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Arabs ease Assad's isolation as US looks elsewhere

While Bashar al-Assad is still shunned by the West who blame him for a decade of brutal war in Syria, a shift is...

Published 11 Oct, 2021 04:32am

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US to stay in Syria, says top Kurdish politician

LONDON: A leading Syrian Kurdish politician said on Thursday the United States will stay on in Syria to destroy...

Published 08 Oct, 2021 04:30am

World

Feted with petals, Hezbollah brings Iranian fuel into Lebanon

AL-AIN, (Lebanon): Hezbollah began bringing Iranian fuel into Lebanon via Syria on Thursday, a move the Shia group...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 03:52am

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Putin meets Assad, takes swipe at US and Turkish forces in Syria

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Monday for the first ...

Published 15 Sep, 2021 04:20am

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Putin meets Assad, takes swipe at US and Turkish forces in Syria

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin received Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Moscow for the first time since 2015 on...

Published 14 Sep, 2021 12:15pm

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Syria's Assad approves new cabinet: presidency

The new cabinet is the second to be headed by Arnous, who was first appointed by Assad last summer

Updated 10 Aug, 2021 07:23pm

Syria’s Assad takes oath

DAMASCUS: President Bashar al-Assad took the oath of office for a fourth term in war-ravaged Syria Saturday, after...

Published 18 Jul, 2021 02:34am

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Red Crescent warns of 'inhuman' Syria aid route closure

ANKARA: The Turkish Red Crescent chief on Thursday denounced as "inhuman" a possible closure of a key aid route into...

Published 09 Jul, 2021 04:25am

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UN Syria envoy says cross-border access must stay open

UNITED NATIONS: The UN's special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, on Friday added his voice to calls to keep open the...

Published 27 Jun, 2021 03:56am

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Qatar sees no reason for normalising ties with Syria, says foreign minister

Gulf states downgraded or shut missions in Damascus in 2012 over attacks by the government on protests at the start of the conflict.

Updated 30 May, 2021 08:23pm

World

Russia hails Assad's 'decisive' poll victory

On the eve of the election, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Italy said the poll was "neither free nor fair", and Syria's fragmented opposition has called it a "farce".

Published 28 May, 2021 04:24pm

World

No surprises as Syria's Assad re-elected for 4th term

Celebrations were also underway in Aleppo and in Sweida, in Syria's south, where a crowd gathered in front of city hall, state media said.

Published 28 May, 2021 10:02am

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Assad dismisses critics as Syria votes to extend his grip on power

DAMASCUS: President Bashar al-Assad dismissed criticism of Syria’s presidential election as voters cast ballots...

Published 27 May, 2021 03:41am

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Assad dismisses critics as Syria votes to extend his grip on power

The United States and the European Union said Tuesday the election was "neither free nor fair," and Syria's fragmented opposition has called it a "farce".

Published 26 May, 2021 07:04pm

World

Syria polling stations open as Assad seeks fourth term

The 55-year-old Assad, who has been in power since 2000, is sure to keep his job after the election, every aspect of which is controlled by him and his Baath party.

Published 26 May, 2021 09:49am

World

War-ravaged Syria heads to polls with Assad set to win

The election takes place amid the lowest levels of violence since 2011 -- but with an economy in free-fall.

Published 26 May, 2021 09:48am

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Syria's Assad to face two 'rivals' in May vote

The court's president said that Abdallah Salloum Abdallah, a state minister from 2016 to 2020, had been approved to run for president.

Published 03 May, 2021 04:05pm

World

Syria finalises list of presidential hopefuls

Electoral law stipulates that candidates need to have lived in Syria continuously for at least the past decade, which rules out all exiled opposition figures.

Published 28 Apr, 2021 04:02pm

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Syrian opposition's Michel Kilo dies in exile

BEIRUT: Prominent exiled opposition figure Michel Kilo died of Covid-19 on Monday in Paris after a lifetime of...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

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Syria to hold presidential vote on May 26: speaker

Assad, who took power following the death of his father Hafez in 2000, has not yet officially announced that he will stand for re-election.

Published 18 Apr, 2021 05:07pm

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Donors face $10bn aid appeal at Syria conference

BRUSSELS: International donors on Tuesday pushed to meet a United Nations call for $10 billion in aid for Syria and...

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 09:09am

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Impassioned Blinken demands more crossings for Syria aid

UNITED NATIONS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged the UN Security Council to reopen border...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

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Thousands rally in Syria’s Idlib to mark 10 years since uprising

IDLIB, (Syria): Thousands took to the streets in Syria’s last major rebel bastion of Idlib Monday to mark 10 years...

Updated 16 Mar, 2021 09:38am

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UK sanctions Syrian foreign minister, others in Assad regime

Britain, which formally left the EU in January 2020, previously imposed sanctions through the bloc.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 04:40pm

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Timeline: Ten years of war in Syria

Eyad al-Gharib, 44, is sentenced to four and a half years in prison over his role in helping arrest at least 30 protesters in Duma in 2011 who were then tortured.

Published 14 Mar, 2021 10:53am

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US sanctions complicate Syria's return to Arab League: UAE

Abdullah said it was an issue that "should be part of dialogue we address clearly with our friends in the United States".

Published 09 Mar, 2021 08:19pm

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10 years on, no peace after war in Syria

"These girls and boys will be Syria's young adults in five or 10 years and will, in turn, want a future, economic prospects and political freedoms that the system cannot give them if it doesn't reform," he told AFP.

Updated 08 Mar, 2021 05:11pm

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US, at UN, accuses Russia of blocking ‘accountability’ on Syria chem weapons

UNITED NATIONS: The new US envoy to the United Nations on Thursday accused Russia of seeking to stymie efforts to...

Updated 05 Mar, 2021 09:40am

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Germany convicts Syrian in landmark torture trial

Gharib hid his face from the cameras with a folder as the verdict was read out, arms folded and wearing a medical mask.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 05:32pm

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Israel says it hit 50 Syria targets in 2020

SANA said one Syrian soldier was killed and three others wounded.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 06:35pm

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Stock	Price
786 Investments / Oct 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL- Abbas / Oct 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	282.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 20 Agro Allianz limited(AAL)	11.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	77.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	779.91 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Oct 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	137.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Adam Sugar / Oct 20 Adam Sugar Mills Limited(ADAMS)	31.20 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Investments / Oct 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL- Abbas / Oct 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	282.01 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 20 Agro Allianz limited(AAL)	11.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	77.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	779.91 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Oct 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	137.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Adam Sugar / Oct 20 Adam Sugar Mills Limited(ADAMS)	31.20 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 19	172.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 19	172.80
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 19	114.28
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 19	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 19	1.37
Euro to USD / Oct 19	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Oct 19	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 19	4486.46
India Sensex / Oct 19	61765.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 19	29025.46
Nasdaq / Oct 19	15021.81
Hang Seng / Oct 19	25409.75
FTSE 100 / Oct 19	7203.33
Dow Jones / Oct 19	35258.61
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 19	15474.47
France CAC40 / Oct 19	6673.10

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Oct 19	82.48
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Oct 19	14480.00
Gold 10 Grams / Oct 19	97100.00
Gold Spot / Oct 19	1763.88
Cotton / Oct 19	107.04

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