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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets Syria’s Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa during the emergency Arab summit just outside Cairo on March 4, 2025.

Syria-Lebanon relations: Tracing the roots of mistrust and fear

August 17, 2025, 03:21 PM - 9 min read

Relations between Beirut and Damascus remain tense — as they have been for decades, a time during which Syria failed to treat its smaller neighbour as a sovereign nation.

France, the United Kingdom, and Japan have welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Syria in Sweida province after days deadly clashes broke out between Druze and Bedouin factions, compounded by the Israeli military actions in the country.

France, UK, Japan welcome ceasefire in Syria’s Sweida

July 20, 2025, 02:36 PM - 2 min read

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has declared a ceasefire, urging all sides to maintain peace while respecting the ceasefire, adding the country would redeploy forces to a violence-hit region in case of an escalation.

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Image: X

France to host Syrian leadership amid tensions with Israel

May 6, 2025, 04:37 PM - 3 min read

Syria is witnessing the return of normalcy, the end of major conflict and armed confrontations post-regime change; however, isolated incidents of violence still resurface occasionally in the country.

Over 1,000 killed in Syria as women stripped, shot in public

March 9, 2025, 08:46 AM - 3 min read

Over 1,000 people have been killed in Syria as revenge killings erupted against the Alawite sect following the ousting of President Assad. Armed groups carried out brutal attacks, leaving bodies on streets and parading women naked before killing them. The violence has plunged the war-torn nation into further turmoil.

An armed fighter is seen approaching an intersection amid clashes that killed over 200 people in Syria.

Over 200 killed as internal clashes break out in Syria

March 8, 2025, 05:38 AM - 6 min read

The most recent clashes began when government forces tried to detain a wanted person near the coastal city of Jableh on Thursday and were ambushed by Assad loyalists, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Dozens killed as clashes break out in Syria

March 7, 2025, 08:52 PM - 3 min read

This is the first instance since the fall of Assad when such high-intensity armed clashes have been reported in the country.

Syrians rally against Netanyahu’s demilitarisation call.

Syrians protest over Netanyahu’s demilitarisation remarks

February 26, 2025, 03:40 PM - 3 min read

Protests have erupted across southern Syria following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent remarks rejecting the presence of Syria’s interim government forces south of Damascus.

Syria Kurds want to preserve hard-won cultural gains

February 9, 2025, 02:58 PM - 7 min read

Mothers can now give children Kurdish names. The Kurdish language is taught in schools. The new year, Nowruz, can be celebrated openly.

Locals at the site of the explosion near Aleppo, Syria.

Car bomb explosion kills 19, mostly women, in northern Syria

February 3, 2025, 07:38 PM - 3 min read

Not long after accusations against the SDF surfaced on Syrian social media accounts, the SDF in a statement condemned the attack and accused Ankara-backed groups of possibly being involved in causing more internal strife in the country.

Russian diplomats make first Syria visit since Assad’s fall

January 28, 2025, 07:04 PM - 2 min read

There was no official comment from Syria's interim government, but a semi-official newspaper reported that the Russian delegation would meet with the country's de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, and with the its foreign minister.

Assad gone but Syria still battling economic woes

January 24, 2025, 12:52 PM - 6 min read

The economy has been battered by corruption and 13 years of civil war. With international sanctions and mismanagement, inflation skyrocketed, pulling some 90% of the country into poverty. According to the U.N. World Food Program, over half the population - some 12 million people - don't know where their next meal will come from.

Should Turkey repatriate Syrians?

January 13, 2025, 07:29 PM - 6 min read

UNHCR, which has registered 2.93 million Syrians in Turkey, has emphasised that refugees have the fundamental right to return to their country of origin at a time of their choosing, but all returns must be voluntary, dignified, and safe.