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September 23, 2025, 10:10 AM - 2 min read
Syria is likely to hold its presidential elections in nearly two decades following the 2011 civil war that killed an estimated 800,000 to 1 million people.
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August 3, 2025, 06:57 PM - 4 min read
Fresh outbreaks of violence overnight into Sunday have rattled Syria, straining an already fragile ceasefire and raising fresh doubts about the transitional government’s ability to assert control over the entire country.
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August 2, 2025, 12:57 PM - 4 min read
The Prime Minister of Germany’s Bavaria state has renewed his call for the decisive deportation of foreign criminals, including Afghan and Syrian nationals, as Germany continues to adopt a tougher approach to migration.
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July 19, 2025, 04:17 PM - 2 min read
Nearly 718 people have been killed in Syria’s Sweida province after a week of brutal clashes between Druze and Bedouin groups, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The dead include civilians, Druze fighters and government forces, with some allegedly executed.
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July 16, 2025, 04:22 PM - 2 min read
The Israeli military has said it struck the entrance of the Syrian army’s headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday, citing the Assad regime’s actions against Druze civilians in southern Syria.
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June 23, 2025, 10:31 PM - 2 min read
Iran launched at least six missiles against United States military bases in Qatar and Iraq, seemingly in retaliation for American air strikes against three of its nuclear sites.
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June 23, 2025, 09:42 PM - 3 min read
A US military base in Syria's Hasakah province was attacked on Sunday, hours after three nuclear facilities within Iran were hit by American air strikes, as a fast-expanding conflict in the Middle East gathers momentum.
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May 28, 2025, 03:02 PM - 6 min read
Both countries enjoy the status of so-called "middle powers" — states that are influential globally but lack the clout of great powers — which has "fuelled competition for regional dominance.” The two also have different approaches to political Islam.
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January 5, 2025, 01:50 PM - 3 min read
In a significant development following the political upheaval in Syria, nearly 40,000 Syrians have returned home from Turkey since the ouster of the Bashar al-Assad government on December 8, 2024.
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January 3, 2025, 08:35 PM - 7 min read
It is crucial to examine the factors that led to the collapse of the Baathist state after 61 years of authoritarian rule. During the 2011 Arab Spring, Assad brutally suppressed peaceful mass protests but struggled to maintain unity in Syria due to regional isolation, international sanctions, and institutional fragility.
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December 29, 2024, 05:45 PM - 4 min read
Syria's interim government has taken a significant step in its efforts to secure control of the country by deploying attack helicopters against what it refers to as "remnants of the former regime" in its coastal regions.
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December 28, 2024, 03:56 PM - 3 min read
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has stated that the US and UK are planning terrorist attacks on Russian bases located inside Syria. According to the SVR, this is intended to prevent the country from stabilising.
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