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Thousands rally against Assad in northern Syria

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Despite fragile buffer zone deal and mounting skirmishes, thousands of people came out to the streets of rebel-held areas in Idlib and Aleppo provinces to rally against the Syria regime and the key ally Russia.   Demonstrators held up the three-star flag of the...

Russian army: Nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees returned home

The Russian military says nearly 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned home to their country in recent months. Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev of the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters Friday that nearly 6,000 people returned to Syria in the last week alone, according to data collected by...

Lebanon: Syrian refugees gather in preparation to return

A group of Syrian refugees gathered at various meeting points across Lebanon Thursday morning in preparation to return to their home country, in the latest return trip organized by Lebanese General Security, the state-run National News Agency reported. About 55,000 Syrian refugees had...

Assad calls on Druze minority to do military service

Bashar al-Assad has called on the country's Druze community to do military service, days after members of the minority were released following a mass abduction in July by the Islamic State group. Sweida province is the heartland of Syria's Druze minority, who made up around three percent of...