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Syria Has a New Temporary Constitution. Here are Highlights.

Syria Has a New Temporary Constitution. Here Are the Highlights.

Shara, guarantees individual freedoms but gives Mr. al-Shara abundant power and keeps Islamic law as its legal foundation.

BBC · 18h

Syria leader signs temporary constitution for five-year transition

The document enshrines separation of powers and guarantees women's rights, freedom of expression and media freedom.

Reuters · 1d

Syria keeps role for Islamic law in 5-year transition

Syria kept a central role for Islamic law in a constitutional declaration issued on Thursday which guarantees women's rights and freedom of expression during a five-year transitional period, according to a summary read on TV.

Syria, Damascus and Turkish Foreign Ministry

Associated Press News · 19h

Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria’s deal with Kurdish-led group

Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus. The visit Thursday comes days after Syria’s interim government reached a deal to integrate a U.S backed Kurdish-led armed group,

Reuters on MSN · 2d

US steered Syrian Kurds towards Damascus deal, sources say

By Timour Azhari, Phil Stewart, Jonathan Spicer and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DAMASCUS (Reuters) -The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach Monday's landmark deal with the Islamist-led government in Damascus,

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Top Turkish Officials Visit Damascus, Turkey's Foreign Ministry Says

Turkey's foreign minister, defence minister and the head of the MIT intelligence agency are in Damascus on a working visit, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, without providing details. The visit follows the outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria this week,

Druze, Israel and Syria

AOL · 1h

Druze religious elders from Syria make historic visit to Israel

A delegation of Druze religious elders from Syria crossed into Israel on Friday for the first such visit in more than 50 years, underscoring Israel's backing for the community amid growing tensions with the new government in Damascus.

BBC · 3h

First Druze crossing in 50 years as Israel courts allies in Syria

Syrian Druze crossed into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for the first time in 50 years Early on Friday morning, a group of Syrian men crossed into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights through a UN-monitored buffer zone.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Israeli Druze prepare for first visit by Syrian Druze in decades

The head of the Druze community in Israel on Thursday hailed plans for the first visit by a Druze religious delegation from Syria in five decades, despite escalating cross-border tensions underscored by an Israeli airstrike on Damascus.

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UN calls on Damascus to safeguard all Syrians, regardless of background

The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously condemned the recent massacres of civilians and widespread violence in the ...

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Kurdish-led Syrian group rejects Islamist authorities' new constitution framework

The Kurdish-led group which governs northeast Syria on Friday rejected a constitutional declaration issued by the new ...

UNICEF Helps Protect Syria’s Children From Deadly Remnants Of War

Mohammed, 15, learned about the dangers of unexploded ordnance at a UNICEF child-friendly space — knowledge he used to save ...

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Qatar will send natural gas to Syria to increase its meager electricity supply

Syria's state-run SANA news agency says Qatar will provide natural gas supplies to Syria with the aim of generating 400 ...

Syria's sects: delicate mix for its new Islamist leaders

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

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Turkey and Syria's Diplomatic Dance: Key Talks on Kurds and Terrorism

Turkish officials visited Damascus to discuss an agreement involving the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government. The delegation, including Turkey's foreign and defense ...

Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

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Syria's Four Wars Explained 14 Years On

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

Three months since the fall of Assad, is Syria headed towards stability or chaos? Explained

Syria has entered a three-month period of political and military uncertainty following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ...

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