All foreign tourists traveling to Syria are now required to arrange their trips through travel agencies and obtain prior visa approval. – Syrian Guides
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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani told the International Crisis Group today that Damascus has reversed a recent decision restricting foreign entry into the country, stating that border procedures should now return to normal. The reversal comes just a day after the General Authority for Borders and Customs confirmed to the Verify-Sy that US citizens had been added to an Interior Ministry list requiring prior security clearance via an in-country sponsor before traveling to Syria.
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Syria’s Defense Ministry offered condolences to Turkey today after a Turkish Armed Forces S-70 helicopter crashed in Malatya province, killing four crew members. Turkey’s Defense Ministry said the S-70 crashed today near Samankoy in Malatya’s Yesilyurt district, killing four soldiers. The cause is not yet known and an investigation is under way.
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Israeli troops continued their near-daily incursions into southern Syria on Tuesday, setting up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Jubata al-Khashab in Quneitra province and searching passersby. Separately, they also set up a temporary checkpoint on the outskirts of the village of Tarnaja in the northern part of the province.
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