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
Tom Barrack
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US envoy calls for Syria truce to be upheld

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
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Syria Insight
Inside MENA
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Syria Insight: The fall of the SDF and a new chapter for Kurds

Paul McLoughlin
22 January, 2026
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Suweida
In-depth
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Protection or partition? The future of Suweida and Syria's Druze

Mawada Bahah
22 January, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
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Iraq moves to try IS detainees as Damascus-SDF truce frays

The New Arab Staff
22 January, 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
Savaya
Iraq
MENA
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US envoy Mark Savaya says corruption fuels Iraq militia power

Dana Taib Menmy
21 January, 2026
Syrian government forces have taken over most areas of Syria once held by the SDF [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Syria govt gives SDF four days to integrate in new truce deal

The New Arab Staff
21 January, 2026
Rifaat al-Assad, brother of former President Hafez al-Assad, pictured with Hafez
Rifaat al-Assad
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Syria's Rifaat al-Assad, the 'butcher of Hama', dies at 88

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 January, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
Society
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Market anxiety grows after Syria introduces new currency

Hadia Al Mansour

Hadia Al Mansour

21 January, 2026
Members of Syrian security forces stand guard at the entrance of the Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Hasakeh province
Syria
MENA
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Syrian army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of IS militants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 January, 2026
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Syria Kurds
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Kurds protest global inaction over SDF-Syrian army clashes

Dana Taib Menmy
21 January, 2026
Syrian government forces operate on the road between Raqqa and Hasakah
Syria
MENA
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Cautious calm in Hassakah as Syrian army enters al-Hol camp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 January, 2026
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
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey warning as PKK vows won't abandon Syria's Kurds

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 January, 2026
Syrian army sends reinforcements to Meskene-Deir Hafir line
Syria
MENA
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Fighting resumes in northeast Syria amid hunt for IS detainees

The New Arab Staff
20 January, 2026
Clashes continue between the Syrian army and YPG who refuse to hand over Aktan Prison
Syria
MENA
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Syria's Sharaa gives SDF four days on plan for integration

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 January, 2026
Syria prison -- AFP
Syria
MENA
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Harrowing scenes from SDF-held prison show detained children

The New Arab Staff
20 January, 2026
Iraq
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq warns of potential spillover amid swift changes in Syria

Dana Taib Menmy
19 January, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
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Turkey's pivotal position in the Syria-SDF conflict

Paul Iddon
19 January, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria

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Make Syria Whole Again

Emad Hajjaj
19 January, 2026
Residents celebrate liberation of Raqqa in Syria
Syria
MENA
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Sharaa to meet Abdi in Damascus following SDF-government truce

The New Arab Staff
19 January, 2026
Syrian President Al-Sharaa Signs Ceasefire Agreement with Kurdish Fo
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syrians celebrate as Sharaa agrees truce with SDF's Abdi

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 January, 2026