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Car bomb in the Syrian capital kills one. Drone strike near Lebanon border targets two vehicles

Syria’s state media says a bomb attached to a car exploded in the western part of the Syrian capital that is home to several diplomatic missions, killing one person and causing material damage.

FILE - In this photo released on Nov. 9, 2019 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. In a landmark trial, a Paris court will this week seek Tuesday May 21, 2024 to determine whether Syrian intelligence officials were responsible for Patrick and Mazzen Dabbagh's disappearance and deaths. The hearings are expected to air chilling allegations that President Bashar Assad's regime has widely used torture and arbitrary detentions to keep power in Syria's civil war. (SANA via AP, File)

France is trying Syrian ex-officials for the torture and killing of a father and son. Here’s why

FILE - Maryam Kamalmaz hold a photo of her father with some of his 14 grandchildren in Grand Prairie, Texas, Jan. 17, 2024. U.S. officials have developed specific and highly credible intelligence suggesting that Majd Kamalmaz, an American citizen who disappeared seven years ago while traveling in Syria has died, Maryam Kamalmaz said Saturday, May 18. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

FILE - People ride their motorcycle by damaged buildings in the old town of Homs, Syria, Aug. 15, 2018. Syria’s civil war has entered its 14th year on Friday March 15, 2024, a somber anniversary in a long-frozen conflict. The country is effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government, various opposition groups and Kurdish forces. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

Turkish drones kill 3 in an attack on a local Christian militia in northeastern Syria, officials say

Erdogan accuses Western nations of double standards, blames Israel for escalation of Mideast crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Western nations of double-standards for allegedly speaking out against Iran over its weekend attacks on Israel but not condemning Israel for targeting the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus, earlier.

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UN envoy invites Syrian opponents for constitution talks in Geneva despite Russia’s opposition

The U.N. special envoy for Syria has issued formal invitations to the Syrian government and opposition to meet in Geneva in late April to resume negotiations on revising the country’s constitution, despite opposition from Damascus’ key ally Russia which insists the Swiss city is not a neutral venue.

People clean debris after a reported Israeli attack on Syria, according to The Syrian state TV reported that several missiles hit the western neighborhood of Kfar Sousseh district, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Israeli strikes hit a neighborhood of the Syrian capital on Wednesday morning, killing multiple people and causing material damage, Syria’s state TV said. There was no confirmation of the strikes from Israel. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

State media say an Israeli strike kills 2 in a Damascus residential area. Another kills 2 in Lebanon

Syria’s state TV says an Israeli strike that hit a residential area in the country’s capital of Damascus has killed two people.

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, right, shakes hands with the new United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Syria Hassan Ahmad al-Shihi and receive his credentials, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, January. 30, 2024. The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Damascus in nearly 13 years took up his post on Tuesday as Syria has been reintegrating into mainstream regional acceptance. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

The UAE ambassador to Syria takes post in Damascus after nearly 13 years of cut ties

The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Damascus in nearly 13 years has taken up his post as Syria is reintegrating into mainstream regional acceptance.

Emergency services work at a building hit by an air strike in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. Syrian and Iranian state media outlets say an Israeli strike on t Damascus killed four Iranian advisers. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 5 Iranian advisers, officials say

Syrian and Iranian officials and media say an Israeli strike on the Syrian capital of Damascus has killed five Iranian advisers with the expeditionary Al Quds force belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

An Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general

Iranian state media say that an Israeli airstrike in a Damascus neighborhood has killed a high-ranking Iranian general.

People walk and play at a park decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities with an Orthodox Church in the background in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

In a troubled world, Christians strive to put aside earthly worries on Christmas Eve

Christians around the world are striving on Christmas Eve to put aside worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world.

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

Syria says an Israeli airstrike hit the Damascus airport and put it out of service

Syrian state media say an Israeli airstrike has hit the international airport in the Syrian capital and put it out of commission.

Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit airports in Damascus and Aleppo, damaging their runways

Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have hit the international airports of the Syrian capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo amid regional tensions, damaging their runways and putting them out of service.

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on their armored vehicles, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American troops are deployed, point to dangerous seams in a coalition that has kept on a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

US-backed Kurdish forces impose curfew in eastern Syria after new clashes with rival Arab militia

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces have imposed a curfew in parts of eastern Syria after new clashes erupted with rival Arab militiamen.

Syria says an Israeli airstrike on a coastal province killed 2 soldiers and wounded 6

Syria’s state media say that Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in a coastal province, killing two soldiers, wounding six and causing material damage.

A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands on his armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American troops are deployed, point to dangerous seams in a coalition that has kept on a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. That could be an opportunity for the radical group to re-emerge. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group

The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years.

In this photo released by Suwayda24, people stage a protest in the southern city of Sweida, Syria, Tuesday, Aug 22, 2023. Protests spread to new areas of south Syria amid widespread anger over increasing prices, the crash of the Syrian pound, and the dwindling purchase power of most people in the war-torn country, opposition activists said. (Suwayda24 via AP)

Residents in southern Syria raid ruling party offices, block road as protests over economy intensify

Angry protesters have raided the local offices of the ruling Baath party in a southern Syrian province.

Syria’s state media says Israeli airstrikes near the capital of Damascus have wounded 1 soldier

Syria’s state media say Israel’s military has carried out airstrikes near the capital of Damascus wounding one soldier.

FILE - This Aug. 21, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by the anti-government Media Office Of Douma City which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man mourning over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by government forces, according to activists, in Douma town, Damascus, Syria. Syria denies ever using chemical weapons during the war and says it eliminated its chemical arsenal under a 2013 agreement brokered by the U.S. and key ally Russia. It also joined the Hague-based global chemical weapons watchdog as global pressure mounted on Damascus. (Media Office Of Douma City via AP, File)

A decade after a sarin gas attack in a Damascus suburb, Syrian survivors lose hope for justice

A decade after a sarin gas attack killed hundreds and left thousands hurt in a Syrian suburb near the capital of Damascus, survivors say there has been no accountability for that attack or for other atrocities committed during the country’s brutal conflict.

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

Syrian capital rocked by explosions but no immediate word on source or target of attacks

Syrian state media and Damascus residents say the sound of repeated explosions could be heard in the area around the capital before dawn on Sunday.

FILE - A Syrian woman leaves a pharmacy after buying medicine in Damascus, Syria, on July 24, 2019. The Syrian government decided to increase prices of drugs by 50%, the head of the pharmacies syndicate in Damascus said Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023 as the Syrian pound hit new a low in recent days. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syria’s pharmacies syndicate says drug prices to increase 50% as the country’s pound hits a new low

The head of the pharmacies syndicate in Damascus says the Syrian government has decided to increase the prices of drugs by 50%.

At least 4 Syrian soldiers killed in suspected Israeli airstrikes around Damascus

Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have hit areas around Damascus, killing at least four Syrian soldiers.

Alleged ex-member of Syrian militia arrested in Germany, accused of crimes against humanity

An alleged former member of a Syrian pro-government militia has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of crimes against humanity related to the abuse and torture of civilians in the early years of his country’s civil war.

Women attend the Ashoura mourning ritual, Friday, July 28, 2023, in Tehran, Iran. Millions of Shiite Muslims around the world on Friday commemorated Ashoura, a remembrance of the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader urges Muslims to ‘punish’ Quran desecrators if governments fail to do so

The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says that if governments of Muslim-majority nations do not act against countries that allow desecration of the Quran, Muslims should “punish” those who facilitate attacks on Islam’s holy book.

6 killed in Damascus suburb bombing near Shiite Muslim shrine ahead of the holy day of Ashoura

Syrian state media, citing the interior ministry, say six people have been killed and dozens wounded when a motorcycle planted with explosives detonated in a Damascus suburb near a Shiite Muslim shrine one day before the solemn holy day of Ashoura.

FILE - Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake are parked at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on Feb. 10, 2023. On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the U.N. Security Council failed to renew the Bab al-Hawa border crossing into opposition-held northwestern Syria from Turkey. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)

US and major donors demand independent UN aid operation in Syria’s rebel-held northwest

The United States says it has joined major donors in demanding that the United Nations be able to deliver aid through a key crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest independently and to everyone in need.

Suspected Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus and the surrounding area

Syrian state media reports that Israeli airstrikes have hit the area of Damascus. According to Syrian state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV, Syria’s air defenses shot down “most of” the missiles.

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center left, and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani review a military honour guard during a welcome ceremony in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Iraq's prime minister held talks Sunday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first such trip by an Iraqi premier to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began. (SANA via AP)

Iraqi premier in Syria for first visit in over a decade to discuss boosting cooperation

Iraq’s prime minister is holding talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began.

FILE - Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake are parked at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on Feb. 10, 2023. On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the U.N. Security Council failed to renew the Bab al-Hawa border crossing into opposition-held northwestern Syria from Turkey. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)

UN says the Damascus-proposed conditions for aid delivery to northwest Syria are ‘unacceptable’

The United Nations agency responsible for overseeing humanitarian aid has described conditions placed by the Syrian government on aid deliveries from Turkey to northwest Syria as “unacceptable.”

Netherlands and Canada bring torture case against Syria at UN’s top court

The Netherlands and Canada have jointly filed a complaint against Syria before the United Nations’ highest judicial body.

Syrian state media: Suspected Israeli airstrikes target Damascus

BEIRUT (AP) (AP) — Airstrikes attributed to Israel targeted Syria’s capital city late Sunday, the first such strikes in nearly a month, Syrian state media reported.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses a speech via a video link, during a ceremony to mark the seven anniversary death of Hezbollah slain top commander Mustafa Badreddine, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 12, 2023. Nasrallah denied Friday reports that linked one of Syria's most well-known drug dealers who was killed earlier this week in an airstrike near the Jordanian border to the Iran-backed group calling such accusations "baseless lies." (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah leader denies reports linking the Iran-backed group to Syria’s drug dealer

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has denounced as “baseless lies” reports that one of Syria’s most well-known drug dealers, who was killed earlier this week in an airstrike near the Jordanian border, was linked to the Iran-backed group.

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

Explosion near Syrian capital Damascus kills 1, injures 4

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An explosion close to a police station near the Syrian capital killed one officer and wounded four others Wednesday, state media reported.

UN chief hopes Syria’s return to Arab League helps end war

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief expressed hope Monday that Syria’s return to the Arab League and its engagement with regional powers could spur progress in resolving the 13-year Syrian civil war, as Damascus faced pressure to be transparent about chemical weapons.

In this photo released by the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi, left, listens to his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad during a welcoming ceremony in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iranian president meets Palestinian officials in Syria

A Palestinian official says Iran’s president has met with senior Palestinian officials in Damascus and expressed his country’s support to them.