Timour Azhari
@timourazhari
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Iraq Bureau Chief @Reuters usually in Damascus, Beirut or Baghdad.
Joined August 2012
RT @WSJ: Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files .
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Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.
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July 22 (Reuters) - The Syrian defence ministry said on Tuesday it was aware of reports of "shocking violations" by people wearing military fatigues in the country's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, and said it would launch an investigation.
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DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will organise a Saudi-Syrian investment forum in Damascus, aimed at exploring the potential for cooperation and signing deals that should promote sustainable development, the Saudi Investment Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
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RT @timourazhari: BREAKING - Fact-finding committee did not find that Syrian commanders gave orders to commit violations, in fact gave orde….
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BREAKING - Fact-finding committee did not find that Syrian commanders gave orders to commit violations, in fact gave orders to halt violations.
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In all its work over months, the committee did not receive a single report of a Syrian woman being kidnaped, head of fact-finding committee Jumaa Al-Anzi said.
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Chronology as per committee:. March 6, organized attacks in coastal region on government forces left 238 from security forces dead, put hospitals and other institutions out of service and resulted in many areas falling out of government control. Some 265 suspected Assad remnants.
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BREAKING - Killings of Alawites in March, "though widespread, were not organized" , spokesperson for Syrian investigative committee says, citing final report. Found most killings driven by revenge, not ideological reasons. Committee able to identify 1,426 dead, most.
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Syria’s leadership this week had understood they could deploy troops to Sweida based on U.S. messaging that turned out “not to reflect reality”. Then, killings & humiliation of Druze — which followed an attack on govt forces — handed Israel an opportunity to act forcefully, a
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Latest ceasefire declaration in days.
BREAKTHROUGH —— Israeli Prime Minister @Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa @SyPresidency supported by the U.S.A. @SecRubio have agreed to a ceasefire embraced by Türkiye, Jordan and its neighbors. We call upon Druze, Bedouins, and Sunnis to put down their weapons and.
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July 18 (Reuters) - Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.
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RT @BeckyCNN: Protecting Syria from chaos -- that's how Pres. Ahmad al-Sharaa is framing the ceasefire that, for now, holds. For the very l….
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BAGHDAD, July 17 (Reuters) - Drones struck oilfields in Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday, with officials pointing to Iran-backed militias as the likely source of attacks this week that have slashed the region's oil output by more than half. By @Ahmed_Rasheed_R.
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WESTERN DIPLOMATS WERE TENS OF METRES FROM ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON DAMASCUS DEFENCE MINISTRY ON WEDNESDAY, TWO PEOPLE INCLUDING SYRIAN WITNESS SAY. DAMASCUS, July 17 (Reuters) - Western diplomats were passing near Syria's defence ministry in Damascus in an armoured convoy when.
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In a 4a.m. address to the nation after Israeli strikes on Damascus, Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa referred to “the Israeli entity” and said Syria did not fear war. Marks a significant shift from previous messaging, referring to the “state of Israel” and seeking peace with
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BAGHDAD, July 17 (Reuters) - A massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in eastern Iraq has left at least 60 people dead and 11 others missing, the city's health authorities and two police sources told Reuters on Thursday.
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SYRIA'S HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS DOZENS OF BODIES FOUND IN SWEIDA NATIONAL HOSPITAL.
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