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In a bid to support the country’s transitional government, the European Council lifted restrictions on key ministries while extending penalties against the financial architects of the former regime.

Just a few months before a coalition of rebel forces overran Syria’s capital and toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad, Russian officials were in a meeting to push his government to pay off a $37-million bill for providing security for oil installations.

The government strengthens its control in the north following Ahmed al-Sharaa’s unsuccessful attempts to reach an agreement with the Kurds and integrate their forces into the national army.

Syria is holding its first parliamentary elections since the fall of its longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, in a tentative step towards democratic polls that have been criticized as biased in favour of the country’s interim leaders.

Israeli forces raided a former air-defense base in southern Syria on Wednesday during a series of airstrikes in the area – their farthest operation inside Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December.

Riyadh is emerging as a new center of political influence. On Feb. 18, the Saudi capital hosted the first meeting between Russian and U.S. delegations regarding the war in Ukraine.

Appointment of former leader of group that led operation to topple Assad comes amid other political changes.