Head of UN chemical weapons watchdog meets Syrian leader
The meeting raised hope that Syria would be conclusively rid of chemical weapons after years of delays. Read more at ...
Chemical weapons watchdog delegation meets with Syria's new leaders
A delegation from the global chemical weapons watchdog has arrived in Damascus to meet with Syria’s new leaders for the first time since the fall of former President Bashar Assad ...
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With Hezbollah Battered, Natural Gas Gives Lebanon A Chance
The election of General Joseph Aoun as president of Lebanon ended a two-year stalemate in which the position was vacant, and Lebanon basically had ...
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Timour Azhari
Iraq and BP to sign Kirkuk oil and gas deal by first week of Feb ... Islamist rulers in Damascus a month after they toppled Bashar al-Assad. The U.S. on Monday issued a sanctions exemption ...
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Bashar al-Assad
As in Venezuela, North Korea, and Russia, deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime was such a case ... While Equatorial Guinea is a small country blessed with significant oil and gas deposits ...
Putin's refuge for Bashar al-Assad in Moscow impacting Russian efforts to keep forces in Syria, says UK
Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces ...
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Inside Bashar al-Assad’s dungeons
AS NEWS OF the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the dictator’s flight spread over the weekend, many Syrians rushed to the public squares to celebrate. In Damascus, women draped in the ...