As Damascus continues to rebuild after more than a decade of war – from the recent dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to the United States’ removal of Syria from its sponsors of terrorism list – a top UN official warned the Security Council on Thursday that international support…
Bashar Al-Assad's in absentia conviction represents a milestone in Syria's justice system, but the trial was plagued by glaring problems.
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"What we saw about a week ago... is essentially a red line, an Israeli declaration that Israel does not want to see any kind of Turkish presence in central Syria," said Dr. Eitan Hai Cohen.
Syria was among the first nations to be added to the State Department’s proscribed list. It has been removed under the rule of a former al-Qaida-affiliated militant.
SPECIAL PROFILE: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett lays out his security policy for Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria, were he to be elected prime minister, and how he would differ from Netanyahu.
"Neither side is interested in a military confrontation, certainly not at the present time. That is completely contrary to Erdogan's outlook," a former Mossad counterterror chief told 103FM.
Three forgotten Assyrian kings may have been hiding in plain sight for more than 2,700 years. By piecing together clues from tablets, inscriptions, and an ancient statue, researchers argue that these rulers were omitted from the famous Assyrian King List.
In 2025, Rob Geist Pinfold wrote, “The March Massacres Show That Syria Urgently Needs Solutions, Not Sanctions,” in which he argued that sanctions relief was a major way the West could positively engage with the new Syrian government. A year later, after sanctions relief materialized and the United …
It's one thing for Israel to take military action in a country that the US has formally labeled a state sponsor of terrorism. It's quite another to do so after the US has removed that designation.
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Israel said it targeted a “terrorist” in southern Syria on Saturday in what Syria’s foreign ministry said was a drone strike on a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Damascus in a “blatant” violation of its territory.
The Syrian foreign ministry said the drone had hit a vehicle on a road near B…
Feeling abandoned by the world, with no hint of justice, for the people in Ghouta and Khan Sheikhoun, left to endure lifelong injuries and trauma, Bashar al-Assad’s ferocious attacks have never ended.
Netanyahu accused of creating tensions with Syria, Turkey for electoral purposes • Syria has mostly curbed Iranian smuggling under Ahmed al-Sharaa, as IDF sources say no recent spike detected
The discussions, reported by the Syrian state news agency, came days after Israel struck an air base in Syria’s northwest, the latest in a series of military interventions.
“The negotiations were frozen after the Iranian-Israeli war, and we hope they will resume in the near future so that we can complete this process,” al-Shaibani said.
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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani told Axios Wednesday that he made clear to Israel his government wasn't working with Turkey to amass a military presence at a Syrian airbase — but Israel went ahead and attacked the site anyway.Why it matters: The early Tuesday morning strike on the Abu al-D…
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Communities in Syria are clearing rubble and rebuilding neighbourhoods and livelihoods torn down in the more than a decade of conflict and crisis in the country.
The IDF struck the Abu al-Duhur military airfield after troops received intelligence that Turkey sought to place a radar with Turkish troops at the Syrian base.
Picture showing White Helmets volunteer unconscious and with bruises on his body went viralSyrians have protested over the death of a man who was arrested and allegedly beaten by security forces, sparking widespread anger at a practice thought to have ended with the fall of Bashar al-Assad.A crowd g…
When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Syria earlier this week, he brought with him a number of archaeological treasures that had been held in France since 2011.
From the Crimean War to the Syrian refugee crisis, these 20 photographs shifted public opinion, shaped policy, ended careers and changed how the world sees itself
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UN investigators have urged Syria’s Government to trace thousands of missing detainees and hold perpetrators to account after a week-long visit that took in bomb attacks in Damascus, prison visits in the northeast and reports of vigilante violence in Homs.
Mali is not Syria, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin is not Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.While the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime and the rise of the Ahmed al-Sharaa government in Damascus, Syria can be seen as a net positive for regional security in the Levant, a Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Mus…
Transitional justice approaches in Syria must not isolate periods of oppression from the broader contexts that enabled them.
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French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Damascus on Monday for the first visit by a Western European head of state since Syria’s new authorities took power.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been rebooting Syria’s international credentials and seeking to revive his struggling country after toppling …
Millions join funeral procession in capital of Tehran to mourn Khamenei who was kiled in US-Israel airstrikes in FebruaryLebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a car in the country’s south on Monday killed four people, including three women, despite a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hez…
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The case against the two men, who have been living in Austria since 2015, was one of the first that the country has brought under the principle of universal jurisdiction.
A senior US official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity about the trip said Trump will meet with Zelensky on Wednesday to discuss "how we can end the war."
