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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani, right, meets Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers. Photo: Sana

Syrian Foreign Minister Al Shibani arrives in Algiers for ice-breaking visit

Algerian extremists and support for oil and gas sector on agenda, sources say

Oil and gas data helps uncover extraordinary history of the Euphrates

Syria sets up tourism police unit amid plans to build new attractions

Flooding masks Syria’s ‘catastrophic’ water shortage caused by illegal wells

Syria must focus on ‘bankable projects’ to boost foreign investment

Euphrates River flooding recedes in eastern Syria

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