Syria

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s de facto ruler and head of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), met with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in Damascus on Sunday, Arab News reported. This meeting aimed to reassure minority communities following the recent…

Shia Rights Watch (SRW)—an international pro-Shia rights organization—has condemned the forced displacement of residents from villages along the Orontes River in Syria’s Homs province. In a statement published on its official website on Sunday, the rights organization called on relevant…

Experts indicate that an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Syria’s deposed leader Bashar Assad is “just a matter of time,” Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. Following the collapse of the Baath regime on December 8, evidence from…

The Director of the Middle East and North Africa at UNICEF, Edward Beigbeder, revealed that approximately 4.6 million Syrian children live in dire conditions and urgently need basic services. UN official’s announcement came during his recent visit to the Maarrat…

The Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate announced the arrest of seven ISIS members in Kirkuk Governorate, the Iraqi News Agency reported on Friday. The arrests took place based on precise intelligence. One of the detainees was responsible for transporting individuals, weapons,…

Hundreds of Syrian citizens participated in protests in Damascus, calling for the establishment of secularism, democracy, and women’s rights. Both men and women at the gathering chanted slogans such as “We want democracy, not a religious government,” “A free and…

Syria’s new government will eliminate all references to the former ruling Baath Party from its educational system starting next week but will not alter school curricula or restrict girls’ access to education, according to Education Minister Nazir Mohammad Al-Qadri. “Education…

The United Nations has projected that around one million Syrians could return to their homeland in the first half of 2025, following the collapse of President Bashar Assad’s regime earlier this month. The UNHCR’s Middle East and North Africa director,…

A Syrian advocacy leader has alleged that a mass grave near Damascus contains the remains of at least 100,000 people killed under the former government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Mouaz Moustafa, head of the US-based Syrian Emergency Task Force,…

A week after the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, Syrian Christians attended Sunday services for the first time, testing the new Islamist rulers’ assurances regarding minority rights, Reuters reported yesterday. The Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has sought…