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A truck drives as a plume of smoke rises from a building during a reported Russian airstrike on Syria's northwestern rebel-held Idlib province, on June 25, 2023. (Abdulaziz KETAZ / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 5:51 pm
Russian airstrikes kill at least 11 people in rebel-held Syria
The explosions, including one allegedly at a food market, are said to be in retaliation for deadly drone attacks last week attributed to rebels
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad is pictured during the Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency (SPA) via AP)
June 4, 2023, 11:23 pm
Syrian opposition figures call for fresh talks with Assad regime
Move comes less than a month after regional leaders welcomed Bashar Assad back to the Arab League following decade of diplomatic isolation
By AFP
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad hold a press conference in Baghdad on June 4, 2023. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
June 4, 2023, 5:49 pm
Now back in wider Arab fold, Syria’s foreign minister visits diplomatic ally Iraq
Faisal Mekdad and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein discuss aid in wake of devastating February earthquake, future of displaced Syrians who fled civil war
By AFP
In this photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, leaders of Arab countries pose for a group picture ahead of the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
May 19, 2023, 10:07 pm
‘A new phase of solidarity’: Assad caps return to Arab fold at Saudi-hosted summit
Zelensky appearance demonstrates host Riyadh’s growing diplomatic clout, as it seeks concrete commitments from Syria on issues including war refugees
By Haitham el-Tabei
Syria's empty seat is pictured during an emergency meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on May 7, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
May 17, 2023, 4:25 pm
Arab League to reinstate Syria amid regional disputes
While trying to resolve conflict in Sudan, League’s readmission of Assad regime marks controversial turning point in war-torn nation’s diplomatic status
By Kareem Chehayeb
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, welcomes Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan, left, before their meeting in Damascus, Syria, April 18, 2023. (SANA via AP)
May 15, 2023, 5:10 pm
Syria marks official return to Arab League after decade-long exile
Damascus joins preparatory session for Arab League summit, a significant step toward regional reintegration following its suspension from body at start of 2011 civil war
By AFP
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on May 7, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
May 9, 2023, 4:26 pm
What drove Syria’s return to the Arab League, and what impact will it have?
Analysts suggest Damascus’s former allies have recognized that 12 years of shutting Assad out had little practical effect on conflict
By Kareem Chehayeb and ABBY SEWELL
File: Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, receives a delegation representing various Arab parliaments in Damascus, February 26, 2023. (SANA via AP)
May 7, 2023, 4:02 pm
Arab League readmits Syria 12 years after its suspension over civil war
Several members, including Qatar, do not attend Cairo meeting; decision also includes commitment to dialogue aimed at reaching political solution to conflict
By MOHAMED WAGDY and Kareem Chehayeb
Foreign ministers of Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt meet in Amman on May 1, 2023, to discuss Syria's long-running conflict. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 1, 2023, 1:52 pm
Arab diplomats meet in Amman to discuss rapprochement with Syria
Foreign ministers of Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt also weigh a Jordanian initiative on reaching a ‘political solution to the Syrian crisis’
By OMAR AKOUR
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, welcomes Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan, left, before their meeting in Damascus, Syria, April 18, 2023. (SANA via AP)
April 30, 2023, 5:31 pm
Jordan to host Arab regional discussion on way forward with Syria
Monday talks part of ongoing diplomatic activity seeking solution to Syrian Civil War, ending Damascus’s pariah status in Arab world
By AFP and Lazar Berman
File: Syrian children run through the snow in the Syrian refugee camp of al-Hilal in the village of al-Taybeh near Baalbek in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on January 20, 2022. (AFP)
April 28, 2023, 10:16 am
‘I’d rather die’: Syrians in Lebanon fear prison, torture if deported home
With civil war winding down, Lebanon begins crackdown on undocumented refugees as domestic pressure mounts to send back those who poured across border a decade ago
By Aya Iskandarani and Rouba El Husseini
In this photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, speaks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2023. (Syrian Presidency via AP)
April 26, 2023, 10:43 am
As Assad restores relations with Arab states, Syrians divided by hope, fear
In government-held territory, residents hope rapprochement will bring trade and investment, while in opposition-held areas locals feel increasingly isolated and abandoned
By ABBY SEWELL
Screencapture from unverified video showing a protest against normalization by Arab nations with the Syrian regime, in the rebel-hold city of Idlib, Syria, April 23, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 23, 2023, 8:06 pm
Hundreds of Syrians protest Arab countries’ detente with ‘murderous’ Assad regime
Demonstrators in rebel-held city of Idlib say normalization with government will come at the expense of ties with the people
By AFP
File: Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) receives a delegation representing various Arab parliaments in Damascus, February 26, 2023. (SANA via AP)
April 15, 2023, 6:46 pm
No consensus among envoys on Syrian Arab League return
After Saudi Arabia summit, top diplomats vow to pursue deal to end Syrian Civil War, slam Israeli police raids at Al-Aqsa Mosque
By AP
Syria's President Hafez Assad with soldiers, 1973. (The Online Museum of Syrian History)
April 13, 2023, 10:52 pm
Looking back at half a century of iron-fisted Assad rule over Syria
As Arab nations appear poised to welcome Bashar Assad back into the fold, a timeline of his and his father’s decades of dictatorship
By AFP
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