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Jul 10, 2015 · Syria: Mapping the conflict. 10 July 2015. Territorial control in Syria has changed many times since the country's uprising began more than four years ago, with long periods of attrition ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Syria united with Egypt in February 1958 to form the United Arab Republic. In September 1961, the two entities separated, and the Syrian Arab Republic was reestablished. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights region to Israel. During the 1990s, Syria and Israel held occasional, albeit unsuccessful, peace talks over its return.
May 30, 2023 · 30 May 2023 Peace and Security. Action on the ground must match diplomacy’s steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war in Syria, where violence is once again, killing a growing numbers of civilians, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday. “It is vital that the recent diplomatic moves are matched with real action ...
May 19, 2023 · Syria, and the Assad regime, remain under US and European sanctions. Amnesty International, the human rights group, said that the president "turned Syria into a slaughterhouse".
Mar 9, 2022 · Today the poverty rate in Syria is an unprecedented 90 percent; 14.6 million people in Syria depend on humanitarian aid. In Syria’s northwest, many Syrians forced from their homes “are still living in flimsy tents, stuck in snow, rain, mud,” Mr. Pinheiro continued, before insisting that “some actors seem to spend more energy on preventing aid to get to them, rather than facilitating it”.
Apr 8, 2024 · Smoke rises from destroyed Iranian consulate. Several people were killed by what Syria said was an Israeli air strike on Iran's consulate in Damascus. Middle East. 30 Mar 2024.
Apr 2, 2024 · DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran’s consulate in Syria on Monday killed two Iranian generals and five officers, according to Iranian officials. The strike appeared to signify an escalation of Israel’s targeting of military officials from Iran, which supports militant groups fighting Israel in Gaza, and along ...
