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This monument, contrary to claims by some attempting to justify its destruction, bears no allegiance to the “former regime,” Salam Kawakibi writes in al-Araby al-Jadeed.

The Syrian government has officially denied the existence of any peace negotiations with Israel, asserting that such discussions are “premature” and contingent on specific conditions.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that 390 civilians, including more than 100 children, have been killed in Syria since the beginning of 2025 ...

The investigation, based on field testimonies, satellite imagery, and internal communications, points to a chain of command that runs through the Ministry of Defense, with particular focus on its ...

The report reveals that thousands of forcibly disappeared individuals have died in detention centres operated by the Syrian regime.

In a significant development that signals growing accountability efforts in post-Assad Syria, the Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday the arrest of a senior former regime officer, ...

Debate has emerged over President Sharaa’s constitutional authority to appoint one-third of the new parliament, al-Modon writes. Syria is no longer the open battleground of regional conflict it once ...

UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen offered a cautious welcome to the formation of the electoral committee but refrained from endorsing the structure of the process itself, Syria TV notes. Syria’s ...

The fall of the regime has spurred political and social realignment across Syrian expatriate communities, especially among Alawites, al-Modon writes.

U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barak confirmed to the agency that Washington had reached a “verbal understanding” with the Syrian transitional government regarding the plan Exiled Turkestan ...

Syria and Qatar have reached a series of sweeping agreements to deepen cooperation across five essential sectors, following a high-level visit to Doha by a Syrian government delegation headed by ...