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          Syria

          Maher Al Shara, an obstetrician and elder brother of Syria’s new president, was appointed Secretary General of the Presidency. Getty images

          Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara appoints brother as chief of staff

          MENAApril 07, 2025
          Syria's civil war has cost it over $130 billion in lost physical capital. Getty

          A roadmap for post-conflict economic recovery in the Middle East

          CommentApril 07, 2025
          Debris scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on a military airbase near Hama in Syria this week. AP

          Can Turkey's 'Steel Dome' deter Israel in Syria?

          MENAApril 06, 2025
          Syria's interim President Ahmad Al Shara and first lady Latifa Al Daroubi at the People's Palace in Damascus. AFP

          Syrian government 'closely following' Amnesty report on sectarian massacres

          MENAApril 05, 2025
          Syrian soldiers in the historic city of Palmyra. Reuters

          Turkey sets sights on Syria's Palmyra airport as a military base

          MENAApril 04, 2025
          Migrants crossing the Mediterranean in flimsy fibreglass boats of the type used by the people smugglers arrested in Libya. Photo: NCA

          Syrians who 'smuggled hundreds of people across Mediterranean' arrested in Libya

          UKApril 04, 2025
          Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani, left, meets Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani in Baghdad. AFP

          Iraq’s outreach to Syria: Strategic shift or symbolic gesture?

          MENAApril 04, 2025
          An Israeli soldier stationed in the occupied Golan Heights at the border with southern Syria. AFP

          Syria attacks that killed 13 a warning for the future, Israel says

          MENAApril 03, 2025
          Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is seen by his allies, and his foes, as Lebanon's political wizard. AFP

          Lebanon's Jumblatt on confronting Israel and giving Syria's new leader a chance

          MENAApril 03, 2025
          The National

          Shadi's take on Syria's nationwide power cuts

          CartoonApril 02, 2025
          Lights illuminate a few windows of a damaged building in Damascus. AP

          Electricity returns to parts of Syria after nationwide blackout

          MENAApril 02, 2025
          Syria's President Ahmed Al Shara at the Eid Al Fitr morning prayer at the People's Palace in Damascus on Monday. AFP

          Twelve civilians killed in apparent sectarian violence in Syria, says monitor

          MENAApril 01, 2025
          The National

          Shadi's take on Syria's new cabinet

          CartoonMarch 31, 2025
          Workers at a tyre shop in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus. Syria's economy has contracted sharply since the civil war began in 2011. AP

          Syria banking on new government to rebuild shattered economy

          EconomyMarch 31, 2025
          Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara, front row, centre, with the 23 ministers appointed to the country's new interim government. AFP

          Who are the key ministers in Syria's new transitional government?

          MENAMarch 30, 2025
          Shadi Al Waisi (L) and Mazhar Al Wais (R). Syrian Justic Minister comp. Reuters

          Controversial justice minister replaced in new Syrian government

          MENAMarch 30, 2025