3 weeks ago - “But now we’re a year into the liberation, if assassinations keep happening every day, where will that leave us?” ... Soldiers conduct checks during a temporary curfew in Homs after a double killing last month. Photograph: Abobaker Alsaka/Anadolu/Getty Images · The question of justice is now inseparable, many Syrians say, from a broader debate over the shape of the new, post-Assad Syrian state.

1 week ago - Officials who once brutally silenced their opponents are now the ones being muzzled. Russia demanded strict prohibitions on using social media or speaking in public, several ex-officials and their relatives said. Security protocols strictly curtail the movements of many top officials, they said. The Russian authorities did not respond to questions about Assad officials living in the country. An even more humbling new reality began for more than 1,200 Syrian officers when they scrambled — and sometimes paid bribes — to board Ilyushin jets headed to Moscow from a Russian base on Syria’s coast.

November 17, 2025 - Partner organizations working with Oxfam, some of which were counting on assistance from the U.S. government, were left with little warning that their aid funds were cut and are now struggling to overcome these budget gaps. The ongoing insecurity in Syria is precipitating additional displacement of people and holding up the rebuilding of schools and health care facilities.

Syrian Interior Ministry: Security forces have been instructed to secure the coastal protests and protect the participants. ... A statement issued by the Syrian Ministry of Interior: Security personnel tasked with securing the protests today were subjected to attacks in the city of Latakia, in addition to targeting incidents in the Tartus countryside carried out by groups linked to remnants of the former regime, while the personnel were performing their duty of protecting demonstrators and maintaining order.

May 30, 2025 - The Assad regime has fallen in Syria. It’s a historic turning point in the 14-year-long civil war. The situation is fast-moving and control is still shifting between different armed groups and opposition forces.

1 week ago - He disappeared into the night to board a flight to Russia, and never returned. Now, Syria is run by a terrorist and Assad is in Moscow.

1 week ago - Dec 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on American personnel, U.S.

5 days ago - At the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference held at the Presidential Palace in Damascus on 29 January 2025, the new government announced the dissolution of several armed militias and their integration into the Syrian Ministry of Defense, as well as the appointment of former HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa as president of Syria. Later that year, a Druze insurgency formed in the southern Suweida Governorate led by former HTS-allied militias now supported by Israel, which has on occasions directly intervened in support of the Druze.

1 day ago - Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterdemonstrators on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others, health officials said.

Many refugees are now wondering what the recent events will mean for them. ... Since the start of the offensive in November, more than one million people have been newly displaced from areas including Aleppo, Hama, Homs and Idlib. In addition, between late September and late November, Syria received more than half a million people fleeing Israeli airstrikes in neighbouring Lebanon.

2 weeks ago - FCDO advises against all travel to Syria due to the ongoing conflict and unpredictable security conditions. ... The RAF are continuing to take the fight to Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

2 weeks ago - Three U.S. military personnel — two army soldiers and a civilian interpreter — were killed on Saturday after an attacker targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead, the U.S. military said. The attack came barely a month after Syria announced it had signed a political co-operation agreement with the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, which coincided with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's visit to the White House.

1 week ago - Prisons and lockups that jailed tens of thousands of people during Assad’s rule are now crowded with Syrians detained by President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s security forces and held without formal charges, a Reuters investigation has found. When Bashar al-Assad fell in December 2024, Syrians converged on the prisons and detention centers, hoping to find loved ones. Sednaya prison, pictured here, is still closed, but others have re-opened.

July 12, 2009 - Sectarian protesters in Latakia sabotage and burn General Security's vehicles and equipment while chanting Islamophobic slogans and cursing Islam. ... Sorry, something went wrong when loading this video. View in app · A Syrian and A Muslim, sacrifices his life to protect others, 43 year- old fruit shop owner, Ahmad Al Ahmad single handedly disarmed one of the shooters.

1 day ago - Assad had been militarily reliant on Russia and Iran. Now, more foreign powers are engaging with the new Syrian authorities. Most sanctions have been removed. ... Humanitarian need and population displacement in Syria remains high. Reconstruction is limited.

January 9, 2025 - Help the IRC continue to deliver critical support in Syria and in crisis-affected countries around the world. ... The end of the Assad-led Government is a pivotal moment for Syria, potentially offering a new and more hopeful chapter for more than 16 million people in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country.