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They fled Syria years ago. Now, they spend their first Ramadan back amid nostalgia, relief and loss

As they spend their first Ramadan in their country in years, many Syrians who’ve recently returned from abroad to a homeland they were forced to flee have been celebrating the end of the Assad family’s rule

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Israeli strikes in southwestern Syria kill 4 people as troops clash with residents

Syrian media say an Israeli strike in the southwestern village has killed at least four people as Israeli troops occupying the area clashed with local residents

The Independent UK

This Ramadan, relief and hope bump against violence and uncertainty in the new Syria

For Syrians observing Ramadan, this Muslim holy month is their first in their homeland since the end of the Assad family's iron-fisted rule

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Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon

The Independent UK

Germany reopens its embassy in Syria, 13 years after it was closed

Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shut in the early days of Syria’s civil war

The Independent UK

Mourners attend funeral of man killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syrian city of Daraa

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of one of the victims of an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian city of Daraa, in which three people were killed

The Independent UK

International donors pledge €5.8bn to help new leaders rebuild Syria

International donors gathered in Brussels on Monday pledged almost €6 billion ($6.5 billion) in aid for Syria, hoping to help new leaders rebuild the country following the ouster of President Bashar Assad in December.

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Israel carries out airstrikes in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, killing at least seven people

Israel carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon and southern Syria on Monday, killing at least seven people, including a child, according to local authorities

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Lebanon says it will retaliate against gunfire from Syria after deadly cross-border fighting

Lebanon’s president has ordered troops to retaliate against the source of gunfire from the Syrian side of the border after more deadly fighting erupted overnight along the tense frontier

The Independent UK

Syria joins a donor conference for the first time in a crucial phase for its new leaders

The European Union is hosting a donor conference to support a peaceful transition in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar Assad

The Independent UK

Families of disappeared in Syria want the search to continue on conflict's 14th anniversary

Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the 14-year civil war have called on the interim government to not give up on efforts to find them

The Independent UK

Ordnance from Syria's 13-year conflict explodes in port city, killing at least 16 people

The Syrian Civil Defense says Ordnance from Syria’s 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing more than a dozen people

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At least 16 killed after unexploded bomb from civil war goes off in Syria

Blast in coastal Latakia city reportedly occurred when a scrap dealer unknowingly handled old bomb

The Independent UK

Syrians mark 14th anniversary of civil war uprising by celebrating the ouster of Bashar Assad

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, the first without Bashar Assad in power

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Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says

Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was “one of the most…

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Dozens of Syrian Druze make a rare visit to Israeli-controlled Golan Heights

Dozens of clerics and others from Syria’s minority Druze community have crossed into the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan Heights Friday for the first time in decades

The Independent UK

Qatar will send natural gas to Syria to increase its meager electricity supply

Syria's state-run SANA news agency says Qatar will provide natural gas supplies to Syria with the aim of generating 400 megawatts of electricity a day, in a measure to help address the war-battered country’s severe electricity shortages

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Turkish top officials make sudden trip to Damascus after Syria's deal with Kurdish-led group

Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus

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Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group's rule for 5 years

Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase

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What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries

In what’s been called a “Friday night massacre” at the Pentagon, President Donald Trump removed six top generals or admirals on Feb. 21, 2025, including Air Force General C.Q. Brown and Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Trump also fired military lawyers who advise senior officers on the legality of their behavior…

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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence

In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government in Damascus and local Kurdish-led authorities

The Independent UK

A Syrian man barely escaped a wave of sectarian killings. His brothers did not

This past weekend’s sectarian violence was possibly among the bloodiest 72 hours in the modern history of Syria after 14 years of civil war — and it threatens to open an endless cycle of vengeance

The Independent UK

Syria's government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast

Syria’s interim government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into the Syrian army

Evening Standard

UK presses Syria’s interim government to guarantee safety of all Syrians

Hamish Falconer said violence in recent days meant it was a ‘critical moment’ for the interim authorities to demonstrate their aims.

The Independent UK

Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war

An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days

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