Bashar al Assad

Syria-Palestine
Yarmouk camp
Unfiltered

The Assad regime's true interest in Palestine was domination

On the anniversary of the 2018 Yarmouk camp attack, Alex Bustos argues the Assad regime worked to weaken Palestinian liberation at every turn.

Alex Bustos
26 April, 2026
Kidnapping
Syria
MENA
Live Story

What happened to the Syrians detained and disappeared by Israel?

The New Arab Staff
13 February, 2026
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Book Club
Book Club
Live Story

How Assad turned reconstruction into a weapon in Syria

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Usman Butt

14 January, 2026
lebanon soldiers
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Lebanon: Investigations underway into Assad regime remnants

The New Arab Staff
03 January, 2026
Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani addresses delegates during a day of dialogue with Syrian civil society, a first step towards structured dialogue with the Syrian government and the European Union, at Conference Palace near Damascus on November 15, 2025.
Syria
World
Live Story

Syria's foreign minister begins first official visit to China

The New Arab Staff
16 November, 2025
Syria after Assad
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Khalil Maatouk declared dead 13 years after Assad regime arrest

The New Arab Staff
01 November, 2025
600-square-meter Syrian Flag hoisted in Tishreen Park, Damascus
Syria
MENA
Live Story

One million Syrian refugees returned from abroad since Assad fall: UN

The New Arab Staff
24 September, 2025
Muammar Gaddafi (R) greets Bashar al-Assad (L) and Farouk al-Sharaa
Farouk al-Sharaa testifies
Narrated

Indifference plagued the last Arab Summit before the Arab Spring

Farouk al-Sharaa

Farouk al-Sharaa

24 June, 2025
Darayya_Syria
Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Despite US and EU relief, UK sanctions delay Syria's recovery

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Rachel Hagan

03 June, 2025
Syria_landmines
Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Syrians returning home confront the terror of hidden explosives

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Hannah Wallace

27 March, 2025
A Free Syria's flag is seen next to a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration held in front of the Fatih mosque in Istanbul on May 24, 2013
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria lifts Assad-era travel bans affecting five million people

Nadda Osman
09 March, 2025
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Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian Ramadan series sparks buzz with story of Assad fall

The New Arab Staff
07 February, 2025
A community group painted over the prison cells in Assad’s security dungeons [Getty]
Bashar al Assad
MENA
Live Story

Outrage as Syrian community group paints over Assad regime cells

The New Arab Staff
14 January, 2025
Mount Qasyun
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Elaborate military tunnel complex linked to Assad's palace

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 January, 2025
Paramedics transport the corpse of a Syrian who died of coronavirus during a funeral in the village of Barisha in the Idlib province, on September 30, 2021. - Covid-19 cases have soared to critical levels across Syria in recent weeks, officials said, with health facilities reaching maximum capacity and unable to cope.
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian medics say they were forced to lie about chemical attacks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 December, 2024
A concrete guard box and portraits of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his late son, Basel al-Assad, mark the entrance to Syrias 4th Armored Division west of the capital on December 11, 2024 in Damascus. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty)
Lebanon
MENA
Live Story

Dozens of Syrian regime officers detained in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff
21 December, 2024
Saydnaya
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria: No more survivors left in Assad's prisons

The New Arab Staff
18 December, 2024
Jordan-Syria_Border_Crossing
Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Post-Assad: Hopes and delays at the Jordan-Syria border crossing

The New Arab Staff

Jude Taha

17 December, 2024
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Syria
Perspectives

Syria's house of cards

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Barak Barfi

12 December, 2024
Families of Moroccans trapped in SDF prisons urge the government to repatriate their relatives [Getty]
Morocco
MENA
Live Story

Moroccan families urge govt to repatriate relatives from Syria

Salma Ouaguira
12 December, 2024
Mohammed al-Bashir appeared in front of a white flag with the Islamic shahada in black writing [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrians concerned by HTS flag displayed during interim PM speech

The New Arab Staff
11 December, 2024