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QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed nine people, including three children, on Saturday, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest attacks since agreements in June eased hostilities between Israel…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Syria’s Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management on Saturday warned residents of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor governorates of rising Euphrates River water levels as authorities gradually increase water…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Israeli forces on Saturday entered the western countryside of Daraa, southern Syria, deploying troops and setting up a checkpoint to inspect passersby. The force, comprising 12 military vehicles and…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Lebanese authorities on Friday announced that charges of torture and killing had been brought against former Syrian Army Major General Adel Issa, who was detained in Lebanon. The case against Issa entered…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Iran on Friday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington could declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory, saying the strategic waterway cannot be taken through threats or military force.…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Syria and Iraq have agreed to form joint judicial committees to review the cases of Islamic State (ISIS) detainees transferred from Syrian prisons to Iraq this year, as Damascus and Baghdad deepen judicial…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – A former Syrian security officer convicted in Austria of abusing detainees during Bashar al-Assad’s rule has returned to Syria while appealing an eight-year prison sentence, Reuters reported on Friday. …

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Israeli forces conducted ground incursions and detained three shepherds in Syria’s Quneitra and Daraa countryside on Friday, while opening intermittent fire toward western Daraa, a North Press correspondent…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The UK is cutting direct aid by more than 40% to several fragile and conflict-affected states, including Syria, South Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, the Financial Times reported Friday.…