![Former UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura meets with foreign ministers from Russia, Sergey Lavrov; Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu; and Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on forming a constitutional committee in Syria [File: Denis Balibou/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_54849749.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
UN-backed talks aimed at revising the constitution involve delegations from Syrian gov’t, opposition and civil society.
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UN expresses concern over ‘deteriorating security conditions’ at camp for displaced people controlled by Kurdish forces.
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Syria claims Israeli jets carried out attacks in central province, adding its military shot down most...
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Beyond the oil wells, Syrians rummage in trash in a desperate search for something to sell,...
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Tens of thousands of people affected by devastating floods, with many forced to sleep in open air after tents damaged.
![Bashar al-Assad has withstood the threat posed by the decade-long war even as Syria faces its worst food and economic crisis [Sergei Grits/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9b80176ec9d040c8830aeb5324c9ca80_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Life in government-controlled areas worsens with queues outside bakeries and fuel stations as al-Assad hangs on.
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Ten years ago, protests swept across Arab nations that changed the course of history.
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More than 18 attacks by Israel on multiple targets near Syrian-Iraq border took place, the London-based SOHR said.
Decade-long war has had a devastating toll – half a million dead and 12 million displaced – and it is not over yet.
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Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison report says families were forced to bribe corrupt officers.
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The bus was believed to be carrying soldiers and pro-government fighters who were returning to their base in the area.
Five others were wounded in Israeli raid on Syrian air defence forces in the Nabi Habeel area close to Lebanon border.
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Kurdish-led SDF says Turkish-backed Syrian National Army has been shelling the city on daily basis for the past week.
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UNHCR says several people injured after fire at camp hosting 75 families in Lebanon’s Miniyeh region.