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Syria regime and Russian flags fly in destroyed Daraa after truce deal

Syria regime and Russian flags fly in the southern district of Daraa al-Balad in the city of Daraa, the cradle of Syria's uprising, after government forces entered under a ceasefire deal brokered by regime ally Russia.

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Germany charges Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity

A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity for allegedly torturing people in military hospitals in his homeland.

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Syria army shells rebel bastion killing seven

Syrians mourn the victims of a regime shelling on the village of Iblin, south of Idlib, in which seven civilians, three of them children, were killed and several wounded, in the army's third deadly bombardment of the rebel bastion in a week.

Syria

EU crisis management chief: Syria aid crossing must remain open

More than 1,000 trucks of humanitarian aid a month - including all donated COVID-19 vaccines - cross from Turkey into northern Syria each month through Bab al-Hawa, where a UN mandate is set to expire on Saturday.

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The Danish immigration decisions tearing Syrian refugee families apart

The Alata family was torn apart once when their father was killed in Syria. Now they are being put to the test once more as half of the family's refugee status in Denmark is being revoked. Where can they go from here?

My Europe Series

Prague is the only EU state to keep a Syrian embassy since 2012. Why?

The embassy in Damascus has only one Czech employee.

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Bashar Assad re-elected as Syria's president in a predicted landslide

Syrian officials say Assad won 95.1% of the votes with turnout at 78.6%; however, there were no independent monitors and the West has already described the election as a sham.

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EU, U.S. and other nations pledge €5.5 billion to Syria reconstruction

The figure is less than was hoped for by the UN and less than was pledged last year.

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Brussels conference on Syria aims to raise billions for crisis

More than 50 countries are attending the virtual conference taking place Monday and Tuesday, where the international community is being asked for over €8bn to fund humanitarian causes.

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Ten years of war in Syria, through the eyes of Syrians forced to flee

A decade since the start of the conflict that has torn Syria apart, Euronews spoke to Syrians who were forced to flee their country, and have now found refuge in various parts of Europe.

France

From Damascus to Rouen: A Syrian dancer’s long road to refuge

The war in Syria displaced half of the country’s population, with many escaping to Europe for refuge - but the journey was rarely simple, or safe.

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How ISIS and coalition airstrikes combined to terrorise Raqqa

Amid Syria’s civil war, Raqqa became known the world over for being the stage of some of the most horrific episodes of violence perpetrated by the so-called Islamic State.

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From refuge in Belgium, a painter depicts Syria’s war through art

Amid Syria's civil war Ahmad Sheer was left with a choice he never wanted to have to make: to flee his country, or join in the fighting

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The Briefing: Why Syria’s war has always been Europe’s problem

Despite what many want to believe, the crisis in Syria has been “Europe’s problem” from the start.

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UN says 'quiet diplomacy' between actors in Syria crucial to end war

“I am absolutely convinced that (talks) will not progress far if a Syrian-led process is not supported by a constructive international diplomacy on Syria,” the UN's special envoy for Syria said.

Germany

‘I learned violence goes nowhere’: Syrian rebel who fled to Berlin

A former rebel fighter recounts why Syrians decided to pick up arms against the forces of the Bashar al-Assad regime, 10 years ago.

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'I might not live to see a free Syria,' activist tells Euronews

"I might not live to see a free Syria," Wafa Ali Mustafa told Euronews on the 10th anniversary of the uprising.

Spain

From torture in jail, to refuge in Madrid: A Syrian’s civil war story

Ten years since the start of the conflict in Syria that has killed half a million people, a Syrian journalist recounts how he spent nearly eight years dodging police, bullets and bombs, before finding refuge in Madrid.

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Syria’s war at 10: Meet two escapees who rebuilt their lives in Europe

Razan Ibraheem, Irish Tatler's 2016 International Woman of the Year, and Ahmed Barakat, who now works for the IOM, look back with Euronews over a decade of conflict.

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Displaced Syrian children have 'lost connection' with own country

One in three children would rather be living outside Syria according to a Save the Children's study of 1,900 displaced children and their caregivers across Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and the Netherlands. The study found the vast majority can’t imagine a future in their parents' country of origin.