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Fears rise among Syrian Christians

Protests in Syria over Christmas tree burning

Protests have broken out in Syria over the burning of a Christmas tree, prompting calls for the new Islamist authorities to take steps to protect minorities. A video posted on social media showed the tree on fire in the main square of Suqaylabiyah, a Christian-majority town in central Syria.

CBC.ca · 2h

Syrian Christians call for greater protections after Christmas tree burned

Scores of Syrian Christians protested in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, demanding greater protections for their religious minority after a Christmas tree was set on fire in the city of Hama a day earlier.

Daily Wrap on MSN · 6h

Fears rise among Syrian Christians after Christmas tree burning incident

The burning of a Christmas tree by armed men in the Syrian city of Hama has caused concern among Christians. Many of them fear they may become targets of Islamic factions after the fall of the Assad regime.

scmp.com · 9h

Hundreds protest in Syria after burning of Christmas tree sparks outrage among Christians

Protesters were demanding Christian rights and condemning injustice amid growing Islamist influence post-Assad, after Islamist fighters burned a Christmas tree.

Syria dissolves rebel factions

The Washington Post on MSN · 6h

Live Briefing: Syria’s new leaders dissolve rebel factions, merge them under Defense Ministry

Sham (HTS), the Islamist rebel group that led the assault that ultimately toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime, has reached an agreement with other rebel leaders in its coalition to dissolve their factions and merge them under the Defense Ministry,

The Financial Times on MSN · 4h

Syria dissolves rebel factions as al-Sharaa consolidates power

Syria’s rebel factions have agreed to disband and become part of the interim government’s defence ministry as the new administration rushes to consolidate power within revamped government institutions.

Reuters on MSN · 5h

Syrian ex-rebel factions agree to merge under defence ministry

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa reached an agreement on Tuesday with former rebel faction chiefs to dissolve all groups and consolidate them under the defence ministry, according to a statement from the new administration.

Syria, Turkey

Reuters · 7h

Turkey aiming for maritime agreement with Syria, transport minister says

Turkey is aiming to strike a maritime demarcation agreement with Syria after a permanent government is formed in Damascus, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Tuesday.

Bloomberg L.P. · 7h

Turkey Plans to Start Maritime Agreement Negotiations With Syria

Turkey is planning to start negotiations with Syria to delineate maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

Hindustan Times · 8h

Turkey minister says 25,000 Syrian returned home since president Assad's ouster

More than 25,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by Islamist-led HTS rebels, Turkey's interior minister said Tuesday. Syrian refugees living in Turkey wait in a queue to enter Syria(AFP) Turkey is home to nearly three million refugees who fled the civil war that broke out in 2011,

Syria, Russia

Reuters on MSN · 4h

Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion, Russian Foreign Ministry says

A Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight after an explosion ripped through its engine room and two of its crew are still missing, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Business Insider on MSN · 5h

A Russian cargo ship that may have been part of an evacuation run to Syria sank

A Russian-flagged cargo vessel has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea after an explosion in its engine room, Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Fourteen crew members were rescued, but two were missing,

Yahoo · 12h

Russian ship possibly heading to Syria for base evacuation sinks off Spanish coast

The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea between the Spanish city of Águilas and Algeria's Oran after an onboard explosion. Source: Spanish media outlet La Verdad, as reported by European Pravda Details: The Spanish maritime rescue service transported 14 crew members to the port of Cartagena,

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Number of US troops in Syria has steadily increased over time, Pentagon now says

The number of US troops in Syria has regularly surged higher than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed since at least 2020, ...

Syria's Tangled Alliances and Rivalries: A Visual Guide

Assad, old alliances have crumbled, and global powers are figuring out their relationships with Syria’s new de facto leaders.

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UN investigative team says Syria’s new authorities ‘very receptive’ to probe of Assad war crimes

The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were ...

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Syria’s Rebel Leaders Have Control of the Country. Now What?

The new Islamist-led government promises moderation, but officials aren’t committing to such issues as women’s rights or free ...

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Biden admin lifts $10M bounty on the head of leader of Islamist group now in charge in Syria

The Biden administration has lifted a $10 million bounty on the head of Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the group that overthrew ...

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New conflict in northeast Syria could bring 'dramatic consequences', UN envoy says

Tensions in northeast Syria between Kurdish-led authorities and Turkish-backed groups should be resolved politically or risk ...

Israel and Turkey Shape a New Syria From Their Borderlands

Syria’s leadership isn’t the only aspect of the country to be changing as a result of this month’s toppling of longtime ...

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Syria Still Has Chemical Weapons

During the course of Syria’s brutal civil war, Assad used chemical weapons more than 300 times against his own citizens, ...

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Erdogan says Turkey in close dialogue with Syria's de facto leader

Turkey is in close dialogue with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, ...

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