Post-Assad Syria

Latest news, analysis, commentary on fall of the Assad regime in Syria on 8 December 2024, following the successful Syrian Rebel Offensive

An aerial photograph shows the Qasrak Base after the withdrawal of US forces and its handover to Syrian government forces
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Syria says has taken over all bases previously hosting US forces

Syria said it had taken control of all military bases hosting US troops who were deployed in the country as part of the anti-Islamic State group coalition.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 April, 2026
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The limits of Israel's quest for regional dominance

Ali Awadah
16 April, 2026
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MENA
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Syrian Kurds register for citizenship after decades marginalised

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 April, 2026
eople attend the commemoration event marking the 8th anniversary of the 2018 chemical attack
Post-Assad Syria
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Norway to lift ban on wealth fund investments in Syrian bonds

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 April, 2026
Britain Syria negotiate migrant return agreement deal
Post-Assad Syria
World
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Comprehensive migrant agreement at centre of Syria-UK talks

Amer Sultan
14 April, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
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Zelensky in Syria: A new security actor in a crowded battlefield

Francesco Salesio Schiavi 
14 April, 2026
US imposes sanctions on China refinery, others for Iran oil purchases
Syria
Energy
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Syria begins to rehabilitate Conoco gas field near Deir ez Zor

Abdullah al-Bashir
12 April, 2026
A statue of the Virgin Mary overlooks a hillside town after the Mar Elias Church bombing in Damascus, Syria on June 24, 2025.
Syria
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Syria says busts cell planning attack on 'religious figure'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 April, 2026
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Syrian defector 'Caesar' says govt rehabilitating 'Assadists'

The New Arab Staff
10 April, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
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Syrian children face deadly legacy of mine-contaminated land

The New Arab Staff

Nada Al Ali

07 April, 2026
Men walk past the UAE Embassy in the capital Damascus on December 12, 2024
Syria
MENA
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UAE condemns 'acts of vandalism' at its embassy in Damascus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 April, 2026
Syrian protesters raised Palestinian flags and chanted against Israel [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Hundreds protest against Israel in Syria amid death penalty law

The New Arab Staff
04 April, 2026
People try to continue their daily life in a buffer zone in Syriaâs Quneitra province, marked by numbered and colored barrels, following the fall of the Baath regime, where Israeli forces have carried out hundreds of violations and raids on March 31, 2026
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Syria says Israeli tank fire kills man in country's south

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 April, 2026
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How attacks on a Christian town test Syria's postwar cohesion

Cian Ward
02 April, 2026
Suweida requires a major increase in humanitarian aid
Post-Assad Syria
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Syria restricts authority of humanitarian organisations

Noor Malhem
02 April, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
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Damascus alcohol crackdown fuels debate over Syria's future

Mawada Bahah

Mawada Bahah

01 April, 2026
Aleppo, Ravaged By Battles In Syria's Civil War
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Turkey captures spy who kidnapped Syrian Assad army defectors

The New Arab Staff
31 March, 2026
Britain Syria negotiate migrant return agreement deal
Ahmed Al-Sharaa
World
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Sharaa meets Starmer in first UK visit as Syria bolsters ties

The New Arab Staff
31 March, 2026
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa started a visit to Berlin on Monday for talks on the Middle East war, rebuilding his country and the return of refugees, with critics saying his record on human rights is being ignored. On his first trip to Germany since ousting his country's longtime strongman, Bashar al-Assad, in late 2024, Sharaa met his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Monday morning before talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt. Chancellor Friedrich Mer
Ahmed Al-Sharaa
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Syrian leader visits Germany to talk war, recovery, refugees

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 March, 2026
Syrian rebel leader and founder of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) Riad al-Asaad
Syria
MENA
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Founder of Free Syrian Army promoted in new military

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 March, 2026
A United Nations convoy evacuating families from Sweida moves through the buffer zone in Busra al-Harir in Syria's southern Daraa province
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UN says 1,700 killed during violence in Syria's Suweida

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 March, 2026