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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

UN Security Council lifts sanctions on Syrian president ahead of Trump meet

China abstains on resolution that paves way for former leader of al Qaeda affiliate to visit White House

The Independent UK

Who Is Rama Dawaji? Newly-Elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Gen-Z, Activist Wife

Rama Duwaji, a 28-year-old Syrian-American artist and the wife of newly elected New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, combines artistic practice and political solidarity while keeping a carefully private life.

International Business Times UK

Meet Rama Duwaji: 10 Photos of Zohran Mamdani's Wife, NYC's New Mayoral Partner

Rama Duwaji, the 28-year-old Syrian-American artist and wife of newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is stepping into the spotlight as the city's youngest-ever First Lady. Here's a closer look at her creative journey, activism, and growing influence.

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In pictures: Young Syrian artists transform war ruin into mural of remembrance

Colourful mural in Daraya honours families lost during years of conflict

The Independent UK

Friedrich Merz says Syrians no longer have reason for asylum in Germany

Chancellor suggests deportations could begin ‘in the near future’ as government seeks to counter rise of AfD

The Guardian - UK

Lafarge on trial in Paris over alleged payments to Islamic State in Syria

In what is shaping up to be a landmark case in France, the multinational cement giant Lafarge, along with several former senior executives are set to go on trial on Tuesday, accused of paying off jihadist groups – including the so-called Islamic State – to keep a Syrian cement plant…

Radio France Internationale

Syrian forced migrants in Turkey have built businesses despite challenges. Here’s what has helped them succeed

By the end of 2024, the number of people worldwide who had been “forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order” and had fled their countries stood at approximately 42.7 million, according to the UN Refugee Agency. Whether they are asylum…

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Syrian president expected to meet Trump at the White House, U.S. envoy says

It will be the first-ever visit by a Syrian president to the White House and a key step in rebuilding U.S.-Syrian relations.

Axios

Photos show Syrian students returning to schools stripped bare by conflict

In the southern Idlib countryside, once a frontline in Syrian civil war, residents are trickling back to their villages after years in exile.

The Independent UK

Syrian students return to schools stripped bare by conflict

Residents in southern Idlib are returning to their villages after years of exile

The Independent UK

UK-linked children whose parents have been deprived of their citizenship are trapped in camps in Syria

Thousands of women and children with perceived links to Isis have been detained in camps by the Kurdish-controlled Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria since the demise of the militant organisation in 2019. These include women and children who have a connection to the UK.

The Conversation

Scoop: White House pulls Joel Rayburn's nomination for top State job

Rayburn was controversial due to his alleged involvement in obscuring U.S. troop levels in Syria from President Trump in his first term.

Axios

Syria’s only female minister on what she says to her new president about hiring women: ‘Quotas are so important’

“Syria is a mosaic,” H.E. Hind Kabawat told Fortune, herself a member of the Christian minority and an exile from the country for some 14 years.

Fortune

London man who joined jihadist group in Syria jailed for nine years

Isa Giga, 32, from Hounslow, was arrested at Heathrow Airport in May 2024 after flying back from Turkey

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International Business Times

Rebuilding Wrecked Syria Vital For Regional Stability: UN

After 14 years of destruction, Syria must be swiftly rebuilt to bring stability to the country and the wider region, a top UN official in the war-ravaged nation told AFP. Reconstruction is one of the most significant challenges facing Syria's new Islamist authorities after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar…

The Independent UK

What to know about the French militants who clashed with Syrian forces in Idlib

Clashes have erupted between Syrian government forces and foreign fighters in Idlib, Syria

International Business Times

France Issues Third Arrest Warrant Against Syria's Ex-leader Assad

French magistrates this summer issued a new arrest warrant against ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad over deadly chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source said on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker who sexually assaulted three women spared jail

Qais Al-Aswad, originally from Syria, lived at a Surrey hotel when he sexually assaulted three women this summer.

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The Independent UK

Druze community in Syria's Idlib province on edge after targeted shooting kills 3

The Druze minority in Syria's Idlib province is reeling from a targeted shooting that killed three community members

The Conversation

Syria’s new leader promised democracy. Then he excluded women from parliamentary elections

Women’s political participation is often treated as a measure of a country’s commitment to equality and democracy.

Evening Standard

UK removes HTS from list of banned terror groups

The UK Government said the move would allow for closer engagement with Damascus.

Euronews

Estimated €185bn needed to rebuild Syria after 14 years of civil war, World Bank says

Syria's civil war began in 2011 when mass protests against the government of then-President Bashar al-Assad were met with a brutal crackdown and spiralled into armed conflict.

International Business Times UK

Internet Baffled by 'Torenza' Map: Does This Ancient Book Prove This 'Lost Civilisation' Once Existed Near Syria?

The internet is gripped by the legend of Torenza, a powerful 'lost civilisation' allegedly near Syria, fuelled by a viral JFK passport video and claims of ancient stone tablets.

The Independent UK

World Bank estimates $216B needed to rebuild Syria after civil war

The World Bank says rebuilding Syria after over a decade of civil war could cost about $216 billion

Euronews

Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria

Washington and Baghdad agreed last year to wind down a US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq by this September, with US forces departing some bases where they have been stationed.

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