Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Bashar Assad

For Syrian Druze, latest violence is one more chapter in a centuries-long struggle over autonomy

Fighting has flared on and off in southern Syria for nearly a month, despite a fragile ceasefire. Violence in July 2025 left more than 1,600 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, including at least 166 civilians. The group, which is based in the United Kingdom, also…

The Conversation

Turkey reaffirms support for Syria's stability and reconstruction

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has reaffirmed Ankara's support for Syria's stability and reconstruction

The Independent UK

First group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan

The first group of Syrian refugees has returned home from Lebanon under a new plan developed by the United Nations and the Lebanese government

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

In Syria’s Sweida, the stench of death still lingers days after sectarian bloodshed

In the aftermath of intense sectarian fighting, the eerily silent streets of Syria's southern province of Sweida are filled with the stench of decaying bodies left uncollected for days amid scenes of charred buildings and burned-out cars

The Independent UK

French court to decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for Syrian chemical attacks

France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of his immunity as a head of state

The Independent UK

Explosion in northern Syria kills at least 6 people and injures dozens

An explosion in northern Syria's Idlib province has killed at least six people and injured dozens more

The Independent UK

Understanding the violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad

In July 2025, clashes between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Arabs backed by government-affiliated forces led to hundreds of deaths in Sweida province in southern Syria. Israel later launched dozens of airstrikes in support of the Druze.

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

A Syrian American man is among members of the Druze community killed in sectarian clashes in Syria

Relatives and officials say a Syrian-American man of the Druze religious minority is among dozens of civilians killed in sectarian clashes in southern Syria

The Independent UK

Over 1,400 were killed in sectarian violence in coastal Syria in March, committee says

A Syrian government committee says over 1,400 civilians were killed in sectarian violence on the country’s coast earlier this year

The Independent UK

US envoy doubles down on support for Syria's government and criticizes Israel's intervention

A U.S. envoy has reaffirmed Washington's support for Syria's new government, stating there is "no Plan B" for uniting the country

The Independent UK

Clashes continue in Sweida after Syrian presidency’s ceasefire declaration

Government urges all parties to commit to truce and says any breaches will be violation of sovereignty

The Guardian - UK

Syria's Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes

Members of Syria's Druze community are searching for loved ones and counting their dead after days of clashes in a southern province that left bloodied bodies of civilians on the streets and homes looted

The Independent UK

Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war

The Independent UK

Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue

Convoys of government forces have begun withdrawing from the city of Sweida

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Israel threatens to escalate involvement in Syria as a ceasefire collapses

Clashes have intensified in Syria after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups broke down

The Independent UK

Deadly clashes threaten Syria’s fragile peace

Fighting erupts in the Druze-majority Sweida city in southern Syria

The Independent UK

Syria announces ceasefire after sectarian violence

Syria’s defense minister has announced a ceasefire after government forces entered a key city in Sweida province on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Here's what triggered the latest deadly sectarian clashes in Syria, and why it matters

Clashes in Syria between Bedouin tribes, government forces, and the Druze minority have left dozens dead, raising fears of escalating violence

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin clans in Syria kill more than 30 people

Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin clans in Syria's Sweida province have killed more than 30 people and injured nearly 100

The Independent UK

A church bombing leads Syria's Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians

The Independent UK

Shiite neighborhoods in Damascus commemorate Ashoura quietly after Assad's ouster

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad

The Independent UK

UK foreign secretary visits Syria, renewing ties after 14 years of conflict

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus marking the restoration of relations between the two countries after years of tension

The Independent UK

UN commission says Syria must end violence against Alawites and protect places of worship

The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria reports ongoing sectarian violence despite commitments from Syria's new government to protect minorities

The Independent UK

Who is Iran’s supreme leader? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rise to power explained amid protests

The Iranian supreme leader faces his biggest threat yet after more than three decades in power

The Independent UK

War-weary Syrians and Lebanese watch from the sidelines as missiles fly in Israel-Iran conflict

In a park overlooking Damascus, 25-year-old Khaldoun Hallak has spent the past few evenings with his friends, drinking yerba mate, snacking on nuts, smoking hookah pipes and watching the sky for missiles streaking overhead

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Interior Ministry

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

29 stories

the Ministry of Interior

17 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.