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

A statue of the Virgin Mary overlooks a hillside town after the Mar Elias Church bombing in Damascus, Syria on June 24, 2025.

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Syria says busts cell planning attack on 'religious figure'

Syria says it arrested five suspects over a plot to bomb a religious figure in Damascus, alleging links to Hezbollah and foreign military training.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

11 April, 2026

Syria's Interfaith Legacy: A Blueprint for Inclusive Governance

Syria

It's time Syria returns to pluralism after Assad divide-and-rule

Josef Meri

29 January, 2025

Israeli army tanks leave the area after they caused damage to civilian areas in four towns of Quneitra province in the Golan Heights, following the fall of the Baath regime in Syria on January 8, 2025

Syria

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Israel to occupy Syrian land 'indefinitely', US troop 'pull-out'

The New Arab Staff

29 January, 2025

Men celebrating next to a Syrian opposition flag

Post-Assad Syria

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No going back as post-Assad Syria shakes off decades of terror

Shahira Salloum

28 January, 2025

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Post-Assad Syria

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Books once banned by Assad are now on sale at Damascus shops

28 January, 2025

Post-Assad Syria

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What to expect from Trump 2.0's Middle East policy

Giorgio Cafiero

28 January, 2025

Syria-Israel border at Golan Heights

Post-Assad Syria

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Syrians protest Israeli occupation, expansion in Quneitra

The New Arab Staff

Diaa al-Sahnawi

27 January, 2025

Sisi poster - Getty

Post-Assad Syria

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How Egypt is biding its time on normalising relations with Syria

Saleh Salem

27 January, 2025

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Post-Assad Syria

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Will a strategic partnership strengthen Russia and Iran's ties?

Samuel Ramani

27 January, 2025

Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, addresses a hearing on the situation in Syria at the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee

Syria

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EU may suspend Syria sanctions on energy and transport

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

26 January, 2025

This aerial view shows a destroyed mosque in a neighbourhood devastated by the Syrian civil war, in Daraya, a suburb of Damascus, on 26 December 2024

Syria

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Syrian paper announces Damascus return after decade of exile

The New Arab Staff

26 January, 2025

UN High Comissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi

UNHCR

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Nearly 30% of Syrians want to go home, UN refugee chief says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

25 January, 2025

Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus [Getty]

Syria

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US sharing intelligence with Syria govt to stop IS resurgence

The New Arab Staff

25 January, 2025

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Syria

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Meet the Syrian artists shaping the future of a new Syria

Rawaa Talass

25 January, 2025

Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by NIDAL SOLH/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon

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Syria, Lebanon army officials holds talks on border security

The New Arab Staff

24 January, 2025

An aerial view shows container ships anchored off the coast of the western Syrian port city of Tartous

Syria

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Russia to withdraw from Tartus‎, Israel cements Syria occupation

The New Arab Staff

24 January, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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Rubio backs 'inclusive' transition in Syria in call with Turkey

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

24 January, 2025