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            <title><![CDATA[Samar Yazbek’s book gives Gaza civilians a voice through 27 personal testimonies]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syrian author Samar Yazbek portrays the war in Gaza through the wounds and pain of Palestinian civilians. “I saw them, I was there, and I lived with them. I want their voices to be heard.”]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:45:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria arrests suspect in 2013 Banias massacre that killed nearly 250 civilians]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He is accused of being the main perpetrator of a massacre in Syria in which nearly 250 civilians were killed. On Thursday, authorities in the country said a paramilitary leader who supported the now-toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad had been arrested.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:19:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria begins destroying chemical weapons stockpile left by Assad regime]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syria has begun destroying the country's chemical weapons stockpile, a remnant of the regime of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Norway’s foreign minister praises Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa after visit to Damascus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Norway's Foreign Minister has visited Syria and is praising the country's new leader, former jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:46:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria Removed From US Terror List as President Says Dark Spot Has Gone]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The United States has removed Syria from a list of countries that support terrorism. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa says a “dark spot” has been removed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:26:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UN finds several tons of nuclear material in Syria from Assad era]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The UN atomic energy agency, the IAEA, has found several tons of nuclear material in Syria. The material dates from the time when Bashar al-Assad ruled the country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria court sentences Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Wassim al-Assad to death]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad, has been sentenced to death by a Syrian court.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:03:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[France returns 23 Syrian archaeological objects after Macron’s Damascus visit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[France has returned 23 archaeological objects to Syria in connection with French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Damascus.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:51:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria says cell behind Damascus explosions arrested during Macron visit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The cell behind two bomb explosions during the French president's visit to Damascus this week has been arrested, Syria's interior minister announced.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:46:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OPCW reinstates Syria’s membership after progress in destroying chemical weapons stockpile]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is reinstating Syria's membership following progress in dismantling the country's chemical weapons stockpile.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Explosions Rock Damascus Near Macron’s Hotel, 18 Injured]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Explosions have rocked Damascus, injuring around 20 people. It comes as French President Emmanuel Macron is being received by Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in the capital.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:57:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[55-year-old Swedish citizen sentenced to life for serious war crimes in Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The man participated in the killings of protesters and identified people who were subsequently abducted by Syrian security forces. Now, the 55-year-old Swedish citizen has been sentenced to life imprisonment for serious war crimes committed during the Syrian civil war.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:03:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jordan attacks weapons and drug depot in al-Suwayda, Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syrian state television reports that a drug and weapons warehouse in al-Suwayda in southern Syria was attacked by neighboring Jordan.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 22:29:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leading Shia imam killed in explosion near Damascus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A Shia imam who worked at Syria's Sayyidah Zaynab shrine was killed in a bomb explosion.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria says it stopped Hezbollah firing missiles from Syrian soil]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Security forces in Syria say they have stopped Iran-backed Hezbollah from firing missiles from Syrian soil, state news agency SANA reports, citing a Syrian government source.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:16:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz says 800,000 Syrians in Germany should return within three years]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The vast majority of Syrians in Germany should return in the coming years. That was the message from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz when he received Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Berlin.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:52:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria accuses Iran-backed Hezbollah of firing artillery from Lebanon overnight]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syria accuses Iran-backed Hezbollah of firing artillery shells into the country from Lebanon overnight, the state news agency Sana reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:34:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UN Security Council lifts sanctions against now-disbanded Islamist group HTS]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:34:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sources: US to withdraw about 1,000 troops from Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The United States plans to withdraw approximately 1,000 soldiers it has stationed in Syria, American media report, citing sources.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Losses of prestige for Putin as friends falter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syrian interim president cancels visit to Germany]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will not visit Germany on Tuesday, a spokesman for the German government said.]]></description>
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