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.

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.

Turkish Ambassador to Syria, Nuh ... today ... U.S. Central Command: U.S. and allied forces have killed or captured approximately 25 ISIS members since an airstrike in Syria on December 19....

2 days ago - ... Syria will start swapping old banknotes for new ones from January 1, 2026, Central Bank Governor Abdelkader Husrieh said on Thursday, under a plan to replace Assad-era notes to try to strengthen the currency's value.

6 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.

2 days ago - The U.S. military says nearly 25 operatives of the Islamic State group were killed or captured in Syria this month.

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.

3 weeks ago - While we're working on gathering the latest from the Syrian president's address, we can bring you a report from BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab in Aleppo, in northern Syria. She's taken a look at the aftermath of the country's civil conflict, including the cities destroyed and millions of people displaced. ... President Ahmad al-Sharaa is now speaking at the palace outside Damascus.

3 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 - 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.

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.

2 days 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.