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Syrian land law raises red flags for rights groups, lawyers

Rights groups and specialists are sounding the alarm over a new Syrian law on urban development, saying millions of displaced risk never returning home after losing claim to land left behind. The Urban Renewal Law, commonly known as Decree 10, allows the government to take private property to...

600 rebels, civilians leave southern Damascus to Idlib

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The second batch of rebels and their families have left the southern suburbs of Damascus on Friday, heading northern Syria as clashes are still underway between regime forces and Daesh in Yarmouk Camp. The state-run news agency SANA reported that buses were...

Chemical weapons inspectors back from Douma: source

Chemical weapons inspectors have returned from a mission to the Syrian town of Douma, where they took samples and interviewed witnesses to determine whether banned munitions were used in an attack last month, a diplomatic source said on Friday. A team of experts from the Organisation...