Syria

Russia establishes seaborne lifeline for Syrian allies

The Alexandr Tkachenko, an ageing ferry with a canary-yellow hull, usually carries people across the Kerch Strait, a bustling sea route and the only connection between Russia and Crimea, the peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year. But the crossings stopped abruptly in late August when the Russian government chartered[…]

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Obama, Putin discuss Syria; clash over Assad

Russia and the United States agreed on Monday to look for a diplomatic end to the Syrian civil war but clashed over the central question of whether Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should retain power. During a 90-minute meeting, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that their[…]

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Russia and US to take part in Syria peace talks

Russia and the US are expected to take part in Syria peace talks in October, along with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt, according to Russia’s deputy foreign minister. A meeting of an international contact group of the “most influential outside players” will “be pushed forward to October after the[…]

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Hezbollah announces truce covering three Syrian towns

Lebanon’s Shia movement Hezbollah, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has said that a six-month truce has been agreed between the rebel-held town of Zabadani and two Shia towns in the northwest. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah told the movement’s Al-Manar television on Friday that the deal was reached under[…]

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Refugees falsely claiming to be Syrian

About a third of refugees arriving in Germany who claim to be from Syria are actually not from that country, a spokesman for the German interior ministry has said. “Thirty percent of those asylum-seekers who claim to be Syrian are not Syrians according to this estimate,” Tobias Plate said at[…]

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