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Voters are looking for someone to handle negotiations with President Trump, whom they view as the biggest threat to Canada’s economy and sovereignty,
Matina said
We call on Syrians to be reassured because the country has the fundamentals for survival,
al-Shara saidTrump’s persistent threats to Canada have worked against Poilievre who, despite being a mainstream Conservative politician, is seen as too ideologically close to Trump for comfort,
Matina saidFor example, stability in Syria means that the millions of refugees that Turkiye and Jordan are hosting can return voluntarily to Syria,
she added
But one of the critical locations … is Baniyas, in Tartous. Banias is home to the largest oil refinery in Syria, and the security forces are saying that remnants of the old regime [have] several times attempted to attack that oil refinery,
he addedAll of those countries sharing a border with Syria have a vested interest that there is stability and security for the new administration and for the Syrian people,
said Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from AmmanQardahah is symbolically an extremely important [city], because it is the birthplace of the al-Assad regime,
said Serdar, reporting from DamascusWe announce the formation of a fact-finding committee regarding the events on the coast and form a higher committee,
al-Sharaa said in an address to the nation on Sunday following days of violent unrestWhat happened right now is a highly sophisticated, coordinated attack, instigated and supported by Iran and Hezbollah, according to data and intel that is available,
al-Nahhas told Al JazeeraThe Committee has the right to use whoever it deems appropriate to perform its duties, and submit its report to the Presidency of the Republic within a maximum period of thirty days from the date of issuance of this decision,
the presidency’s statement readThere are reports of summary executions on a sectarian basis by unidentified perpetrators, by members of the caretaker authorities’ security forces, as well as by elements associated with the former government.”
In his statement, Türk said
We are receiving extremely disturbing reports of entire families, including women, children and hors de combat [surrendered] fighters, being killed,
he said in a statementWe are protecting all components of the Syrian people, and we do not discriminate between them. We will not allow the repetition of the tragedies of the Syrian people,
said al-Shibani
We need to take the initiative first in exchanging views and information about (the Islamic State group's) latest operations and especially their expansion not only on the Syrian borders with Iraq and Jordan but also their expansion in the Syrian land,
said HusseinStability in Syria requires dialogue with the country's various components,
said Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein at a joint news conferenceThis is a regional problem. Regardless of our ideals we should all combat IS as well as the PKK, they are both terrorist entities,
he addedI fear for my life and the lives of my two children,
Bashir said
To the Alawites, we’re coming to slaughter you and your fathers,
a man in military fatigues said in what sounded like an Egyptian accent in one of the videos filmed at nightIt was the battle for liberation. Now it’s a battle for purification (of Syria),
a narrator accompanying the armed convoys saysWhat happened from three months ago until today, equals what the Assads did to us in five decades. The Assads were criminals, and these (new rulers) are also criminals,
Bashir said