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

Thomas Barrack, nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Turkey, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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US envoy Tom Barrack has called for confidence-building measures amid efforts to reduce tensions in northern Syria, sources told Reuters news agency.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2026
Savaya
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Syrian government forces have taken over most areas of Syria once held by the SDF [Getty]
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Rifaat al-Assad, brother of former President Hafez al-Assad, pictured with Hafez
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Members of Syrian security forces stand guard at the entrance of the Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Hasakeh province
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Syrian government forces operate on the road between Raqqa and Hasakah
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Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya speaks to the media near the crash site after a plane carrying Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad crashed
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Syrian army sends reinforcements to Meskene-Deir Hafir line
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Clashes continue between the Syrian army and YPG who refuse to hand over Aktan Prison
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Syria prison -- AFP
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Residents celebrate liberation of Raqqa in Syria
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Syrian President Al-Sharaa Signs Ceasefire Agreement with Kurdish Fo
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