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Middle East Eye · 35m

Syria's new government says it thwarted Islamic State attack on Shia shrine

The new Syrian government announced on Saturday that it had foiled an attack by the Islamic State group (IS) targeting the Sayyida Zeinab Shia shrine in the south of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

DW on MSN · 2h

Syria authorities say foiled IS attack on Shiite shrine

Syria's state news agency SANA said authorities had arrested "Islamic State" (IS) members accused of targeting the Sayeda Zainab shrine in Damascus.

Houston Chronicle · 1h

Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted a planned Islamic State attack on a Shiite shrine

Intelligence officials in Syria's new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, state media reported Saturday.

Syria Intelligence Says Thwarted IS Attempt To Blow Up Shiite Shrine

Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by Islamic State group jihadists to blow up a revered Shiite shrine in a Damascus suburb, a source within Syria's intelligence agency told state new agency SANA on Saturday.

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Euronews on MSN · 16h

Italian FM Tajani meets with head of Syria's new government in Damascus

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday met with Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al Jolani, in a visit to Damascus, his first since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Al-Jolani took office as the head of the new Syrian administration after the rapid collapse of al-Assad's regime last year.

Lebanon's Mikati to meet Syrian leader Sharaa in Damascus, Lebanese sources say

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, two Lebanese sources said, becoming the first head of government to visit Syria's capital since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

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Songs of revolution fill Damascus hall during concert by popular Syrian singer

A packed concert hall in Damascus on Wednesday came alive with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...

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Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...

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Lebanon PM visits Damascus on first such trip since before Syria war

Lebanese PM Najib Mikati visits Damascus for talks with new Syrian leader amid improving relations and regional developments.

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International sanctions have left Syria’s health system on life support

U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to ...

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Damascus Uncorked: Syria Throws a New Year’s Party for the Ages

People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.

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Latest Israeli attack on Syria hits weapons depot in Damascus countryside

An Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday killed 11 people, according to a war monitor, as Israel continues ...

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Assad loyalist tied to a tree and shot in the head in public execution

Mazen Kneneh was accused of writing malicious reports that saw many young men imprisoned and tortured under the former Syrian ...

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Opinion: Venezuela’s Maduro could be the next dictator to fall

The swift fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is a lesson on the fragility of alliances between autocrats. When ...

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