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KUWAIT-AHMADI GOVERNORATE-AL-ZOUR REFINERY

(240530) -- AHMADI GOVERNORATE, May 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Wadha Al-Khatib, acting CEO of Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company, attends the inauguration ceremony of the Al-Zour Refinery in Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, May 29, 2024. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah officially inaugurated the Al-Zour Refinery, marking the start of full operations at the country's largest refining facility. The ceremony, held on Wednesday at the Al-Zour complex around 90 km south of Kuwait City, also saw the participation of high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KUWAIT-AHMADI GOVERNORATE-AL-ZOUR REFINERY

(240530) -- AHMADI GOVERNORATE, May 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the inauguration ceremony of the Al-Zour Refinery in Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, May 29, 2024. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah officially inaugurated the Al-Zour Refinery, marking the start of full operations at the country's largest refining facility. The ceremony, held on Wednesday at the Al-Zour complex around 90 km south of Kuwait City, also saw the participation of high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KUWAIT-AHMADI GOVERNORATE-AL-ZOUR REFINERY

(240530) -- AHMADI GOVERNORATE, May 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Oil Minister Imad Al-Ateeqi attends the inauguration ceremony of the Al-Zour Refinery in Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, May 29, 2024. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah officially inaugurated the Al-Zour Refinery, marking the start of full operations at the country's largest refining facility. The ceremony, held on Wednesday at the Al-Zour complex around 90 km south of Kuwait City, also saw the participation of high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KUWAIT-AHMADI GOVERNORATE-AL-ZOUR REFINERY

(240530) -- AHMADI GOVERNORATE, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Oil Minister Imad Al-Ateeqi attends the inauguration ceremony of the Al-Zour Refinery in Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, May 29, 2024. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah officially inaugurated the Al-Zour Refinery, marking the start of full operations at the country's largest refining facility. The ceremony, held on Wednesday at the Al-Zour complex around 90 km south of Kuwait City, also saw the participation of high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

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KUWAIT-AHMADI GOVERNORATE-AL-ZOUR REFINERY

(240530) -- AHMADI GOVERNORATE, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the inauguration ceremony of the Al-Zour Refinery in Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, May 29, 2024. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah officially inaugurated the Al-Zour Refinery, marking the start of full operations at the country's largest refining facility. The ceremony, held on Wednesday at the Al-Zour complex around 90 km south of Kuwait City, also saw the participation of high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

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KUWAIT-AHMADI GOVERNORATE-AL-ZOUR REFINERY

(240530) -- AHMADI GOVERNORATE, May 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wadha Al-Khatib, acting CEO of Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company, attends the inauguration ceremony of the Al-Zour Refinery in Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, May 29, 2024. Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah officially inaugurated the Al-Zour Refinery, marking the start of full operations at the country's largest refining facility. The ceremony, held on Wednesday at the Al-Zour complex around 90 km south of Kuwait City, also saw the participation of high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

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U.S. begins retaliatory strikes on Iranian targets in Syria, killing 13 in initial attack

STORY: U.S. begins retaliatory strikes on Iranian targets in Syria, killing 13 in initial attack SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:22 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the targeted site (courtesy of Syrian State TV) STORYLINE: At least 13 pro-Iran fighters were killed in U.S. airstrikes that targeted strongholds of pro-Iran fighters in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Friday night just as the U.S. was readying retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets, a war monitor reported. The airstrikes targeted the Haidariya region in the desert of the city of al-Mayadeen as well as the shrines of Ain Ali and Al-Shibli in the countryside of al-Mayadeen. The strikes also targeted the al-Hizam area and the industrial neighborhood in the city of al-Bukamal near the Syrian-Iraqi border, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Overall, the war jets destroyed 17 sites in Deir al-Zour in three rounds of airstrikes on al-Mayadeen and

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China donates 10 mln USD worth of communications equipment to Syria

STORY: China donates 10 mln USD worth of communications equipment to Syria SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): IYAD MOHAMMAD AL-KHATIB, Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SHI HONGWEI, Chinese ambassador to Syria STORYLINE: China has donated communications equipment worth approximately 10 million U.S. dollars to Syria aimed at helping restore and strengthen the country's war-damaged telecom stations. A delivery ceremony was held on Monday in the Syrian capital with the attendance of Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib and Chinese Ambassador to Syria Shi Hongwei. The batch would equip 26 major base stations in four Syrian provinces of Rural Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, and Deir al-Zour to offer voice and Internet services to over 100,000 families, the Chinese embassy said in a statement. The project's in

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U.S. military covers up civilian killings to escape punishment: Syrian experts

STORY: U.S. military covers up civilian killings to escape punishment: Syrian experts DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:42 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HUSSAM SHOAIB, Syrian political expert 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD AL-OMARI, Syrian political expert STORYLINE: During its controversial war on terror in Syria, the U.S. military killed a big number of civilians and has ever since tried to cover up the crimes in order to escape with impunity, Syrian experts have said. In a 2019 airstrike near the town of Baghouz in Syria's eastern Deir al-Zour province, a total of 80 people were killed, 64 of whom were believed to be civilians including women and children, in one of the largest civilian casualty incidents in the U.S. war against the Islamic State (IS). However, the killing of civilians in the attack was first exposed by The New York Times in last November, prompting a U.S. internal probe by the Pentagon, which concluded last week that most of the kil

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Syrians don't buy U.S. self-exoneration about massacring civilians in Syria

STORY: Syrians don't buy U.S. self-exoneration about massacring civilians in Syria DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:41 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets in Hasakah city 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHALEB AL-ANZI, Syrian civilian 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABDULKARIM DLAIMY, Syrian civilian 4. various of street views of Hasakah streets 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): GHASSAN KHALIL, Hasakah Governor 6. file of U.S. launched airstrike on Baghouze town in eastern province in Deir al-Zour on 2019 7. file of battles in Baghouze town on 2019 STORYLINE: Many Syrians slammed the recent Pentagon inquiry, which rejects claims that the U.S. covered up civilian deaths in Syria, saying the U.S. has for long been targeting civilians in Syria. In the government-controlled parts of the northeastern province of Hasakah, where the U.S. has several bases in the Kurdish-controlled zones, Syrians expressed dismay and anger at the Pentagon's claims that the U.S. forces weren't responsible for a mass