Syria FM to join Arab, Western powers at Paris summit to discuss transition Asaad al-Shaibani is attending a conference expected to address issues including lifting EU sanctions. Al Jazeera · Feb 13, 2025
Paris hosts global conference on shaping Syria’s future An international conference aimed at shaping a peaceful and inclusive future for Syria gets under way in the French capital today, amid efforts to engage with the country's transitional leadership following the fall of the Assad regime. Radio France Internationale · Feb 13, 2025
Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close The Trump administration's abrupt freeze in foreign aid has closed health clinics offering free care in one of Syria's most vulnerable regions The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025
Syria’s leader, Russia’s Putin make first contact since al-Assad’s fall Statements of support have been exchanged in al-Sharaa’s first phone call with Russian president since taking power. Al Jazeera · Feb 12, 2025
Swedish Woman Jailed For Keeping Yazidi Slaves In Syria A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority. International Business Times · Feb 11, 2025
Woman jailed in Sweden for keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria The 52-year-old gets 12 years in jail for ‘genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes’ by ISIL in 2015. Al Jazeera · Feb 11, 2025
Putin's refuge for Bashar al-Assad in Moscow hitting Russian efforts to keep forces in Syria, says UK Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces in the wartorn country, according to British defence chiefs. Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025
AP PHOTOS: Syrians returning to the town of Tel Rifaat find homes in ruins and underground tunnels The long anticipated return home for residents of the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat, displaced since 2014, has collided with a painful reality — scars of war, streets lined with rubble and ruins standing in place of their homes. The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025
‘Finally this is justice’: the Assad torture survivors who guard their former jail Men imprisoned and abused at the notorious Palestine branch detention centre return to the facility as free men The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025
Kurdish officials fear Islamic State revival as US aid cuts loom Humanitarian groups worried north-east Syrian camps holding suspected IS members will lose basic facilities The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025
Kurds in the new Syria hope to preserve cultural rights they gained in years of war Kurdish leaders are negotiating with the new authorities in Damascus The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2025
‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025
Syria’s revolution hangs in the balance. The west must lift sanctions now Competing interests and rivalries between regional powers threaten hopes of change after the fall of Bashar al-Assad The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025
Interim president Sharaa weighs-up Ankara and Riyadh in power struggle for Syria Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Ankara on Tuesday, on the heels of a visit to Saudi Arabia – a move that is being interpreted as a balancing act by Sharaa between the two regional powers, amidst growing competition for influence over Syria. Radio France Internationale · Feb 8, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025 Thousands of Syrians in limbo as UK Home Office freezes asylum claims Two months after the fall of Assad’s regime, Whitehall’s decision to pause asylum applications from Syrians has left more than 6,600 cases stuck on hold in the UK
International Business Times · Feb 8, 2025 Syrians Stuck In Camps After Finding Homes Destroyed Mehdi al-Shayesh thought he would quickly resettle in his central Syrian home town after Bashar al-Assad was ousted, but like many others stuck in camps, he found his home uninhabitable.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025 Antigone [on strike] review – shades of Shamima Begum as Sophocles’s rebel royal is exiled This retelling of the princess’s story makes her a formerly radicalised teen stranded in Syria – but the immersive staging often gets in the way
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025 Cyprus jails Syrian man over the death of a 3-year-old girl on overloaded migrant boat A Cyprus court has sentenced a Syrian national to three years in prison after finding him guilty of causing the death by negligence of a 3-year-old girl from dehydration aboard an overloaded boat that was adrift for six days without adequate supplies of food and water
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025 AP PHOTOS: A tour through northeastern Syria in a moment of uncertainty The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic turning point for the country.
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025 A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syria’s coast, officials say The Russian spy ship, the Kildin, was packed with intelligence-gathering equipment
The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025 Defector who exposed Assad’s brutality calls for Syria sanctions to be lifted The former military officer, previously known only as ‘Caesar’, smuggled evidence of thousands of deaths out of the country
Radio France Internationale · Feb 6, 2025 Macron calls Syrian leader to discuss transition, terrorism, sanctions French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in a phone call that covered the transition in Syria, economic sanctions and the need to continue the fight against terrorism. He also extended an invitation for al-Sharaa to visit France in the coming weeks.
inkl · Feb 6, 2025 A Five-Year Transitional Period ! Will “Military Democracy” Governs Syria ? The Syrian transitional president, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, waited until he was officially appointed to the presidency through the “selection by military factions” before revealing more about his vision for the next phase. He granted the “democratic vacuum” phase significant time in a country that has suffered from long-term rule by its…
International Business Times · Feb 6, 2025 Turkey Marks Second Anniversary Of Quake Disaster Turkey on Thursday commemorates the second anniversary of the February 6, 2023 earthquake, which claimed nearly 60,000 lives including in neighbouring Syria and turned entire cities into ruins.
Al Jazeera · Feb 5, 2025 American ally SDF: Not yet notified of US plan for Syria withdrawal Questions grow over future of 2,000 SDF fighters in Syria after Bashar al-Assad toppling, President Trump taking office.