One Year of a Free Syria

Syria souk Damascus
Post-Assad Syria
Perspectives

Syria’s fragile recovery and the UK’s role

As she ends her tenure as UK’s Special Representative for Syria, Ann Snow reflects on Assad’s fall, Syria’s fragile recovery, and Britain’s role in the region

Ann Snow
05 June, 2026
Children
Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Where are our kids? The ongoing search for Syria's lost children

Mawada Bahah

Mawada Bahah

04 March, 2026
Syrian President Al-Sharaa Signs Ceasefire Agreement with Kurdish Fo
Syria
Unfiltered

Should Kurdish freedom be sacrificed for Syria’s centralisation?

Joseph Daher

Joseph Daher

21 January, 2026
Currency-Trading-Begins-In-Idlib
Post-Assad Syria
Society
Live Story

Market anxiety grows after Syria introduces new currency

Hadia Al Mansour

Hadia Al Mansour

21 January, 2026
People attend a Christmas service at theSyriac Orthodox Church at Sulaymaniyah in Aleppo, Syria on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Kasim Yusuf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Christmas 2025
Society
Live Story

Syrians mark Christmas amid economic hardship and security fears

The New Arab Staff

Noor, Hussam & Salam

25 December, 2025
Illustration - Analysis - Middle East trends
Middle East
Analysis
Live Story

The key trends set to shape the Middle East in 2026

Giorgio Cafiero
23 December, 2025
At least six people were killed in violent incidents in Syria on Friday and Saturday, amid public anger at the ongoing security vacuum in the country.
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Anger in Syria as killings expose fragile security situation

The New Arab Staff
22 December, 2025
Syrian refugees Europe
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian refugees in limbo as Europe reassesses asylum claims

Mawada Bahah
19 December, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
Live Story

Could Syria's stalled SDF-Damascus deal trigger a new conflict?

Shelly Kittleson
16 December, 2025
Syrian Rabbi Yousef Hamra and the accompanying Jews visiting the Frenc and Raki churches, the Maimonides Jewish School and the Jobar Synagogue, in the historic districts of Damascus, Syria, on 18 February 2025. [Getty]
Arab Jews
MENA
Live Story

One year after Assad, Jews carve out a place in the new Syria

Youssef Al Ibrahim
12 December, 2025
The Brief In: One year of a free Syria, Life and Hope in Syria’s New Dawn
Syria
Video

One year of a free Syria, Life and Hope in Syria’s New Dawn

12 December, 2025
First Anniversary Of Regime Change In Syria
One Year of a Free Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian army chants for Gaza at military parade, angering Israel

The New Arab Staff
10 December, 2025
Day of the Anniversary: Life and Hope in Syria's New Dawn
Syria
Video

Day of the Anniversary: Life and Hope in Syria's New Dawn

10 December, 2025
Journalists watch a speech by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on a screen at the media center during the opening of the emergency Arab-Islamic summit to discuss the Israeli attack on Qatar in Doha, Qatar, on 15 September 2025. [Getty]
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egypt condemns Israeli attacks on Syria, yet wary of Damascus

Saleh Salem
10 December, 2025
The 2016 photo of Omran Daqneesh shocked the world [Getty]
One Year of a Free Syria
MENA
Live Story

Boy from Aleppo ambulance photo reappears at Syria anniversary

The New Arab Staff
09 December, 2025
Syrian Refugees Return Home From Turkey After The Massive 7.8 Magnit
Syria
MENA
Live Story

1.8 million Syrian refugees return home a year after liberation

The New Arab Staff
09 December, 2025
Returnees_to_Syria
One Year of a Free Syria
Society
Live Story

Return to Syria: Rebuilding lives a year after Assad's fall

Hadia Al Mansour

Hadia Al Mansour

09 December, 2025
Illustration - Analysis - Syria one year
One Year of a Free Syria
Analysis
Live Story

A fragile dawn: Syria's first year after Assad

Cian Ward
09 December, 2025
People hold portraits of missing relatives during a protest outside the Hijaz train station in the capital Damascus
One Year of a Free Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrians demand justice, remember disappeared amid celebrations

Oliver Mizzi
09 December, 2025
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
MENA
Live Story

Sharaa vows to promote coexistence, one year after Assad's fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 December, 2025
Syria
One Year of a Free Syria
Unfiltered

Why Syria needs better governance...and a new kind of opposition

Joseph Daher

Joseph Daher

09 December, 2025