The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Recent developments include Israeli strike in Gaza, British and German diplomats engaging with Syrian militant group, and U.S. military targeting Houthi fa...

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Palestinian medics say an Israeli strike in Gaza killed at least eight people from the same family, most of them women and children

A French diplomatic mission will travel to the Syrian capital Damascus this Tuesday to reestablish contact after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, acting Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. Likewise, the US, the UK and other countries are investigating how they might normalise relations with the new regime.

HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa says fighters will all be ‘subject to the law’ as he emphasises need for unity in post-war Syria

After the fall of the Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the world was moved by emotional scenes of liberation — families reuniting after years of separation and former prisoners walking free from the brutal conditions of Assad’s prisons.

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A UK delegation has met the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an organisation that is banned in the UK.

The fall of Assad in Syria to HTS, backed by Turkey, raises concerns for the future of the Kurds and U.S. interests in the region.