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Turkey And Qatar Delegation Arrives In Damascus For Talks

Joint delegation from Turkey and Qatar visits Damascus for talks with Syrian rebel leaders and caretaker government to foster political dialogue and econom...

Top News · Dec 12, 2024

American found in Damascus appears to have been released from Syrian prison

Travis Pete Timmerman, from Missouri, says he was imprisoned for seven months after travelling to Syria on a pilgrimage

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2024

Missing US Citizen Found In Damascus, Syria After Jail Release

Missing US citizen, possibly Travis Timmerman, found in Damascus after being released from a Syrian prison. He shares his experience of being held for seve...

Top News · Dec 12, 2024

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Missing US Citizen Found In Damascus, Syria

US citizen Travis Timmerman found in Damascus after being released from Syrian prison, highlights his ordeal.

Top News · Dec 12, 2024

Family of missing Austin Tice say they are ‘incredibly hopeful’ the US journalist will be found in Syria

The brother of Austin Tice, Jacob, says they believe every effort is being made to find the journalist in Syria

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024

US Citizen Missing In Hungary Found In Syria

US citizen Travis Pete Timmerman, missing in Hungary, found in Syria after being discovered wandering barefoot near Damascus. Details of his journey and we...

Top News · Dec 12, 2024

‘They used us as a testing ground for all kinds of weapons’: Syrians return to destroyed town

ON THE GROUND: Bel Trew visits Jobar – north of Damascus – which was devastated by some of the fiercest battles of the civil war. She meets residents returning home for the first time in more than a decade. Both they, and Syria itself, face major challenges in starting anew

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024

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Damascus’s joy and worry as people wonder: What happens after al-Assad?

People at Bashar al-Assad’s villa in the Syrian capital celebrate but also express concern over Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2024

Syria’s al-Sharaa promises to punish those who tortured, killed detainees

HTS leader seeks ‘justice’ for detainees as Syria’s new rulers attempt to stabilise the country after years of civilwar.

Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2024

Relatives Of Syria's Disappeared Seek Closure In Damascus Morgues

In the corridors of Damascus's main hospitals, thousands of families have gathered for the foreboding mission of trying to find the bodies of loved ones captured years ago by the Syrian authorities.

International Business Times · Dec 11, 2024

Fear and uncertainty in Golan Heights as Israeli troops drive deeper into Syria

On the high rocky plateau, the fall of Bashar al-Assad has sown complicated and contradictory emotions

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024

Delivering post, calculating inflation: Syrians get back to work after ousting of Assad

Hopes new leaders will revitalise public services previously hampered by authoritarian rule of Bashar al-Assad

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024

Assad downfall was planned by US and Israel, claims Iran’s supreme leader

Khamenei says ‘America and Zionists’ masterminded collapse of Syrian regime that was backed by Tehran

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024

New Syria PM Says All Religious Groups' Rights 'Guaranteed'

Syria's new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will "guarantee" the rights of all religious groups and called on the millions who fled the war to return home.

International Business Times · Dec 11, 2024

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Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2024

Al-Assad’s fall in Syria: What’s at stake for China?

China quietly aligned with al-Assad through UNSC vetoes, but has not been directly involved like Iran or Russia.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2024

France urges Israel to leave Syria buffer zone as tomb of Assad’s father set on fire – Middle East crisis as it happened

France joins calls for Israeli withdrawal, arguing it is in violation of the 1974 disengagement deal

The Walrus · Dec 10, 2024

The Day Assad Fled: Joy, Fear, and the Weight of History

After years of silence, I can finally write about Syria again

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024

‘We think he died just before regime collapsed’: Syrians scour morgues full of tortured bodies

SPECIAL DISPATCH: From Assad’s slaughterhouse jail to the hospital morgue piled up with mutilated bodies, desperate Syrians search for family members disappeared under a despot’s brutal regime, reports Bel Trew

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Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024

OPINION - Who is Abu Mohammed al-Jolani? The Syrian commander is a new breed of leader

Just a few weeks ago the name Ahmed al-Sharaa, 42, would barely have flickered an eyebrow beyond a narrow neighbourhood of northern Syria and Iraq. Better known under his nomme de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani he may now be a candidate for personality of the year, an icon on the…

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024

Syrian rebels name new PM as outside powers move to shore up interests

Israel plans to create ‘sterile defensive zone’ inside southern border, and Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in north Syria

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024

Syrian activist whose suffering became symbol of Assad brutality found dead in Sednaya prison

Mazen al-Hamada had escaped to tell the world about regime’s torture before returning to Damascus

International Business Times · Dec 10, 2024

Assad's Feared Dungeons Give Up Their Secrets

Syrians lived in terror for decades of what went on behind the concrete walls of Damascus's security compound.

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024

Middle East latest: Netanyahu testifies in his corruption trial as Israel bombs sites in Syria

Israeli warplanes have pounded military sites in Syria after Israeli troops seized a border buffer zone following the collapse of President Bashar Assad’s rule

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024

UN may remove Syrian rebel group HTS from terror list if conditions met

Post-Assad leadership must prove its social and political inclusivity to shed terror designation, says UN envoy

Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024

Scenes from Syria: The fall of al-Assad in 10 videos

Must-see moments as opposition fighters brought Bashar al-Assad’s brutal rule over Syria to a dramatic end.

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