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            <title><![CDATA[Syrian military reportedly bombs Kurdish areas in Aleppo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Syrian military is bombing Kurdish areas in Aleppo, and the interim government in Damascus is demanding that all Kurdish armed groups leave the city. Shortly before the attacks, government forces announced that the Kurdish areas of the city would be considered "closed military zones."]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:03:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Norwegian Diplomat Geir Pedersen Resigns as UN Envoy to Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen has been the UN's special envoy in the turmoil and war-torn Syria for seven years. On Thursday, he unexpectedly submitted his resignation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:43:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Over 250 dead in Syria – "five separate massacres"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[At least 162 people from the Alawite minority in Syria have been killed by Syrian security forces in "five separate massacres", reports the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR). Additionally, at least 95 more people have been killed in clashes between government forces and supporters of the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 07:12:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[USA: Jihadist leader killed in Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[USA announces that its military has killed a leader of a terrorist-designated jihadist group in Syria.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 04:11:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia in talks with Syrian government about bases]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russian diplomats met the new Syrian government in Damascus on Tuesday, the first official visit since the fall of the Assad regime. The talks concerned, among other things, the future of two Russian military bases in the country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:27:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria's leader: It may take four years to organize elections]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Islamist movement Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, is to be dissolved, says Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in an interview. But it may take four years to organize elections in the country, according to him.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:08:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kurdish offensive against Turkish-backed rebels in Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Kurdish-led SDF, which controls large parts of northern and northeastern Syria, reports that a counteroffensive against the Ankara-backed militia alliance SNA has been launched on Tuesday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Samar Yazbek Returns – Wants to Live in Damascus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syria's future stands and weighs. Samar Yazbek wants to return to build up the country – while exile poet Raafat Hekmat tries to influence from exile. All writers and journalists should make their voices heard now, he says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:11:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The UN Envoy has met Syria's new leader]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The UN's special envoy to Syria, Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen, has met with Syria's new leader.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/the-un-envoy-lift-the-sanctions-against-syria</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:04:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Turkey ready to support Syria's new government]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:07:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kurds in Syria hoist the opposition flag]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Kurdish self-government in northeastern Syria is starting to hoist the Syrian independence flag – the one that Islamist-led rebels have hoisted in the capital Damascus.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:06:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syrian rebels set fire to the ex-president's grave]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syrian rebels have set fire to the grave of former President Hafez al-Assad, father of the deposed President Bashar al-Assad, in the family's hometown, according to the UK-based conflict monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:15:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US-backed Kurds forced back in Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Kurdish-led forces controlling a large part of northeastern Syria are being pushed back by Islamist rebel forces on several fronts. The USA, which has long armed the Kurdish self-government, says it is working on the situation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:31:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Expert: It's not certain that the militia group will succeed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Terror-labelled HTS has overthrown the Syrian dictator al-Assad with the goal of establishing an Islamic state. But it is not certain that they will succeed in doing so at all, says Middle East expert Aron Lund.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2024 11:56:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[These are the Jihadists Who Have Taken Over Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Emerged from al-Qaida, tough and with many thousands of soldiers. Here is the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that has taken over Syria.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2024 05:31:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syrian Militia Leader: The Goal is to Overthrow Assad]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syria's militia groups have one goal: To overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and his regime, says the leader of the extreme Islamist group HTS. It is our right to use all available means to achieve that goal, says Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani to CNN.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jihadist rebels have taken over the city of Hama]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jihadist-led rebel forces continue to advance southward in Syria. They have taken control of another city, Hama, which is confirmed by the Syrian regime's army.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:41:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rebels Surround Hama from Three Sides]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syrian rebels are reported to be surrounding the important city of Hama from three directions – despite the fact that regime forces have launched a counter-offensive against the jihadist group HTS, which has controlled Aleppo since last week. More than 700 people have been killed during the latest escalation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:24:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[These are the Jihadists Who Have Taken Over Aleppo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Originated from al-Qaida, tough and with many thousands of soldiers. Here is the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that has taken over Syria's second largest city Aleppo.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 04:45:28 GMT</pubDate>
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