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    <text>United States-mediated talks between Israel and Syria focused on reviving the 1974 disengagement framework resume after a several-month hiatus, with Syria pressing for an Israeli withdrawal from territory entered after the fall of the Assad regime. </text>
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    <text>Saudi Arabia announces it will supply Syria with 1.65 million barrels of crude oil to support the country's rebuilding efforts following the regime change. </text>
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    <text>United States president Donald Trump signs an executive order lifting all American sanctions on Syria that were imposed during the now-overthrown Assad family's regime. </text>
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      <text>Save the Children said that landmines and unexploded ordnance in Syria killed or injured at least 188 children since President Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow in December 2024. </text>
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    <text>Save the Children says that landmines and unexploded ordnance in Syria have killed or injured at least 188 children since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. </text>
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    <text>The Israeli Air Force strikes a Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) vehicle convoy in Quneitra Governorate, Syria, killing two HTS personnel and the mayor of a local village. It is the first time that Israel has targeted HTS forces since the fall of the Assad regime. </text>
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      <text>Germany's Annalena Baerbock and France's Jean-Noël Barrot become the first European Union Foreign Ministers to travel to Damascus after the fall of Assad to discuss a new political beginning with the Syrian Transitional Government and Syrian civil society. </text>
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      <text>German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is the first EU Foreign Minister to travel to Damascus after the fall of Assad to discuss a new political beginning with the Syrian Transitional Government and Syrian civil society. </text>
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    <text>German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot become the first European Union foreign ministers to travel to Damascus, Syria, after the fall of the Assad regime to discuss new diplomatic relations with the Syrian Transitional Government and Syrian civil society. </text>
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    <text>In the highest-ranking state visit since the regime change, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan holds a meeting with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus to support the transitional government. </text>
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      <text>Iraq announces the repatriation of members of the Syrian Armed Forces who fled after the fall of the Assad regime from Anbar, Iraq, back to Syria. </text>
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      <text>Iraq announces the repatriation of members of the Syrian Army who fled after the fall of the Assad regime, stationed in Anbar, back to Syria. </text>
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    <text>The Central Bank of Syria announces a new 2,000 Syrian lira (pound) bank note that will feature a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad, the President's first appearance on Syrian currency during his 17-years in office. </text>
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    <text>One of Syria's leading businessmen says sanctions against the country are crippling the economy and that the government is &quot;disintegrating&quot;. </text>
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  <text>The Central Bank of Syria begins exchanging old banknotes for a new currency that removes two zeros from the previous denominations, with 100 old pounds converted to one new pound, as part of economic stabilization measures following the change in government. </text>
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