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Stampede at Damascus mosque kills 4, injures 16

Stampede outside mosque in Damascus kills at least three

Three women were killed and several injured, including five children, in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus Friday, the Syrian civil defense force known as the White Helmets said in a statement.

Khaleej Times on MSN · 6h

Syria: 3 dead at central Damascus stampede, says governor

The Al-Watan newspaper said the crush happened during the distribution of free meals by a social media personality

Gulf News on MSN · 2h

Syria: Stampede at Damascus mosque kills four, injures 16

Damascus: A stampede at the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital on Friday killed four people, a Damascus health official told state media. "Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq announced that the final toll from the unfortunate stampede that occurred today in the Great Umayyad Mosque and its surroundings is four dead and 16

Daily Post Nigeria on MSN · 3h

Three dead, 5 injured in Syrian mosque stampede

At least three women died and five children suffered severe fractures and bruises on Friday in a stampede at the Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital, Damascus while attempting to get free meals in a charitable activity.

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Euronews on MSN · 1h

Italian FM Tajani meets with head of Syria's new government in Damascus

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday met with Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al Jolani, in a visit to Damascus, his first since the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Al-Jolani took office as the head of the new Syrian administration after the rapid collapse of al-Assad's regime last year.

Reuters · 8h

Lebanon's Mikati to meet Syrian leader Sharaa in Damascus, Lebanese sources say

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday, two Lebanese sources said, becoming the first head of government to visit Syria's capital since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

AFP on MSN · 10h

Italian FM meets Syria's new leader in Damascus

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani met Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus Friday, state media said, in the latest such visit from a European diplomat since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Exclusive: Western powers warn Syria over foreign jihadists in army, sources say

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Syria's Kurdish community at the center of a post-Assad game of geopolitical tug-of-war

The fall of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad has created a power vacuum that threatens some of the United States' ...

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International sanctions have left Syria’s health system on life support

U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to ...

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Lebanon's Mikati set to meet Sharaa in Syria in wake of Aoun's election

Najib Mikati’s visit, the first in 15 years, comes amid pressure in Lebanon to release Islamists imprisoned during the civil ...

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‘Thank God, the nightmare is over’: A Syrian returns home to Damascus to witness celebration and struggle

Azm, an archaeologist and former professor at Damascus University, left Syria with his family in 2006. He recently returned ...

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Syria's road ahead: How transport infrastructure could be the key to stability

Turkey has a major role in Syria's reconstruction, and transport investments like railway links are on the agenda although ...

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Opinion: Venezuela’s Maduro could be the next dictator to fall

The swift fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is a lesson on the fragility of alliances between autocrats. When ...

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Activists push for Syrians to be allowed to go back home on short visits without the fear of losing protected status.

While Ukrainian refugees in Europe can take short trips home without a change in protection status, Syrians can not.

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