For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Middle East Eye; other reports or headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN, LEBANON, WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. SYRIA 3-11-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group’s rule for 5 years, by Ghaith Alsayed and Kareem Chehayeb | AP  DAMASCUS — Syria’s interim president today signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. READ MORE . . .

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Russia says 9,000 Syrians fleeing violence have taken refuge at its Hmeimim air base. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia’s air base at Hmeimim in Syria is sheltering about 9,000 people seeking refuge from a wave of sectarian violence, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli airstrike targets residential building in Damascus. From AP. Israel’s military today carried out an airstrike on a residential building on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus that it said was a command center of the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM MARCH 12  Over 800 extrajudicial killings documented in coastal Syria violence, by Nader Durgham | Middle East Eye  The recent surge in violence in coastal Syria has resulted in at least 803 extrajudicial killings, carried out by both sides, the war monitor Syrian Network for Human Rights said in a new report. READ MORE . . .

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