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will come soon’ after two projectiles hit occupied Golan Heights]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8889e095-cea3-4522-802f-35f37e5f4bdc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8889e095-cea3-4522-802f-35f37e5f4bdc</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:57:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US cuts troop presence in Syria]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington has cut bases from five to three and will eventually have just one, says special envoy]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a4c12bd0-9d38-40e1-acaf-146a848929b4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a4c12bd0-9d38-40e1-acaf-146a848929b4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:05:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel and Syria hold direct talks to curb spiralling tensions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dialogue with new leadership in Damascus follows spate of Israeli air strikes ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1c82892a-23cf-4fe5-8e28-19c0c8d70d14</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk transforms Wisconsin court race]]></title><description><![CDATA[State election has become most expensive judicial race in US history]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e6298719-8302-4399-9772-15a145a01395</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e6298719-8302-4399-9772-15a145a01395</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel strikes Beirut for first time since November ceasefire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attacks in retaliation for rockets launched from Lebanon follow weeks of mounting hostilities across the Middle East]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c322ce25-c99d-4fd9-af37-aa2513b23adf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c322ce25-c99d-4fd9-af37-aa2513b23adf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:46:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lebanon closes in on next central bank head]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wealth manager backed by financial elite is frontrunner in race that will test new government’s reform agenda ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4453da90-ff34-4939-be79-b1cb060e4218</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4453da90-ff34-4939-be79-b1cb060e4218</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:04:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel strikes targets in Lebanon following rocket attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exchange of fire threatens truce that ended 13 months of fighting ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f8b58117-6589-41f8-ad4d-e0906329e92a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f8b58117-6589-41f8-ad4d-e0906329e92a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:08:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scores killed as Assad loyalists clash with Syrian security forces]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damascus claims it has brought uprising under control but is struggling to contain revenge attacks on Alawites]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/10ded81b-4518-425e-9dbe-709057f64e3e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">10ded81b-4518-425e-9dbe-709057f64e3e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret history of Syria’s new leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is the man once known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani intent on moderating or a brutal strongman?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8aa819a3-2fc7-4790-be00-b42f21ed1c4e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8aa819a3-2fc7-4790-be00-b42f21ed1c4e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 05:00:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The tanks are everywhere’: Life on Syria’s new front line with Israel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The IDF is using excavators, tanks and bombs to take territory from neighbours and remake its borders]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ad09b87d-9040-452c-8c6a-6ac507f8f9b4</link><guid 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Combining them into a national security apparatus is a delicate process]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/680a41d1-acdd-4d56-a79d-93ae65bfee8f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">680a41d1-acdd-4d56-a79d-93ae65bfee8f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:00:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge crowds mourn Hizbollah’s Nasrallah at Beirut funeral]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ceremony in 55,000-seat stadium comes five months after veteran leader was killed in Israeli air strike]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/22a4a676-8cb2-4649-a453-e2da72873182</link><guid isPermaLink="false">22a4a676-8cb2-4649-a453-e2da72873182</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:22:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It smells of blood and barrel bombs’: Syrians start trying to rebuild]]></title><description><![CDATA[People exiled from the town of Saraqib rejoiced when the Assad regime fell. Then they went home — and found ruins]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2686ce33-1785-4e02-80c9-ac0a5deafddc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2686ce33-1785-4e02-80c9-ac0a5deafddc</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lebanon demands full Israeli withdrawal from its territory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tuesday’s deadline to pull out passes as Israel says its troops will stay in 5 ‘strategic’ locations]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/66044df8-331d-44e2-864e-da5cca952a12</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66044df8-331d-44e2-864e-da5cca952a12</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:24:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syria asks Russia for reparations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kremlin delegation makes first trip to country since collapse of ally Bashar al-Assad’s regime ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0fe18a07-2e10-456f-98f2-2d3624b83c75</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0fe18a07-2e10-456f-98f2-2d3624b83c75</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:25:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel and Lebanon in talks to extend Hizbollah ceasefire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Negotiations take place ahead of deadline for IDF and militant group to pull back following devastating war]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2059612d-3eac-4d1f-bfb2-64b9ab750acd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2059612d-3eac-4d1f-bfb2-64b9ab750acd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:59:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syria to dismantle Assad-era socialism, says foreign minister]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asaad al-Shaibani tells FT that Damascus wants to privatise state-run companies and secure sanctions relief]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/43746784-4e14-4c70-a6be-1aa849cd66ee</link><guid isPermaLink="false">43746784-4e14-4c70-a6be-1aa849cd66ee</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:14:45 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>