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Top EU diplomats travel to Syria, visit deposed Assad regime’s notorious Sednaya prison and call for inclusive leadership Blogging Sole

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Damascus — The European Union supports a peaceful and inclusive transition in Syria, senior French and German diplomats said Friday during their visit to Damascus to meet new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock were in the Syrian capital for talks on behalf of the European Union, … Read more

Some Syrians living abroad return home after fall of Assad regime Blogging Sole

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Some Syrians living abroad return home after fall of Assad regime Blogging Sole

Some Syrians living abroad return after fall of Assad regime – CBS News Watch CBS News Many Syrians who lived abroad, some for decades, are returning home after the fall of the Assad regime. But mixed feelings of hope and worry remain among some. Imtiaz Tyab reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications … Read more

Biden’s top hostage envoy says ”stunned” by number of prisons under Assad regime Blogging Sole

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Biden’s top hostage envoy says ”stunned” by number of prisons under Assad regime Blogging Sole

Roger Carstens, the White House special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, speaks on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” from Jordan after traveling to Syria to seek information on Austin Tice. In Syria, he said he was “stunned” by the number of prisons that operated under Assad’s rule, making the search for Tice even more … Read more

New details of notorious Captagon drug trade revealed as Syrian Assad regime collapses Blogging Sole

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Damascus — In a remote corner outside Damascus, Syria, a now-abandoned potato chip factory reveals one of the world’s many dark but revealed secrets. fallen regime of Bashar al-Assad. A CBS News crew gained access to the site and found a warehouse stocked with industrial-scale hydrochloric acid and acetic acid, which are chemical precursors needed … Read more