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UN Security Council to vote Tuesday on Syria sanctions

The UN Security Council will vote Tuesday on a draft resolution that would impose sanctions on Syria for the use of chemical weapons, diplomats said. Russia has vowed to use its veto to block the measure, which would be the seventh time that Moscow has resorted to its veto power to shield...

Tahrir al-Sham kills 4 ISIS militants in Yarmouk camp

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four Islamic State's militants were killed on Monday when a rival group opened fire on an ISIS-held territory in Yarmouk refugees camp south of Damascus, source said. The powerful Haya’t Tahrir al-Sham alliance, led by the formerly known Nusra Front, hunted four ISIS...

How the Oscars put Syria in the spotlight

(Washington Post)- Sitting 7,000 miles from the fuss and frills of Sunday's Academy Awards, it was Raed Saleh, dressed in a simple T-shirt, who delivered one of the most powerful messages of the night. In a short acceptance speech — posted online after a documentary about his Syrian...