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          Scenes from the security operation launched by the Aleppo Security Directorate, which targeted a hideout of a terrorist cell affiliated with ISIS. Photo: Syrian Ministry of Interior

          ISIS claims first attack on Syrian government since fall of Assad regime

          MENAMay 30, 2025
          Stacks of Syrian notes at an exchange shop in Damascus. Britain said its lifting of sanctions was also to 'promote regional stability and encourage the return of Syrian refugees'. AFP

          Britain lifts Assad-era sanctions in boost for Syria

          MENAApril 24, 2025
          Syria's interim President Ahmad Al Shara speaks at the national dialogue conference held in Damascus in February. Syrian Arab News Agency

          New Syrian government to be announced on Saturday night

          MENAMarch 29, 2025
          The funeral of a member of the Syrian security forces killed by groups loyal to the ousted Assad regime, in Hama this month. EPA

          Syria’s political transition isn’t enough to end its cycle of violence

          OpinionMarch 18, 2025
          Syrian troops take position in the village of Hawsh Al Sayyid Ali, 2km from the Lebanon border, on Monday. AP

          Lebanon and Syria agree to ceasefire after border clashes kills nine

          MENAMarch 18, 2025
          Syrians gather in Umayyad Square in Damascus on Saturday to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the uprising against Bashar Al Assad. Sana

          UN calls for peace as Syria commemorates 14 years since uprising

          MENAMarch 15, 2025
          A member of the Syrian security forces on patrol in Latakia, western Syria, scene of some of the worst recent sectarian violence. Reuters

          Dubai’s Syrian residents speak to family back home enduring bloodshed

          UAEMarch 11, 2025
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          Shadi’s take on clashes between Syrian government forces and pro-Assad militias

          CartoonMarch 09, 2025
          A girl holds a flag out of the window of a bus carrying Syrians home to Homs after years of displacement in Aleppo province. AFP

          More than 300,000 refugees return to Syria since Assad’s fall, says UN

          MENAMarch 08, 2025
          An Israeli tank enters the buffer zone between Israel and Syria, near Quneitra, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on March 2. EPA

          Israeli military advances are destabilising Syria, Turkey says

          USMarch 07, 2025
          Fighters from security forces in Latakia, Syria, on Friday. EPA

          130 killed as Syrian government forces and pro-Assad militias clash

          MENAMarch 07, 2025
          Ahmad Al Shara was declared Syria's president in January. AFP

          From quiet boy to rebel who toppled dictator: Al Shara's barber speaks

          MENAMarch 02, 2025
          Sheep wander the abandoned town of Jobar on the edge of Damascus. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National

          Syria's long road to recovery: Lessons from a devastated Damascus suburb

          MENAMarch 01, 2025
          ISIS extremists in Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria. AP

          Syria needs a functioning state to take on ISIS

          EditorialFebruary 24, 2025
          The Sayyida Zaynab shrine is widely believed to be the resting place of Zaynab, sister of Imam Husayn, a 7th-century religious figure who is among the most revered in Shiite Islam. Matt Kynaston / The National

          The two lives of Syria's Sayyida Zaynab suburb

          MENAFebruary 19, 2025
          Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara visiting a camp in Idlib sheltering people displaced by the country's civil war, on Saturday. AFP

          Syria has a tight window to ensure inclusive government before chaos takes over

          CommentFebruary 18, 2025
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