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An airplane belonging to an Iranian airliner is photographed at Mehrabad Airport in western Tehran, Iran, on October 16, 2024. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
US-Israel war on Iran
MENA
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Have flights resumed operations since the Iran-Israel attacks?

Airlines and airports across the Middle East are gradually resuming normal operations after the latest Iran-Israel escalation triggered airspace closures.

The New Arab Staff
08 June, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria names envoy to Egypt in potential breakthrough for ties

Mohamed Amin
08 June, 2026
Israeli raids into Quneitra have become a daily reality for Syrians
Syria
MENA
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Israeli forces kidnap five civilians in Syria's Quneitra

The New Arab Staff
07 June, 2026
The arrests come amid a campaign of arrests of former regime figures by Syrian security forces
Syria
MENA
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Who are the three Assad-era figures arrested in Syria?

Sam Hamad
07 June, 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
Syria
Perspectives

Syria needs Europe, but Europe also needs Syria

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Basheer Al-Baker

04 June, 2026
Assad Regime's intelligence centers continue to expose following reg
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Damascus offers to help Europe hunt Syrian war crimes suspects

The New Arab Staff
04 June, 2026
Students at the Faculty of Dentistry of Damascus University hold a moment of silence on campus in memory of Dr. Rania al-Abbasi and her family
Syria
MENA
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Syrians mourn disappeared Rania al-Abbasi after death confirmed

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 June, 2026
Iranian technicians walk outside the building housing the reactor of Bushehr nuclear power plant at the Iranian port town of Bushehr
MENA region
MENA
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Which Middle East, North Africa countries are 'nuclear capable'?

Oliver Mizzi
02 June, 2026
The former Assad regime security officials are being charged in Vienna with crimes between 2011-2013 during the Syrian civil war [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Austria begins trial of Assad-era officials accused of torture

Sam Hamad
01 June, 2026
Rania al-Abbasi, her husband and children were detained by the Assad regime in 2013 [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Six Syrian children disappeared by Assad regime believed dead

Oliver Mizzi
31 May, 2026
Israeli military fortifications in rural Quneitra
Syria
MENA
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Families of Syrians abducted by Israel still seeking answers

Louay Faour
30 May, 2026
Barrack was key to shaping the Trump administration's relatively close relationship with the post-Assad Syrian government
Syria
MENA
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Trump administration ends Tom Barrack's Syria special envoy role

The New Arab Staff
30 May, 2026
A view of submerged houses and agricultural lands after heavy rainfall caused flooding in Idlib, Syria
Syria
MENA
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Syria launches response as Euphrates flooding hits Deir ez-Zor

The New Arab Staff
30 May, 2026
A view of the facility, which was once used by the ousted Baath regime to store chemical weapons, located on a high hill and there are high piles of soil around it in Damascus
Syria
MENA
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Remnants of Assad's chemical weapons program recovered

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 May, 2026
An aerial view from Kadem Station, one of the most important stops on the historic Hejaz Railway and once a meeting point for pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land
Syria
Economy
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Syria says seeking grants to become transit corridor for region

Oliver Mizzi
25 May, 2026
Elections took place across Syria's northeast
Syria
MENA
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Syria names lawmakers after vote in former SDF-held northeast

The New Arab Staff
25 May, 2026
The vote comes in areas formerly controlled by the Kurdish-led SDF
Syria
MENA
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Syria concludes parliamentary voting in former SDF areas

Sam Hamad
24 May, 2026
People walk around at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held
Australia
MENA
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Last Australians leave Syria camp with suspected IS relatives

The New Arab Staff
23 May, 2026
Al-Qalam monument in NYC before it was removed
Lebanon
World
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Why are Lebanese furious over New York's 'Little Syria' artwork?

Louay Faour
21 May, 2026
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Syria
MENA
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Outrage in Syria over Sharaa father's comments on Deir al-Zour

The New Arab Staff
21 May, 2026
Sharaa shared his thank you message to Trump on X [Getty]
Ahmed Al-Sharaa
Offbeat
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Syria's Sharaa mocked over 'cringe' Trump perfume post

The New Arab Staff
20 May, 2026