon
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Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, after Syria's new rulers said all citizens were welcome home despite deep war damage and security concerns....
“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...
Minister al-Halabi holds talks with a delegation from Passion University (USA) regarding the opening of a branch in Syria
SANA
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July 9, 2025
Damascus, SANA- Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Marwan al-Halabi discussed on Wednesday with a delegation from Passion International University – USA in Syria and the Gulf, headed by Dr. Taysir Al-Masri, the university...
Moses Montefiore and the Damascus Affair
The Jewish Press
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July 9, 2025
Probably the most famous Anglo-Jew of the 19th century, the much-beloved Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was scrupulously observant of his faith and used his personal standing to further the cause of oppressed Jews everywhere. Between 1827 and 1875,...
Forest Fires and Accusations in the New Syria
New Lines Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Syria is facing one of the most severe environmental disasters in its modern history, as wildfires tear through the natural forests of the northern coast in Latakia — the country’s ecological lungs and home to nature reserves like al-Furnloq....
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians in Lebanon set to get financial aid to go home
The National News
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Up to 400,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon may be set to return home under a UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, according to a document seen by The National. Under the scheme endorsed by the Lebanese government, thousands have already...