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Feared brother

A member of the security forces of Syria’s new authorities looks at an entrance to a tunnel of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s feared younger...

Israel army says struck military targets with arms in south Syria

JERUSALEM – The Israeli army said it carried out air strikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday, just days after...

Syrians return to Homs ‘capital of revolution’

HOMS, Syria—Once dubbed the capital of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad, Homs saw some of the fiercest fighting in Syria’s civil war. Now, displaced...

Syria forces accuse Hezbollah of attacks

BEIRUT—Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has launched attacks on Syrian security forces and is sponsoring cross-border smuggling gangs, the new Syrian authorities have said, according...

US aid freeze worsening Syria camp conditions: HRW

BEIRUT– Human Rights Watch warned Friday that US aid suspensions could worsen “life-threatening conditions” in camps holding relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists in...

Sacred journey

This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency shows Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa performing the Umrah, or the minor pilgrimage,...

Books banned under Assad now on sale

DAMASCUS—Books recounting torture in Syrian prisons or texts on radical Islamic theology now sit openly in Damascus bookstores, no longer traded in secret after...

German minister promises to support new Syria

DAMASCUS – Germany’s Development Minister Svenja Schulze promised to support Syria’s “peaceful and stable development” as she visited Damascus on Wednesday to meet with...

Israel carries strikes vs. Hezbollah sites

BEIRUT—Israel carried out air strikes in Lebanon Sunday, targeting areas in the east and south according to Lebanese state media Monday, with the Israeli...

Syria, Lebanon pledge firm ties after years of tensions

Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on Saturday to build lasting ties during the first visit by a Lebanese head of government...

Blinken seeks to avert Syria turmoil

ROME—US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has agreed in talks in Rome with European counterparts on the need to encourage stability in Syria, officials...

37 killed in clashes in northern Syria

DAMASCUS—Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria’s northern Manbij region, a war monitor...

New year hope and joy reign in a Damascus freed from Assad

Damascus, Syria—Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13...

Syrian transition

This view shows trash strewn amid the old Roman ruins in the center of Syria’s southern city of Sweida on Dec. 29. United Nations...
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