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Indonesian embassy repatriates 1,928 citizens from Syria

The Indonesian Embassy in Damascus has last year repatriated 1,928 Indonesian citizens, including seven university ...

109 Indonesians repatriated from Syria

About 109 Indonesians residing in Damascus, Syria, were evacuated to Lebanon last Friday following tension in ...

al-Assad one of world's most brutal actor

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is one of the most brutal actors on the world stage today and his actions against his ...

Syrians spend new year eve behind tvs, watching fortunetellers, hoping for better year

Unlike previous New Year Eves, when Damascenes used to flock to the capital`s overcrowded streets with fireworks of ...

Govt to speed up repatriation of Indonesian citizens from Syria

The government will speed up the repatriation of Indonesian citizens in Syria by moving them to Beirut, Lebanon, ...

Indonesia accelerates repatriation of citizens from Syria to Lebanon

Indonesia is accelerating the repatriation of its citizens in Syria to Lebanon and later to Indonesia due to worsening ...

Indonesian embassy in Damascus declares state of emergency

The Indonesian embassy in Damascus, Syria, has declared a state of emergency in the city. "Syria is a dangerous ...

Syrian Christians `pray for peace`

In the heart of Damascus, more than 1,000 people attended Christmas mass on Monday, praying for peace to return to ...

Israeli Air Force chief: Hezbollah ready for battle

Days after a mysterious blast levelled a Hezbollah weapons warehouse in southern Lebanon which reportedly contained ...

`Friends of Syria` agree to step up pressure on Assad

Delegates from more than 60 countries agreed in Tokyo Friday to ramp up pressure on Bashar al-Assad`s regime and urged ...

Armed men kill Syrian journalist in Damascus

Basel Tawfiq Yussif, a journalist of Syria`s state TV, was killed Thursday by armed groups in a restive district in ...

3 bomb explosions kill 7 in Syria`s southern province

Three car bombs went off in the southern province of Daraa early Saturday, killing at least seven people and causing ...

Fresh clashes in Syrian capital and Aleppo

Fierce clashes broke out before dawn on Monday between Syrian troops and rebels in the capital Damascus and in Syria`s ...

Top Syrian air force general assassinated in Damascus

A top Syrian Air Force general, Abdullah Mahmud al-Khalidi, was shot dead in northern Damascus on Monday night as he ...

Almost 150 killed on first day of Syria truce

Almost 150 people died on the first day of a barely-observed truce between the warring parties in Syria, a watchdog ...