Syria

3 days ago - Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.

October 21, 2025 - This website offers refugees and internally displaced Syrians clear information about their rights, answers to common questions about voluntary return, and provides guidance on how to access support and services available in Syria.

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4 hours ago - Violence comes as top Syrian and Turkish officials held talks on integrating SDF forces into Syria’s new army.

2 days ago - Syria, country located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia. Its area includes territory in the Golan Heights that has been occupied by Israel since 1967.

3 days ago - The U.S. Congress imposed the so-called Caesar Act sanctions on Syria’s government and financial system in 2019 to punish then-President Bashar Assad for human rights abuses during the country’s nearly 14-year civil war that began in 2011.

Avoid all travel to Syria due to ongoing tensions in the region, the continued volatile security situation, armed clashes and airstrikes, criminality, kidnappings and the threat of terrorism.

Tens of thousands of people remained arbitrarily detained or forcibly disappeared. More than 56,000 people continued to be subjected to human rights violations in the custody of the autonomous authorities in north-eastern Syria. Following the overthrow of President Assad’s government, opposition groups freed detainees held in the former government’s detention facilities across Syria.

9 hours ago - Latest news from Syria as covered by the Guardian. News and stories about the country, people and politics

1 week ago - In a statement, Central Command said the attack by a lone gunman occurred "as the soldiers were conducting a key leader engagement" in the central Syrian town of Palmyra. "Partner forces" killed the attacker, U.S.

3 days ago - The US struck multiple targets in Syria on Friday that the US military tied to ISIS as retaliation for the recent attack that killed two American service members there, according to two US officials.

3 days ago - The barrage of airstrikes launched by the United States across Syria late on Friday underscored the challenges facing the country’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, as he struggles to assert control over the nation and navigate a nascent relationship with President Trump.

1 week ago - Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman, the US Central Command (Centcom) has said.

3 weeks ago - Canada is currently imposing sanctions on 56 Syrian entities and 225 Syrian individuals under Schedule 1 of the Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations. These sanctions include senior officials of the former Assad regime and close associates and family members of Assad.

3 days ago - The raid and airstrikes — which took place beyond the portion of Syrian territory Israel has been occupying since the fall of the Assad regime — enraged the Syrian government and generated calls from inside Syria for retaliation.