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11/06/2025

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11/06/2025

NEW Al-Monitor Washington: Families of Americans missing in Syria urge Caesar sanctions relief

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/11/families-americans-missing-syria-urge-caesar-sanctions-relief

The remaining US sanctions on Syria may be hindering the search for the remains of Americans detained and killed by the former Assad regime.

11/06/2025

US military to establish presence at Damascus airbase, sources say

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Timour AzhariAMMAN/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The U.S...

11/06/2025

Syrians furious at major hike in electricity prices

In his workshop near the Syrian capital, Ghassan Aama is at a loss following a recent decision to massively hike electricity prices, even as much of the country continues to face extensive outages.Last month, the energy ministry raised prices by at least 60 times compared to the previous tariff, sen...

11/06/2025

EXCLUSIVE: SDF commander Hemo: Syria’s Kurds prepare for threat of war as Damascus talks falter

As US-brokered talks stall, Kurdish forces are preparing contingencies while continuing dialogue with Damascus to secure Syria’s future, SDF commander Sipan Hemo told Al-Monitor in an exclusive interview.

11/06/2025

Kurdish leader Barzani pushes for leverage with Baghdad in Iraq vote

BAGHDAD Reuters) -Masoud Barzani, the Iraqi Kurdish leader who first took up arms against Saddam Hussein as a teenage guerrilla, remains a towering figure in Kurdish politics as Iraq heads into its November 11 election.Though he no longer holds an official post, Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Part...

11/06/2025

Hezbollah says Lebanon is bound by ceasefire but group rejects negotiations with Israel

(Reuters) -Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday that the group had "a legitimate right to resist (Israeli) occupation", adding that the group would support the Lebanese army. Hezbollah also said that, while Lebanon was bound by a ceasefire, it was not obligated to be drawn into political negotiation...

11/06/2025

Hamas armed wing says it will hand over the body of a hostage on Wednesday, as airstrikes continue in Gaza

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas' armed wing said it would hand over the body of a hostage at 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Wednesday, while the Israeli military said it had killed two Palestinians who had approached an area it occupied in a "threatening" way. Gazan health authorities said that Israeli fire....

11/05/2025

EXCLUSIVE: SDF commander Hemo: Syria’s Kurds prepare for threat of war as Damascus talks falter

As US-brokered talks stall, Kurdish forces are preparing contingencies while continuing dialogue with Damascus, SDF's Hemo told Al-Monitor in an exclusive interview. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/11/sdf-commander-hemo-syrias-kurds-prepare-threat-war-damascus-talks-falter

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11/05/2025

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11/05/2025

NEW Al-Monitor Business & Tech: The race to build AI infrastructure

At last week’s Future Investment Initiative, Saudi Arabia unveiled more than $60 billion in deals spanning AI, clean energy and trade. Read and subscribe here:

At last week’s Future Investment Initiative, Saudi Arabia unveiled more than $60 billion in deals spanning AI, clean energy and trade.

11/05/2025

US to share draft UN resolution on Gaza with most of Security Council

By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States will share a draft resolution on President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza with the 10 elected members of the United Nations Security Council later on Wednesday, a U.S. official said.Representatives for Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tur...