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Syria To Hold Parliamentary Elections In September, 1st Since Bashar Al-Assad's Regime Fall
Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organising the election process told state media Sunday.
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How Sectarian Violence Drove Syria's Druze From Unity To Uprising
Clashes broke out last week that were sparked by tit-for-tat kidnappings between armed Bedouin clans and fighters with the Druze religious minority. The violence killed hundreds of people and threatened to unravel Syria's fragile postwar transition.
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Explained: Who Are Bedouins And Why They Are Fighting The Druze In Syria
The Bedouins are traditionally nomadic, Arabic-speaking tribes who have inhabited the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa for centuries.
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Syrians Find Bodies In Streets While Searching For Loved Ones Amid Clashes
A ceasefire went into effect late Wednesday, easing days of brutal clashes in Sweida. Members of its Druze community are returning to search for loved ones and count their losses, finding homes looted and bloodied bodies in the streets.
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Israel Bombs Syria Army HQ Amid Fighting In Majority-Druze City Of Sweida
Israel bombed the Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland, where a war monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people.
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What Is Happening In Syria's Druze-Majority Sweida?
The Syrian government deployed its forces in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, in a bid by the Islamist authorities to extend their power to the area controlled by local armed groups.
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Pics: 20 Killed, Dozens Wounded In Suicide Bombing On Syrian Church
At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 20 In Syrian Church Near Damascus During Mass
A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 20 and wounding 52 others, state media reported.
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NO To Bikinis, YES To Burkinis: Syria Asks People To Wear "Appropriate" Swimsuits At Public Beaches
Not just beachwear, Syrians are in general asked to "wear loose clothing, cover the shoulders and knees".
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Germany Tries Syrian Man Over Deadly Stabbing That Stoked Migration Debate
A Syrian man stood trial in Duesseldorf on Tuesday over a knife attack claimed by Islamic State in which three people were killed, a case that stirred debate over foreigner crime in Germany and paved the way for a crackdown on migration.
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1 Dead, 4 Injured In Knife Attack In Austria: Police
A 14-year-old boy died and four other people were injured in a knife attack in southern Austria on Saturday, police said, adding they have arrested a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker.
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Many Injured In Knife Attack In Germany On New Year's Eve, Suspect Arrested
The suspect, a Syrian national who lives in Sweden, is said to have stabbed his victims with a knife he stole from the supermarket.
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Syrian Foreign Minister Warns Iran Against Spreading Chaos In Syria
Syria's newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people's will and the country's sovereignty.
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Deadly Knife Attack In Germany: What We Know So Far
A knife attack at a street festival in western Germany killed three people on Friday. A Syrian man has been detained on suspicion of carrying out the rampage on behalf of the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Syrian Man Confesses To Killing 3 In Germany Stabbing Attack
German police said Sunday that a Syrian man has given himself up and confessed to killing three people and wounding eight others in a knife rampage at a street festival.
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Syria To Hold Parliamentary Elections In September, 1st Since Bashar Al-Assad's Regime Fall
Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organising the election process told state media Sunday.
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How Sectarian Violence Drove Syria's Druze From Unity To Uprising
Clashes broke out last week that were sparked by tit-for-tat kidnappings between armed Bedouin clans and fighters with the Druze religious minority. The violence killed hundreds of people and threatened to unravel Syria's fragile postwar transition.
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Explained: Who Are Bedouins And Why They Are Fighting The Druze In Syria
The Bedouins are traditionally nomadic, Arabic-speaking tribes who have inhabited the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa for centuries.
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Syrians Find Bodies In Streets While Searching For Loved Ones Amid Clashes
A ceasefire went into effect late Wednesday, easing days of brutal clashes in Sweida. Members of its Druze community are returning to search for loved ones and count their losses, finding homes looted and bloodied bodies in the streets.
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Israel Bombs Syria Army HQ Amid Fighting In Majority-Druze City Of Sweida
Israel bombed the Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland, where a war monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people.
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What Is Happening In Syria's Druze-Majority Sweida?
The Syrian government deployed its forces in the Druze-majority city of Sweida, in a bid by the Islamist authorities to extend their power to the area controlled by local armed groups.
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Pics: 20 Killed, Dozens Wounded In Suicide Bombing On Syrian Church
At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria's interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 20 In Syrian Church Near Damascus During Mass
A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 20 and wounding 52 others, state media reported.
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NO To Bikinis, YES To Burkinis: Syria Asks People To Wear "Appropriate" Swimsuits At Public Beaches
Not just beachwear, Syrians are in general asked to "wear loose clothing, cover the shoulders and knees".
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Germany Tries Syrian Man Over Deadly Stabbing That Stoked Migration Debate
A Syrian man stood trial in Duesseldorf on Tuesday over a knife attack claimed by Islamic State in which three people were killed, a case that stirred debate over foreigner crime in Germany and paved the way for a crackdown on migration.
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1 Dead, 4 Injured In Knife Attack In Austria: Police
A 14-year-old boy died and four other people were injured in a knife attack in southern Austria on Saturday, police said, adding they have arrested a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker.
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Many Injured In Knife Attack In Germany On New Year's Eve, Suspect Arrested
The suspect, a Syrian national who lives in Sweden, is said to have stabbed his victims with a knife he stole from the supermarket.
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Syrian Foreign Minister Warns Iran Against Spreading Chaos In Syria
Syria's newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread chaos in Syria but to respect the Syrian people's will and the country's sovereignty.
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Deadly Knife Attack In Germany: What We Know So Far
A knife attack at a street festival in western Germany killed three people on Friday. A Syrian man has been detained on suspicion of carrying out the rampage on behalf of the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Syrian Man Confesses To Killing 3 In Germany Stabbing Attack
German police said Sunday that a Syrian man has given himself up and confessed to killing three people and wounding eight others in a knife rampage at a street festival.
