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زيتون درعا في مواجهة الجفاف والمناخ: الإنتاج ينهار إلى أدنى مستوى

تراجع إنتاج الزيتون في محافظة درعا من 31.5 ألف طن في الموسم الماضي إلى 10 آلاف طن في الموسم الحالي، نتيجة التغيرات المناخية ...
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‘Locusts’: Organized looting, destruction of displaced Syrians’ homes by ‘demolition forces’ and regime-affiliated groups

PARIS — In the days after the Syrian regime took control of the southern Idlib countryside village of Kafruma in January 2020, the victors began a new task: looting. Entering the vacant homes of those ...
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مسار العدالة: سوريا تطلق أول محاكمة علنية على خلفية أحداث الساحل

تشكل أولى محاكمات مئات المشتبه بهم بارتكاب عمليات قتل في الساحل السوري بداية مسار مساءلة غير مسبوق، وهي خطوة تحظى باهتمام ...
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‘Unprecedented’: Syria launches first trial over deadly coastal violence

The first trial of hundreds of suspects accused of involvement in killings on Syria’s Alawite-majority coast marks the start of a closely watched and unprecedented accountability process.
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What would Syria joining the US-led coalition mean for the fight against IS?

PARIS — Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and United States (US) President Donald Trump are set to meet at the White House on Monday, in a historic visit expected to focus in part on Syria joining the ...
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أنانيا ناتشوكوري

صحافية مستقلة تعمل بين نيويورك وعمّان. وهي حالياً طالبة ماجستير في الصحافة والدراسات الشرق أوسطية في جامعة نيويورك (NYU) ...
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With olive harvest underway, obstacles remain for Afrin residents

JENDERES — Kneeling beneath the generous branches of a decades-old olive tree, Agid Ahmad, 66, and his wife Fatima Khalil, 58, (pseudonyms) gather its small black fruits from the coarse, red earth.
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Why is Syria seeking rapprochement with Russia despite its unpopularity?

DAMASCUS — In an ornate room in the Kremlin, a meeting unthinkable only a year ago took place last week: Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the man at the helm of Syria’s post-Assad political ...
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In Aleppo’s Kurdish neighborhoods, another setback for SDF-Damascus integration

PARIS/QAMISHLI — A ceasefire between Syria’s transitional government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) halted clashes in two Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Aleppo city this week, but the brief ...
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Mixed reactions as Syria holds indirect vote for first post-Assad parliament

DAMASCUS — Syria held its first post-Assad elections on Sunday: an indirect vote to select members of the People’s Assembly, the country’s legislative body, for a 30-month extendable term.
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How Bulgaria is quietly disposing of its Syrian refugees

SOFIA — “I am really sorry for the delay in replying,” Rashid* wrote in a 4am WhatsApp message in July. “I was in detention in Sofia until yesterday. I just got deported.” Rashid, who had been an ...
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Drought, drilling, diversion: Daraa’s deepening water crisis

PARIS — The land is dry, and the water does not come. For Abu Said in Inkhil, northern Daraa, it is an expensive problem. Without public water for more than a month, he has spent half his monthly ...