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            <title><![CDATA[Losses of prestige for Putin as friends falter]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Venezuela, Iran and Syria are countries that Russian President Vladimir Putin has built up partnerships with during his many years in power, and they are now in deep crisis. Russia expert Martin Kragh says the fact that his friends in the international arena are losing power is a loss of prestige for Putin.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:47:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Venezuela. Iran. Syria. Countries that Russian President Vladimir Putin has built partnerships with over his many years in power are in deep crisis. Russia expert Martin Kragh says it is a loss of prestige for Putin that his friends on the international stage are losing power.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:43:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Two dead in Syria protests after mosque attack]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syrian security forces are reported to have killed two people in connection with the dispersal of a protest that brought together members of the country's Alawite minority.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Data: Putin is investing in the Mediterranean again]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Last year, Russian forces were said to be fleeing Syria more or less headlong. But now they are back. Military assets are being flown back into the Khmeimim base, a source confirmed to Bloomberg.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:55:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Assad's New Life in Moscow: Gaming in Luxury Under Putin's Protection]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He ordered nerve gas against his own population – now he spends his days playing online games in a skyscraper in Moscow. Syria's deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad is living a good life under Vladimir Putin's protection, according to an investigation by the German Die Zeit.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:45:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rebuilding Syria Estimated to Cost 2,000 Billion Kronor]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The World Bank estimates that it will cost around 2,000 billion kronor to rebuild Syria after more than a decade of civil war. The billion amount corresponds to almost ten times the country's GDP for 2024.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:18:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria Holds First Parliamentary Elections Since Assad's Fall]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syria is holding elections today for the first time since Bashar al-Assad's regime fell in December. But it's not a matter of a popular uprising: I don't know if we're supposed to vote, says a business owner in the capital Damascus.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 05:05:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Bashar al-Assad]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syria has issued an arrest warrant against the former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, which paves the way for an international wanted notice through Interpol.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 11:32:14 GMT</pubDate>
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