Syria clashes with Hezbollah and donor conference in Brussels


Ban Barkawi
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Syrian troops have been deployed at Lebanese border areas after clashes between Hayat Tahrir Al Sham and fighters aligned with Hezbollah. Officials gathered at a donor conference in Brussels on Monday to address reconstruction efforts and the challenges of helping Syria restore basic services, education and jobs. More than 5,800 tonnes of aid from the UAE is heading to Gaza after arriving by ship in Al Arish port in Egypt.

On today's episode of Trending Middle East:

Clashes erupt on Syria-Lebanon border after three Syrian soldiers killed

EU must keep lifting sanctions on Syria ‘to give hope after killings’

UAE's largest aid ship for Gaza docks in Egypt's Al Arish

This episode features Nada Atallah, Sunniva Rose and Ali Al Shouk.

The Bio

Favourite vegetable: “I really like the taste of the beetroot, the potatoes and the eggplant we are producing.”

Holiday destination: “I like Paris very much, it’s a city very close to my heart.”

Book: “Das Kapital, by Karl Marx. I am not a communist, but there are a lot of lessons for the capitalist system, if you let it get out of control, and humanity.”

Musician: “I like very much Fairuz, the Lebanese singer, and the other is Umm Kulthum. Fairuz is for listening to in the morning, Umm Kulthum for the night.”

Updated: March 18, 2025, 2:00 AM`
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