January 11, 2024 - February’s devastating earthquakes worsened already dire conditions, especially in hard-hit rebel-held areas of the northwest, where millions were left without access to critical search-and-rescue reinforcements or lifesaving aid for over a week. Despite calls for a nationwide ceasefire, hostilities persisted, resulting in civilian casualties and displacement. Arab states readmitted Syria to the Arab League without demanding accountability or reform.

An explosion rocks the Syrian town ... the ouster of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024, Syria has entered a fragile transition under Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)....

Women and girls are particularly affected. Many of the displaced live in tents or overcrowded informal settlements and have been forced to move multiple times. Nine months into 2024, less than $1 billion of the $4.1 billion required for the humanitarian response has been received.

December 18, 2024 - At a historic crossroads, just 11 days after the collapse of the Assad regime, Syria faces a fragile mix of hope and chaos, plagued by a volatile security situation and a worsening humanitarian crisis, top UN officials told the Security Council ...

2 days ago - In December 2024 HTS, which controls the largest part of Syria and the capital, declared the establishment of a transitional government and in January the appointment of its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa as interim president.

The hostilities have aggravated the suffering of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, which, prior to the onset of hostilities, hosted approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees. According to the 25 October update from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), approximately 440,000 people are estimated to have fled from Lebanon to Syria since 23 September, 71 percent of whom are Syrians and 29 percent are Lebanese and third-country nationals. The security situation remains volatile as strikes, allegedly conducted by Israel, have been documented in the vicinity of the border crossings between Lebanon and Syria.

An offensive by armed groups on 27 November 2024 led to the overthrow of the former government on 8 December, sparking hopes for an end to the world’s largest displacement crisis alongside uncertainty over the country’s immediate future.

January 2, 2025 - Syria’s war had faded from the ... of 2024, the World Health Organization estimated that more than 65 percent of the population required humanitarian assistance....

Violence comes as top Syrian and Turkish officials held talks on integrating SDF forces into Syria’s new army. ... Washington has blamed ISIL (ISIS) for the attack and promised retaliation. ... Fouad Naal, 52, was in Sednaya and Adra prisons for 21 years until December 8, 2024.

February 24, 2025 - The collapse of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, is a watershed moment for Syria, marked by significant opportunities as well as several potential challenges. The end of more than 50 years of Assad family rule could open the way for a new, ...

3 weeks ago - Yet for the first time in many years, the situation is shifting. The fall of the Assad Government in late 2024 has triggered a wave of spontaneous returns as Syrians cautiously make their way back home.

In the following days, rebel groups advanced into the city of Aleppo, seizing control of most areas, including the airport, amidst reports of a withdrawal by Syrian government forces. Although the situation on the ground remains fluid, media sources suggest the rebels have established control in areas between Aleppo and the rebel-controlled Idlib province, capturing key towns south of Aleppo along the main Aleppo-Damascus highway.

3 days ago - HTS launched a major offensive on 27 November 2024, with support from the SNA and FSA. Aleppo fell in three days, giving momentum to revolutionaries across the country. Southern rebels launched their own offensive, capturing Daraa and Suwayda.

Over 60% of the estimated pre-war population of Syria (13.7 million) have been displaced, and, at the beginning of 2024, the country represents the world’s largest refugee crisis and largest internal displacement crisis.

According to OCHA, approximately 16.7 million people—nearly 70 percent of Syria’s population—remain in dire need of humanitarian assistance, with 15.4 million people facing acute food insecurity.

On this historic day for Syria and the Syrian people, France welcomes the fall of Bachar al-Assad and his regime on 8 December 2024, after more than 13 years of extremely violent repression of his own people.

Heightened regional tensions stemming from the conflict in Palestine have led to intensified Israeli airstrikes targeting Iranian officials and Iranian-backed militias across Syria, causing civilian casualties on at least three occasions. The Commission continues to investigate such airstrikes, including Sunday’s strike in Hama province.

January 16, 2025 - Israel conducted airstrikes on Syria throughout 2024, and after December 8, launched strikes that decimated Syrian military infrastructure across the country and extended its military occupation of Syrian territory along the southern slope of ...

In August, antigovernment protests broke out in southern Al-Suwayda and Daraa Governorates, triggered by economic grievances. Demonstrators, many from Syria’s Druze minority, took to the streets over several weeks; three protesters were injured in September, allegedly by government forces.

July 10, 2025 - On the same day, Israeli drone strikes targeting Syrian military sites in Quneitra and Daraa killed an officer and caused damage. On 20 June, it was confirmed by the US General command that an US airstrike on 16 June killed a senior ISIS official named "Ossama Jamal Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Janabi". On 30 June, four regime soldiers including a lieutenant were killed in an ISIS attack in the eastern countryside of Homs. On the whole of June 2024...