Syria restricts entry of Lebanese via joint border, sources say
Syria's new administration has imposed restrictions on Lebanese crossing their shared border into Syria, a Lebanese security official and a Syrian official said on Friday.
Iran Pulls Most Forces From Syria, in Blow to Tehran’s Regional Ambitions
The withdrawal marks the demise of a yearslong effort in which Tehran used Syria as a hub in its regional strategy to spread influence and wage proxy war against the U.S. and Israel.
US eases restrictions on Syria while keeping sanctions in place
EU Could Lift Some Syria Sanctions Quickly, France Says
Germany pushing for EU to relax sanctions on Syria, FT reports
Germany is leading efforts for the European Union to ease sanctions imposed on Syria during the rule of President Bashar al-Assad who was ousted last month, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. German officials circulated two proposal documents among EU capitals shortly before Christmas outlining suggestions for the main areas where the bloc's sanctions on Syria could be eased,
U.S. envoy in Beirut amid uncertainty over future of Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire
Israeli troops withdrew from the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura on Monday, amid growing accusations from both sides of major violations of the Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire.
Syria's embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officers
Syria’s embassy in Lebanon has suspended consular services a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly forged passports
Syria's de facto leader says it could take up to 4 years to hold elections
Syria’s de facto leader has said it could take up to four years to hold elections in Syria, and that he plans on dissolving his Islamist group that led the country’s insurgency at an anticipated natio
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Iranian plane, diplomat searched at Beirut airport: What we know
On Nov. 15, an Iranian delegation accompanying Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was also searched by security at the Beirut airport as the war between Israel and Hezbollah was raging.
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Lebanon working to ‘resolve’ Syria’s new entry restrictions
Work is underway to resolve the issue of Lebanese citizens being prevented from entering Syria,” says Lebanon’s interior minister.
Syria's embassy in Lebanon suspends services after fake passports emerge
Meanwhile, Lebanese authorities handed over dozens of Syrian nationals, including former officers in the army, to the new administration in Damascus after they were caught illegally entering Lebanon.
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Lebanon hopes for neighbourly relations in first message to new Syria government
BEIRUT - Lebanon said on Thursday it was looking forward to having the best neighbourly relations with Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad opened the way to a new era in the often turbulent relations between the two neighbours.
Now Syria’s long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too
The party that for decades ruled as part of the Assad dynasty is now being blamed for damaging relations with other Arab countries and aiding in the spread of corruption that brought the war-torn nation to its knees.
Two relatives of Assad ‘arrested at Beirut airport with fake passports’
Two of Bashar al-Assad’s relatives have been arrested at Beirut airport with forged passports, while his uncle, who is wanted for war crimes, has flown to Dubai...