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A file image of the Syrian army. | Photo Credit: Reuters Syria’s government and Kurdish forces on Saturday (January 24, 2026) extended their truce by 15 days, with Damascus saying it was to support the U.S. transfer of Islamic State group detainees from Syria to Iraq. Several sources had earlier told AFP the truce would…
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A suicide bomber targeted a police patrol in Aleppo, killing one person and wounding two members of the security forces, a Syrian government spokesperson said on Wednesday (December 31, 2025). “The person who detonated an explosive belt within the patrol in Aleppo is believed to have an ideological or organisational background linked to Islamic State,”…
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Syrians gather at the gate of Aleppos Citadel during celebrations marking one year since an Islamist alliance entered the northern city and swiftly took control of it, on November 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The secretary general of Amnesty International said Saturday that the new authorities in Syria have taken steps to show commitment…
People attend the trial at the Palace of Justice, as Syria began the trial of a first group drawn from hundreds of defendants allegedly involved in the mass killings of Alawites last March, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The first trial was opened on Tuesday of some of the…
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Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Washington trip comes after his landmark visit to the UN in September where the ex-jihadist became the first Syrian president in decades to address the UNGA in New York. File | Photo Credit: AFP Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the United States on Saturday (November 8, 2025) for a landmark official visit,…
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Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa. File photo: Sputnik/Sergey Bobylyov/Pool via Reuters The U.N. Security Council on Thursday (November 6, 2025) voted to lift a series of sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and members of his government days before he is set to arrive in the U.S. for a historic visit to the White House. The…
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In a desolate area of Syria where Lebanese militant group Hezbollah once held sway, security forces shot open the gates to an abandoned building and found a defunct drug factory. Syria’s new authorities launched a security campaign last week around Qusayr at the porous Lebanese border, cracking down on drug and weapons smugglers. They have…
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Damascus: Syria’s new authorities on Friday announced the arrest of a cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, accused of orchestrating a crackdown in Daraa, where the 2011 uprising began. Atif Najib, the former head of political security in Daraa in southern Syria, was arrested in Latakia, on the country’s west coast, the official SANA news…
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Damascus: Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, promised Thursday to hold a “national dialogue conference” in his first address to the nation since the fall of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad. Sharaa, who was appointed interim president a day earlier for an unspecified transitional period, vowed to preserve “civil peace” and Syria’s territorial unity. “We will announce…
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DAMASCUS: Syria’s central bank has ordered commercial banks to freeze all accounts tied to people and companies linked to the ousted regime of former President Bashar al-Assad, according to a document seen by Reuters and people familiar with the decision. The circular, issued on Thursday, calls on banks to “freeze all bank accounts of companies…
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