Assad Receives French Delegation
SANA (state news agency)
January 9, 2017
Syrian president meets with French national assembly members and conservative lawmakers in the Syrian capital
Syrian president meets with French national assembly members and conservative lawmakers in the Syrian capital
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Key opposition leader discusses with French FM ways to lift the blockade of Syrian towns and cities by regime forces and Iranian-backed militias
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Demonstrators in northern city raise the revolutionary flag in a call for unity between rebel forces following Western intervention in Syria
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Raid strikes a medical center for the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations killing five workers from the charity
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