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            <title><![CDATA[French cement giant guilty of financing militant groups including Islamic State]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The French company paid $6.5m to jihadist groups to keep its plant running in war-torn Syria, a Paris court heard.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:15:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Most Syrian refugees in Germany expected to return home in three years, Merz says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Merz’s government has taken a tougher line on refugees and migrants, amid surging support for the anti-immigration AfD party.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Four arrested in Germany after  Channel smuggling gang raids]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Europol said more than 450 officers from the UK, Germany and Belgium were involved in the operation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:03:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Israel strikes Syria after Druze clashes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Syria condemned the strikes on weapons sites and government infrastructure as an "outrageous" assault on Syria's sovereignty. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:02:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Global Jigsaw]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[What do developments in the Middle East mean for those in Syrian detention camps?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Assignment]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[What’s the future for Syria’s Kurds now they’re losing their autonomy]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Witness History]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The building of a secret library in the town of Darayya during the Syrian civil war]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US to withdraw troops from Syria as tensions mount with Iran]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The decision came as US President Donald Trump ramps up military presence in the Middle East as tensions mount with Iran. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:14:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I would scream in my sleep: Women from Syria's Alawite minority tell of kidnap and rape]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:20:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Australian IS families in Syria camp turned back after leaving for home]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:18:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria's only female minister pushes for change: 'I'm not here for window dressing']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The BBC's Lyse Doucet follows Hind Kabawat as she confronts the challenges of fragmented, post-Assad Syria.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:28:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Global Story]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US has carried out strikes on ISIS targets, amid prison breaks and in-fighting]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sporting Witness]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How rugby union thrived during Syria's civil war]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syrian government reaches deal with Kurdish-led forces]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The deal will see the gradual integration of Kurdish forces and administration into the Syrian state.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:42:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inside Syrian camp holding wives and children of suspected IS fighters]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Kurdish-run prisons hold about 8,000 suspected IS fighters and around 34,000 of their family members in camps.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:38:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syria's Kurds sense US betrayal as government forces push them back]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US fought IS with the Kurds for years. Now, Donald Trump is siding with Syria's new leader.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:39:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UN to take over al-Hol camp for IS families in Syria after unrest ]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A UN spokesman said conditions inside the camp remained "tense and volatile" after Kurdish-led forces withdrew.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:46:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rapid rollback of Kurdish-led forces reshapes Sharaa's Syria]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The retreat of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the north-east marks the biggest change of control in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:08:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US to transfer Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The move comes as Syrian government forces take control of north-eastern areas where Kurdish-led forces have long controlled.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:09:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New ceasefire in Syria after Kurdish-led forces pull out of camp for IS families]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government announces a four-day ceasefire with the SDF, which says it was "compelled" to withdraw its fighters from al-Hol camp.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:12:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Clashes reported after Syria and Kurdish-led forces agree ceasefire ]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An agreement between the government and the SDF will bring an autonomous region in the north-east under state control.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syrian army seizes country's largest oil field from Kurdish forces ]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Kurdish-led SDF militia withdrew from the Omar oil field amid an eastward push by government forces.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:25:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US strike in Syria kills man linked to attack on soldiers, officials say]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US Central Command  said in a statement that Bilal Hasan al-Jasim was killed in the attack on Friday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:02:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syrian army moves east of Aleppo after Kurdish forces withdraw]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This comes after Syria's government announced its first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since 1946.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:06:47 GMT</pubDate>
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