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Turkey's foreign minister and his Syrian counterpart on Wednesday warned Israel not to stir up chaos in Syria and demanded an end to all external interventions aimed at destabilising the war-torn country. "Certain actors are bothered by the positive developments in Syria," Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said after talks with Syria's Asaad al-Shaibani in

People celebrate the New Year near Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria - Copyright AFP ANWAR AMRO Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing “revolution” flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13 years of civil war. Gunshots rang out from Mount Qasioun overlooking the capital where hundreds