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Pro-Kurd protesters hold flags with portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan as they take part in a demonstration in support to him in Strasbourg, France, February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
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Jailed Kurdish militant leader calls for end to conflict with Turkey

Meanwhile, Ocalan, now 75, could see his dream of peace during his lifetime realised

A billboard with a picture of Syria's Bashar al-Assad shows damage by bullet holes in Damascus, December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Middle East

More than 1,000 Syrians died in airport prison under Assad, report says

People stand near a plane carrying aid from Qatar, as it arrives at Damascus International Airport, Syria, December 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo
Middle East

US sanctions hold up Qatari support for Syria: sources

People enjoy their time at the courtyard of Beit Jabri restaurant in Damascus, Syria January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
Middle East

Dancing in Damascus: Syrians cling to culture under Islamists' rule

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Syria to have new government on 1 March: Foreign minister

This handout photograph taken and released by the Turkish presidential press service on Febuary 4, 2025, shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meeting with Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara. Photo: TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP
Middle East

Syria's new leader holds talks with Erdogan in Turkey

Map of Syria. File photo: AP
Middle East

Car bomb kills 15 in northern Syria, deadliest since Assad toppled

Syria's newly appointed President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Syria's President al-Sharaa meets Saudi Arabia's MBS in first foreign trip

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, speaks to the media during a meeting with Qatar's Minister of State Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 23, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
Middle East

Syria's president visits Saudi Arabia on Sunday, first trip abroad after Assad's fall

Dua, a Syrian migrant woman with her baby, arrives at Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria, after Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Hatay province, Turkey, December 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File photo
Middle East

Nearly 30% of Syrians want to go home, up from almost zero: UN refugee chief

Syrian police members attend their graduation ceremony, after the ouster of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, at the Police Academy under the Syrian Salvation Government, in Damascus, Syria January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo
Middle East

Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police

File photo of Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa/BSS
Middle East

Syria's new leader says Trump to 'bring peace' to Mideast

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrives for a meeting on Syria, following the recent ousting of president Bashar al-Assad, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Middle East

Saudi Arabia urges Syria sanctions relief at talks with regional, EU diplomats