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Beware these pitfalls as Syria begins trying Assad-era figures

Syria’s prosecutions of Assad regime figures have ignited hope, but fears persist that justice will fail without legal reform and inclusive accountability.

Hanny Megally
13 May, 2026
Former head of political security in south Syria's Daraa province, Atif Najib attends the first trial session at the Palace of Justice
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria's first trial of Assad-era officials opens in Damascus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 April, 2026
Al-Yarubiyah border crossing with Syria in the city of Rabia, north of Mosul
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Iraq reopens border crossing with Syria shut for nearly 13 years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 April, 2026
A United Nations convoy evacuating families from Sweida moves through the buffer zone in Busra al-Harir in Syria's southern Daraa province
Syria
MENA
Live Story

UN says 1,700 killed during violence in Syria's Suweida

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 March, 2026
Illustration Syrian Coast
Syria
Investigations

How Syria's performative coast massacre inquiry blocks justice

Andrea Glioti
Ward Ibrahim
09 March, 2026
A man stands across Syria's largest mobile operator Syriatel, owned by businessman Rami Makhlouf, in the Syrian capital Damascus
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Washington presses Syria to shift from Chinese telecom systems

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2026
Security personnel stand guard as prisoners on board a bus disembark during an exchange of prisoners' ceremony between Syrian authorities and Druze fighters
Suweida
MENA
Live Story

Syrian government, Druze factions exchange prisoners in Suweida

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 February, 2026
A man walks between shelters at the Imam Ali Housing Compound, where displaced Lebanese and Syrian refugee are located
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian Shia refugees deny links to Assad in Lebanese camp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 February, 2026
Syrian government military reinforcements arrive via the international M4 highway to the Dayr Hafir area
Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian army issues warning to avoid SDF positions east of Aleppo

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026
Civilians flee the area seeking safety as they experienced widespread panic due to intensified gunfire following the clashes broke out between Syrian security forces and SDF
Aleppo
MENA
Live Story

Five dead in Aleppo clashes between Syria govt, Kurdish forces

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 January, 2026
Rescue teams from the Syrian Ministry of Disaster Management continue their work at a mass grave discovered in the Ateyaba area near Damascus
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria secures Assad-era mass grave, opens criminal investigation

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 December, 2025
Kurdish female fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces gather with their rifles in a village near Al-Hasakah, Syria, on November 10, 2015.
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria, Kurds race to save integration deal ahead of deadline

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 December, 2025
Clerics and members of Syria's Alawite minority gather for a meeting in Qardaha, the ancestral village of the Assad family, in the western province of Latakia on December 16, 2024 for a session aiming to establish dialogue mechanisms with the new authorities in Damascus.
Alawites
MENA
Live Story

Syria Alawite leader urges boycott of Assad removal celebrations

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 December, 2025
Syrian Minister of Information, Hamza al-Mustafa speaks to AA in Damascus, Syria on July 28, 2025.
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syria joins anti-IS coalition, not military: official

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 November, 2025
French President Macron Hosts Syria's Interim President Al-Sharaa
Ahmed Al-Sharaa
MENA
Live Story

Syria foiled Islamic State plots on Sharaa's life: Reuters

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 November, 2025
Syrian Foreign Minister Hassan Al-Shibani visits Paris [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrian FM to make first official visit to China in November

The New Arab Staff
19 October, 2025
People gather near an active construction zone where roads are being reopened in Aleppo, Syria on April 13, 2025.
Aleppo
MENA
Live Story

Syrian army, SDF reach truce deal in Aleppo following clashes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 October, 2025
Syrian Kurds, fleeing from north of Aleppo, arrive in Tabqa, on the western outskirts of Raqa, on December 4, 2024.
Aleppo
MENA
Live Story

Syria security force member, civilian killed in Aleppo: state TV

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 October, 2025
Syria officially began elections for its People's Assembly on Sunday, marking the first parliamentary vote since the collapse of the previous regime.
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Syrians cast ballots in post-Assad parliament vote

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 October, 2025
Military vehicles move on a road as authorities extended the curfew in the cities of Latakia and Tartus in northwest Syria
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
Live Story

Identities of suspects in Syrian coastal massacre withheld

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 September, 2025
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen attends the panel discussion titled "Syria: A Country in Reconciliation and Reconstruction" as part of the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum
Syria
MENA
Live Story

UN's Geir Pedersen steps down from Syria role after seven years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 September, 2025