Khaled Yacoub Oweis
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Syrian security forces arrest members of Hezbollah-linked cell and seize rocket launchers | The National (opens the original)
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Syrian security forces have arrested three members of a cell linked to the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and dismantled rocket launchers in their possession in the southern Yarmouk river basin. The area near the occupied Golan Heights has been the scene of an increasing number of Israeli incursions this year. Israeli troops crossed into southern Syria and areas west of Damascus, and occupied parts of these regions, soon after militant forces led by current President Ahmad Al Shara ousted the As
Syria has received many visitors since the civil war ended â but what it really wants is tourists | The National (opens the original)
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Mourhaf Nazha cut a lonely figure at his family's hotel business during the civil war. Few customers were staying at their Golden Mazzeh hotel in west Damascus as renovation was under way to open another, the landmark Royal Semiramis in the centre of the city. âWe had the odd business customer from Aleppo or Homs, but that was it,â says Mr Nazha, who is the chairman of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Tourism. Semiramis, near the Ottoman-era Hejaz railway station, opened several months a
From phone taps to arrests: the intelligence trail behind a Lebanon-Syria security operation | The National (opens the original)
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By infiltrating phones, tracking communications and piecing together intelligence across the border, Lebanese and Syrian security authorities uncovered a cell accused of plotting attacks inside Syria. The operation offers a rare window into a growing security partnership between Beirut and Damascus, as they pursue networks linked to the former Syrian regime and look to curb Hezbollah's influence. The cell included Lebanese and Syrian nationals, among them a colonel in the intelligence services u
Israel strikes Syria and Lebanon despite US-brokered diplomacy | The National (opens the original)
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Israel has carried out attacks and ground raids in southern Syria, while intensifying air strikes and demolitions across southern Lebanon, despite separate US-backed diplomatic tracks aimed at ending hostilities. Israeli forces have shelled a Syrian town and entered another near the occupied Golan Heights in the past 24 hours, pro-government media said, in the first such breach since the two sides met in Amman to discuss a security deal at the beginning of this week. The US-brokered meeting on S
How pressure and months of stalling finally brought about the SDFâs dissolution in Syria | The National (opens the original)
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The writing has been on the wall for Syria's armed Kurds since early 2025 as the US, once their close ally, forged ties with its rivals in the Syrian government. In March 2025, Washington pressured the Syrian Democratic Forces, the mostly Kurdish militia set up in 2015, to sign an integration deal with President Ahmad Al Shara. A community that was on the political ascendancy during Syria's civil war became an obstacle for major powers jostling for position in a new Syria. But it was not until T
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