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Anti-Assad music star makes triumphant return to Syria (opens the original)
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Syrian singer Assala Nasri has made a triumphant return to Damascus with a sold-out concert following 15 years of exile due to her opposition to ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad. Thousands of fans welcomed the 57-year-old, known mononymously as Assala, at a venue in the Syrian capital where she bowed and opened the show with songs hailing the Syrian people. "Souls of my heart, I missed you," she repeatedly said to endless cheers on Thursday night. "My loves, my people, I swear, until this moment I c
Syria says reached deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases (opens the original)
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Syria said on Sunday that it reached a deal with Russia on the fate of its two bases in the country, which Moscow once used to provide military support to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian civil war. Russia was a key Assad ally during the 13-year conflict, helping to keep the former leader in power, and his ouster in 2024 dealt a major blow to its influence in the region. President Vladimir Putin has since worked to build relations with the new Islamist authorities in Damascus to s
Scars of war linger on Syria's Saint Simeon monastery (opens the original)
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Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations. AFP accompanied a French archaeological delegation to inspect the site after more than a decade of conflict and assess what could be restored. The fifth-century monastery and its church are, alongside hundreds of abandoned ancient villages in northern Syria known as the "de
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