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Talks with Israel could lead to results ‘in days’, says Syria’s al-Sharaa

President al-Sharaa says talks between Syria and Israel may lead to a security agreement soon.

Al Jazeera

Dormant or resurgent? Islamic State group’s recent comeback, explained

Amid a recent spike in violence by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group and its offshoots, experts warn that it could be making a comeback globally.

Euronews

Syria, Jordan, US unveil plan to restore security in Suwayda after violence

The latest initiative comes weeks after more than 250 were killed in sectarian violence in southern Syrian province.

Al Jazeera

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France repatriates group of women and children from Syrian camps

France repatriated three women and 10 children from Syrian prisons for alleged jihadists, anti-terror prosecutors said on Tuesday. More than five years after the Islamic State group's territorial defeat in the region, tens of thousands of people are still held in Kurdish-run camps and prisons in northeastern Syria – many…

Radio France Internationale

Syria, Jordan, US agree on plan to restore stability in Sweida after deadly clashes

Syria, Jordan, and the United States have agreed on a plan to restore security in southern Syria

The Independent UK

Pope praises forgiveness as mother of slain US journalist James Foley speaks of healing at Vatican

The mother of James Foley, the American journalist kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic militants in Syria in 2014, has told her story of loss and healing at a Vatican vigil attended by Pope Leo XIV

The Independent UK

Home Office blocks Paisley refugee family from reuniting with dying son

A SYRIAN refugee family living in Paisley has called on the Home Office to stop blocking them from reuniting with their terminally ill son ...

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Paris special court opens trial for three women accused of joining so-called Islamic State group

The trial of the three women, all from the Clain family, opened in Paris on Monday. They are accused of being members of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group.

Euronews

French women of jihadist family on trial for joining IS, taking children to Syria

Three French women - members of the Clain family who converted to fundamentalist Islam and travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State armed group - go on trial Monday in Paris on charges of terrorist criminal association.

Radio France Internationale

Israeli army carries out its latest ground incursion in southern Syria

Israel has repeatedly entered Syria since the fall of al-Assad and has carried out air raids across the country.

Al Jazeera

Syria’s oil heartland poisoned by decades of war, neglect, and inaction

War and neglect have turned Deir Az Zor’s oilfields into rivers of carcinogenic waste seeping into Syrian soil.

Al Jazeera

Return or stay? The dilemma facing Syrians living in Europe

Ahmad plans to go back to Syria in two or three years' time to help rebuild the country. In the face of insecurity and instability, on the other hand, Aisha feels that a return would be premature.

Euronews

UN trying to help move Syria's displaced from schools ahead of the start of schoolyear

The United Nations is trying to help move displaced Syrians who have been sheltering in schools in a southwestern province that was engulfed in sectarian clashes this summer to alternative housing ahead of the start of the new schoolyear

The Independent UK

Israel has replaced Iran as the biggest security threat to the Gulf states

As the US waits on the sidelines, Israel’s actions – as evidenced by the attack on Doha – are becoming increasingly audacious, says Sanam Vakil, director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programme

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Al Jazeera

Maps: Israel has attacked six countries in the past 72 hours

In just three days, Israel has carried out strikes in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Qatar and Yemen.

The Guardian - UK

Syrian man gets life imprisonment for stabbings in German city of Solingen

Issa al-Hasan, 27, who contacted Islamic State handler before attack, acted out of ‘treacherous and base motives’

Al Jazeera

Israel and Syria have held peace talks. Why then did Israel attack Syria?

Israel and Syria have held direct talks in recent months aimed at halting Israel’s aggressive actions towards Syria.

The Guardian - UK

‘They told me what their bodies had lived through’: how Syrian vigilantes inspired new thriller Ghost Trail

Director Jonathan Millet contacted a secret cell that hunts down Assad’s collaborators while researching a new film. He soon realised that it could not be a documentary …

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The Conversation

Israel’s attack in Doha underscores a stark reality for Gulf states looking for stability and growth: They remain hostage to events

The oil-rich states of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a lot going for them: wealth, domestic stability and growing global influence. In recent months, these Gulf kingdoms also appear closer to something they have long sought: reliable U.S. support that has become stronger and more uncritical…

The Independent UK

Emirati magnate Khalaf al-Habtoor says he plans to invest in war-torn Syria

Emirati business magnate Khalaf al-Habtoor plans to invest in Syria's recovery projects, including car dealerships and a bus network

Al Jazeera

Syria condemns attacks by Israeli warplanes on cities of Homs and Latakia

Latest Israeli attacks are a continuation of Israel’s ‘aggressive escalations’, says Syrian Foreign Ministry.

The Guardian - US

Mahmoud Khalil on exile, liberation and Ice detention: ‘It was a clear act of cruelty’

His grandparents survived the Nakba and he fled Assad’s Syria. Khalil is no stranger to political persecution, but not even Trump’s crackdown can silence him

Al Jazeera

EU asylum applications down 23% with huge drop in Syrian requests in 2025

The European Union Agency for Asylum finds that in May only 3,100 Syrian applications were lodged.

Euronews

Germany loses top spot for EU country with the most asylum requests

France and Spain received more asylum applications in the first half of 2025 than Germany, with more Venezuelan and fewer Syrian applications partly responsible.

Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia announces Damascus area reconstruction project to clear rubble

Aid from the kingdom’s charity KSRelief will also help rebuild dozens of schools and bakeries throughout Syria.

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