The Latest Breaking News from Syria

A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are still living in fear, with dozens killed in smaller attacks since the start of April

Nawaf Salam meets Ahmed al-Sharaa to discuss border security, refugees, and past political killings under al-Assad.

President Ahmed al-Sharaa gives fact-finding committee a three-month extension to file report into Alawite killings.

Lisa Smith’s defence team had argued her IS membership conviction ‘falls short of Irish law’.

Syria’s president has granted a three-month extension to an investigation into last month’s sectarian killings of Alawite civilians in coastal areas that left hundreds dead The committee’s spokesperson said 41 sites of killings were documented but the committee required more time to gather additional evidence

Lisa Smith is appealing against her 2022 conviction for membership of IS.

Sanctions as a form of economic aggression are macho and myopic, yet countries including the UK refuse to call a halt, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The announcement comes months after a rebel coalition ousted longtime Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who had maintained close ties with North Korea.

Twice-daily hiking trips for civilians in Golan buffer zone recently seized by Israel sold out almost immediately