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President Barack Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call from the Oval Office, Monday, June 8, 2009. Credit: White House/Pete Souza.

Report: Obama offered Syria Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights

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Just a few months before the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, the Obama administration offered the Assad regime an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights in return for severing ties with Iran...
Lebanese anti-Hezbollah activist Lokman Slim. Source: Screenshot.

US officials condemn assassination of Lebanese anti-Hezbollah activist

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U.S. officials condemned the assassination of a prominent Lebanon anti-Hezbollah activist, Lokman Slim, who was found dead in a car in southern Lebanon with multiple bullet wounds. “We join the international community in calling for...
U.S. Department of Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US imposes new sanctions on central bank in Syria, wife of Bashar Assad

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The United States on Tuesday enacted new sanctions on Syria, including targeting its central bank and the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said it sanctioned two individuals,...
Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan, in his first address to the Security Council, Oct. 26, 2020. Source: Facebook/Gilad Erdan.

Israeli envoy calls for UN action against Iran over its actions in Syria

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has called on the U.N. Security Council to take immediate steps to end the Iranian presence in Syria. The Islamic republic has been largely credited for keeping...
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US enacts new sanctions on Syrian entities, individuals

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The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 19 entities and individuals on Monday that it accused of providing support to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. Among those sanctioned were the National Defense Forces, the Syrian Ministry of...
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US sanctions senior officials affiliated with Assad-led Syrian government

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The United States sanctioned Syrian President Bashar Assad’s top press officer and a prominent member of the Syrian Ba’ath Party, in addition to three senior Syrian military officials. on Thursday. Luna Al Shibl is a prominent member...
Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr via Wikimedia Commons.

US sanctions Syrian leader’s oldest son, other individuals and entities

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The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s oldest son, Hafez Assad, named after his grandfather. He was sanctioned along with three other individuals and 10 entities. The sanctions were imposed under the Caesar...
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife, Asma. Credit: Ricardo Stuckert (Agência Brasil) via Wikimedia Commons.

US sanctions Syrian government, including President Bashar Assad

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The United States imposed sanctions on 39 Syrian individuals and entities on Wednesday, including Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife, Asma, in an attempt to choke off revenue for the regime. The sanctions were imposed under...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Russia's special representative for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin, in Jerusalem on Jan. 29, 2019. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

After eight years of civil war, the return of Syria to the Arab world

Nearly eight years into the civil war in Syria, the government forces led by Syrian President Bashar Assad—and supported by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah—have regained control  of the majority of Syria. As the war appears...
Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr via Wikimedia Commons.

Assad meets Khamenei in first Iran visit in eight years

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Syrian President Bashar Assad visited Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday in Iran, his first trip to the country since the beginning of the Syrian conflict and genocide eight years ago, according to Syrian state...