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Deir Ezzor Euphrates flooding

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Euphrates floods trigger new displacement for Syrian families

After years of war and displacement, Syrian families along the Euphrates are once again being forced from their homes as floodwaters engulf communities

Hadia Al Mansour

11 June, 2026

The arrests come amid a campaign of arrests of former regime figures by Syrian security forces

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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

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Syria needs Europe, but Europe also needs Syria

Basheer Al-Baker

04 June, 2026

Assad Regime's intelligence centers continue to expose following reg

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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

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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

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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]

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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]

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Six Syrian children disappeared by Assad regime believed dead

Oliver Mizzi

31 May, 2026

Israeli military fortifications in rural Quneitra

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Why are Lebanese furious over New York's 'Little Syria' artwork?

Louay Faour

21 May, 2026