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Assad Regime's intelligence centers continue to expose following reg
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Damascus offers to help Europe hunt Syrian war crimes suspects

Damascus says they are ready to open regime-era archives and share a list of 1,000 suspects with European prosecutors, just as Sweden pursues Assad loyalists.

The New Arab Staff
04 June, 2026
Syrian Government Forces deploy to Qamishli following agreement
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Syrian authorities arrest Assad-era military general

The New Arab Staff
09 May, 2026
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Syria ‘to dissolve’ controversial Political Affairs Secretariat

The New Arab Staff
06 May, 2026
Former head of political security in south Syria's Daraa province, Atif Najib attends the first trial session at the Palace of Justice
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Syria's first trial of Assad-era officials opens in Damascus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 April, 2026
An aerial street view in Tadamon, a neighbourhood in Syrian capital Damascus. Human bones are still being found in Tadamon, the site of an infamous 2013 massacre, months after the Assad regime fell.
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Amjad Youssef, key suspect in Syria’s Tadamon massacre, detained

The New Arab Staff
24 April, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivers his annual end-of-year press conference at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on January 20, 2026. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia suggests Syria has dropped push to prosecute Assad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 January, 2026
Ahmed al-Sharaa
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Syrian leader to meet Putin, Russia seeks deal on military bases

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 January, 2026
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa gives a speech during a gathering at the Conference Palace on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall in Damascus, Syria on December 08, 2025.
One Year of a Free Syria
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Sharaa vows to promote coexistence, one year after Assad's fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 December, 2025
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One Year of a Free Syria
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Why Syria needs better governance...and a new kind of opposition

Joseph Daher

Joseph Daher

09 December, 2025
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One Year of a Free Syria
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Syria's revolution: An interactive timeline one year after Assad

Paul McLoughlin
Amr Salahi
Kitty Grant
08 December, 2025
Syrians destroy statues and regime symbols in Damascus, Syria, on December 18, 2024, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's rule, marking the victory of the Syrian revolution.
One Year of a Free Syria
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'It's all over': how Iran abandoned Assad to his fate days before fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 December, 2025
A defaced poster of Bashar al-Assad is seen outside a Syrian Army recruitment center on December 22, 2024 in Damascus, Syria
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'God damn Ghouta': Leaked footage shows Assad mocking Syria

The New Arab Staff
06 December, 2025
A general view of the front page of "Syrian Al-Thawra" newspaper in Damascus on December 1, 2025.
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Syria launches first official print newspaper since Assad fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2025
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Fadl Shaker’s charge of 'insulting Assad's Syria' to be dropped

Rabia Farran
28 November, 2025
Lost Syrian Migrants
Post-Assad Syria
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Syrian families seek answers for loved ones missing in Libya

The New Arab Staff

Maïa, Maël, Simon & Majd 

06 November, 2025
Syrians destroy statues and regime symbols in Damascus, Syria, on December 18, 2024, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's rule, marking the victory of the Syrian revolution.
Post-Assad Syria
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France issues third arrest warrant against Syria's Assad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 October, 2025
Putin and Sharaa [Getty]
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Sharaa requested Assad's extradition in Putin meeting: ministry

The New Arab Staff
18 October, 2025
Russian Defence Ministry headquarters is seen on the bank of the Moskva river in Moscow on September 2, 2025. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Syria chief of staff in Moscow ahead of President Sharaa's visit

The New Arab Staff
02 October, 2025
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Syria rights group calls on Russia to extradite Assad

The New Arab Staff
30 September, 2025
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Syrian court issues arrest warrant for ousted president Assad

The New Arab Staff
27 September, 2025
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Syria
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Over 4 million students return to school since fall of Assad

The New Arab Staff
21 September, 2025