Syria

16 hours 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.

1 week ago - Bilateral Relations and Engagement Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Geopolitical and Regional Policy Syria

On December 8, 2024, a coalition of armed opposition groups led by Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) overthrew the government of Bashar al-Assad, ending over 50 years of Baath party rule in Syria. Accountability and justice for abuses under the al-Assad government require urgent collection and ...

16 hours ago - Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump hold first White House summit between a US and Syrian leader since 1946

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.

3 hours 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.

“The future of Syria is in the balance:” UN Commission sounds alarm on renewed violence amid hopes for justice and peace 30 October 2025 العربية | English

Explore Syrian Civil War news on live map in English. Civil war and International intervention in Syria. War on terrorism in Syria

12 hours 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.

The ongoing war in Syria has left over 15 million people in need of aid. The vast majority of Syrians live in poverty.

9 hours ago - Syria's government is led by former rebels who toppled leader Bashar al-Assad last year after a 13-year civil war, and includes members of Syria's former Al Qaeda branch who broke with the group and clashed with Islamic State.

5 days 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.

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.

6 hours ago - The U.S. military on Friday night launched strikes against dozens of sites in central Syria, U.S. officials said, following an attack last weekend that killed two U.S.

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7 hours ago - Jordan confirmed its air force joined Friday's U.S.-led strikes targeting the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Syria, part of a retaliatory operation Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described as a “declaration of vengeance” for a lethal attack that killed three U.S.