Idlib

Foreign fighters in Syria present the new Syrian government with a dillemma
Syria
MENA
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Coalition strike revives debate over Syria's foreign fighters

A suspected coalition strike in Idlib has renewed scrutiny of Syria's foreign fighters and Damascus's plans to integrate them.

Adnan Ali
21 June, 2026
Fighters [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Syrian forces detain Uzbek fighters in Idlib security sweep 

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 May, 2026
An aerial view shows tents and makeshift shelters damaged and flooded as residents gather amid debris after heavy rainfall inundated refugee camps in the Khirbet al-Jawz, Idlib, Syria, on February 6, 2026. (Photo by Izz Aldien Alqasem/Anadolu/Getty)
Syria
MENA
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Two killed, others missing as flash floods hit northwest Syria

The New Arab Staff
08 February, 2026
Syria's security forces engaged in deadly clashes with the militant group in Idlib earlier this week [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria reaches truce with French-led militant group in Idlib

The New Arab Staff
24 October, 2025
Security personnel stand armed near the crowd during a protest in support of the Syrian state in Idlib, Syria, on May 4, 2025. (Photo by OMAR ALBAW/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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Three Druze civilians killed after van shot at in Syria's Idlib

The New Arab Staff
22 October, 2025
Children sit in the bed of a truck in front of a house, the site of a reported operation by the US-led coalition, in the town of Atme in the Idlib province in northwestern Syria on August 20, 2025. (Photo by ABDULAZIZ KETAZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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Syria says US-led coalition killed senior IS leader in northwest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 August, 2025
US forces landed in the town of Atmeh in northern Syria [Getty]
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria: US forces airdrop near Idlib, mass grave found in Latakia

The New Arab Staff
20 August, 2025
A plume of smoke rises following an explosion in Maarrat Misrin in the northern part of Syria's Idlib governorate
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Blast in Syria's Idlib kills four, wounds five

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 August, 2025
Several killed in explosion at ammunition depot in Syria's Idlib [Getty]
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Explosion in northern Syria kills at least 6 and injures dozens

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 July, 2025
Syria
Post-Assad Syria
Narrated

Returning to Syria after 14 yrs: Is there hope for freedom?

Andrea Glioti

Andrea Glioti

22 July, 2025
Syrian architect Abdel Aziz al-Mohammed (L) shows on a tablet an interactive map that he created, revealing the detailed conditions of each house in his village Tal Mardikh, Syria, on June 2, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian architect uses drone footage to help rebuild hometown

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 June, 2025
Aerial view of the amount of destruction left in the Maarat al-Numan neighborhood after the end of the Syrian civil war in Idlib, Syria, on March 13, 2025. (Photo by OMAR ALBAW/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Contractor discovers Byzantine ruins under destroyed Syria house

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 June, 2025
Syrian security forces have made a number of arrests related to the incident
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Masked gunmen attack Syria concert hall in Idlib

The New Arab Staff
24 May, 2025
An aerial view shows a tank, left behind by regime forces, on the road leading to the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, on December 1, 2024. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian forces crack down on Assad loyalists in Idlib town

The New Arab Staff
24 March, 2025
The US has launched several strikes targeting Hurras al-Din figures in recent weeks [Getty]
Syria
MENA
Live Story

US kills brother of Syrian minister in Idlib airstrike

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 February, 2025
What can HTS' years of rule in Idlib tell us about Syria's future?
Syria Special Stories
Society
Live Story

What can HTS' rule in Idlib tell us about Syria's future?

The New Arab Staff

Shahira Salloum

13 February, 2025
Don't be fooled by al-Sharaa's charm offensive: It may be a trap
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

Don't be fooled by al-Sharaa's charm offensive: It may be a trap

Ramzi Abou Ismail

Ramzi Abou Ismail

26 December, 2024
Syria
Syria
Unfiltered

HTS’ neoliberalism won’t improve Syria’s economy

Joseph Daher

Joseph Daher

18 December, 2024
Syrian families join jubilant crowds celebrating this week's fall of Bashar al-Assad's iron-fisted rule in the heart of the rebel bastion of Idlib in northwestern
Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

NW Syria joyful at Assad's fall but struggle to survive remains

Hadia Al Mansour

Hadia Al Mansour

13 December, 2024
Our dream of a Assad-free Syria has returned with Aleppo advance
Syria
Voices

Our dream of an Assad-free Syria has returned with regime defeat

Leila al-Shami

Leila al-Shami

02 December, 2024
The Assad regime and Russia have bombed civilian areas of Idlib in response to the rebel offensive
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

25 killed as Assad, Russia bomb civilians in Idlib, Aleppo

The New Arab Staff
02 December, 2024