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Syria's Hollywood: Qatari investors back $1.5bn Damascus Gate project
The National News
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Syria hopes to attract artists and filmmakers under a $1.5 billion deal with Qatari investors to build a creative quarter known as Damascus Gate. The deal between Syria's new rulers and Qatari company Al Maha International is the latest in a...
Syria-Israel Peace Deal May Be Signed by End of 2025
Media Line
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June 30, 2025
A once-unthinkable peace agreement between Israel and Syria may now be closer than it has been in decades, possibly sealed by the end of 2025. That’s according to a well-placed Syrian official who spoke to The Media Line’s Rizik Alabi. The deal on...
Al-Enezi to SANA: ‘Damascus Media Gate’ will attract Arab and international media
SANA
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June 30, 2025
Damascus, SANA – Mohammed Al-Enezi, Chairman of Al Maha International Company for Artistic Production and Advertising, said that ‘Damascus Gate’ city for media, artistic and tourism production in Syria, which was signed today with the Ministry of...
Qatar Airways Resumes Iraq, Syria Flights, Boosts Lebanon, Jordan Routes In July
Gulf Insider
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June 30, 2025
Qatar Airways is restoring its full flight schedule to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, with services restarting from June 30, 2025, the airline confirmed in a statement. The decision follows the lifting of regional air corridors that had...
Is it safe to travel to Turkey? Your rights as wildfires cause flight cancellations
The Independent
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June 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Turkey and Syria Restore Direct Road Links in Landmark Transport Pact
Media Line
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June 30, 2025
A flurry of transport diplomacy wrapped up on Sunday in Istanbul, where officials from 30 countries closed the Global Transport Connectivity Forum by signing 12 agreements designed to speed cargo across continents. The headline act was a deal...
Is it safe to travel to Jordan? Your rights amid ongoing conflict in Middle East
The Independent
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June 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Is it safe to travel to Cyprus? Your rights amid ongoing conflict in Middle East
The Independent
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June 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Air Arabia resumes flights to Damascus
Gulf Today
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June 30, 2025
Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier operator, has announced the resumption of direct flights between Sharjah and Damascus, starting July 10, 2025. The route will operate with a double daily frequency,...
Under the patronage of President Al-Sharaa, a $ 1.5 billion “Damascus Gate” Media and Art project is signed
SANA
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June 30, 2025
Damascus, SANA – In the presence of President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Ministry of Information signed Tuesday a memorandum of understanding with Al-Maha International Company to establish the City of “Damascus Gate” for Media and Art production....
Tourism Ministry explains mechanism for licensing tourism offices in Syria
SANA
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June 30, 2025
Damascus, SANA – Director of Damascus Tourism department, Majed Ezzedine, explained that licensing any tourism and travel office requires submitting an application to the relevant tourism directorate. Ezzedine explained in a statement to a SANA...
Holidaymakers heading to Turkey warned to make 2 passport checks now
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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June 30, 2025
Turkey is a favourite holiday destination for Brits looking for sunshine and last year saw 4.4 million UK holidaymakers head to the country. That was a 16.6 per cent increase on 2023, according to travelgossip.co.uk and this year, it's set to be...
Air Arabia resumes flights to Damascus starting July 10, 2025
Zawya
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Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) operator, has announced the resumption of direct flights between Sharjah and Damascus, starting July 10, 2025. The route will operate with a double daily...
Qatar Airways resumes operations in Iraq and Syria, returns to full flight schedule in Lebanon and Jordan
The Peninsula
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June 30, 2025
Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways has confirmed the resumption of its full flight operations to Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria following the lifting of airspace restrictions in the region. Resumption and full operations Beginning on June 30, 2025,...
Korea to raise travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba, lowers alerts for 4 countries
The Korea Times
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June 30, 2025
Korea will raising the travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba region starting next month, due to growing instability from intensifying anti-government protests and rising organized crime, the foreign ministry said Monday. A Level 3 travel alert,...
S. Korea to raise travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba, lowers alerts for 4 countries
Yonhap News Agency
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June 30, 2025
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will raising the travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba region starting next month, due to growing instability from intensifying anti-government protests and rising organized crime, the foreign ministry said...
Syria to seek Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights, in any future peace deal, officials say
Ynet
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June 30, 2025
Israeli officials said there is serious doubt whether new Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa would agree to any peace deal with Israel that did not include a withdrawal from the Golan Heights, which Israel captured during the 1967 Six-Day War and later...
Is it safe to travel to Turkey? Latest Foreign Office advice as wildfires rage in Izmir
Metro
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June 30, 2025
Flames rise from a forest after a wildfire broke out in Izmir, Turkey on June 29, 2025 (Picture: Anadolu) Blazing wildfires have sparked travel chaos in Turkey, days after flights were cancelled and airspace was closed across the Middle East...
On the Israel-Syria border, death is always close
The Spectator
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June 30, 2025
Syria’s new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, is desperate to stay on the sidelines of the Iran-Israel war. Most middle eastern states have strongly condemned Israel for its surprise attack on Iran, but the Syrian government has been conspicuously...
Travel Concerns Prompt Michiganders to Rethink International Trips
WILX - Michigan
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June 29, 2025
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Travel to the Middle East is stirring up new concerns for Michiganders. Safety alerts among shifting global tensions have people asking questions before they book. For many Michiganders, summer means European getaways or...