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2026-07-14 21:46
By Wesam Bahrani
From Macron to Trump to Israel: What is Syria’s share?
TEHRAN – French President Macron surprised everyone by visiting Syria as the first Western leader to meet self-declared president Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus.
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2025-12-31 19:34
By Garsha Vazirian
The anatomy of a broken Syria and the mirage of sovereignty
How al-Sharaa has failed to secure Syria against relentless Israeli aggression and internal rot
TEHRAN – More than a year after the collapse of the al-Assad government in December 2024, the “New Syria” has proved to be a cruel mirage.
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2025-12-27 18:43
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Gradual erosion of Christian presence in post-war Syria
BEIRUT—In the aftermath of Syria’s prolonged conflict, the question facing the country’s Christian communities is no longer one of political alignment, but of survival itself.
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2025-12-27 18:15
Hundreds mourn victims of deadly bombing at Alawite mosque in Homs
Hundreds gathered in the rain and cold outside Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday to mourn the eight people killed in a bombing the day before in the predominantly Alawite Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood.
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2025-12-26 18:23
Homs mosque massacre exposes fatal flaws in Jolani’s security apparatus
TEHRAN — A devastating explosion, described as a terrorist attack, tore through the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Homs’ Wadi al-Dahab neighborhood during Friday prayers on December 26, killing at least eight worshippers and injuring dozens more.
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2025-12-14 16:48
US troops and a civilian executed by Washington’s ‘partner forces’ in Syria
TEHRAN – A deadly ambush near the historic ruins of Palmyra on Saturday claimed the lives of two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter, marking the first American fatalities in Syria since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad a year ago.
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2025-12-13 18:28
Israeli troops advance into Syrian village near Golan Heights border
Israeli troops have advanced towards the village of Saida al-Hanout in the countryside of Quneitra, in southern Syria, near the border of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Al Jazeera reported Saturday, citing the Syrian state news agency (SANA).
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2025-12-08 20:30
By Shahrokh Saei
Syria one year after Assad: Jolani’s makeover, minority panic, and Israeli strikes
TEHRAN – On December 8, 2024, Syria entered a new phase when Damascus fell, and the Ba'ath Party’s long rule ended. Bashar al-Assad departed for Russia, where he was granted asylum. For many Syrians, Assad’s exit was neither a moment of triumph nor defeat, but the beginning of a new uncertainty. The vacuum left behind opened the door for forces both domestic and foreign to shape Syria’s trajectory.
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2025-12-08 16:18
Israel won’t relinquish newly occupied Syrian territory near Damascus, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his military will not withdraw from territories it occupied in southern Syria, Anadolu reported Monday.
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2025-12-07 19:41
Alawite spiritual leader calls for strike against al-Jolani regime
The spiritual leader of the Alawite religious minority in Syria, Ghazal Ghazal, has called for a strike against the administration of Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Jolani), one day ahead of the first anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, The Cradle reported Sunday.
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2025-11-25 18:24
Alawites rise in mass protests against sectarian violence in Syria
Thousands of Alawites took to the streets in protest across Syria’s coastal cities on November 25 to demonstrate against government-sponsored sectarian violence, one day after the minority’s religious leader called for mass sit-ins, The Cradle reported Tuesday.
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2025-10-05 16:42
Abductions and murders of minorities escalate despite al-Sharaa’s UN pledges
The murder and abduction of religious minorities in Syria has accelerated in the wake of self-appointed President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s speech at the UN General Assembly in New York late last month, The Cradle reported.
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2025-09-20 20:03
MI6 admits covert links to HTS during Syria’s regime change
The outgoing chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Richard Moore, has confirmed that London maintained clandestine communications with the extremist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) before the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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2025-08-26 20:34
By Garsha Vazirian
Dancing with danger: Syria's pact with the Israeli devil
TEHRAN - In the treacherous theater of geopolitics in West Asia, where trust is as thin as rice paper and often folded into a sharp edge, Syria’s new leadership under Ahmed al-Sharaa — better known as Abu Muhammad al-Jolani — is edging toward a so-called security agreement with Israel.
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2025-08-25 19:11
Israel's southern Syria offensive continues despite ‘advanced security agreement’ talks
Israeli military operations intensified in southern Syria on Monday, with reports of troops firing on unarmed civilians west of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside, according to videos posted on social media and local witnesses. The incursion coincided with an Israeli drone strike in central Quneitra, further escalating tensions despite multiple rounds of negotiations between Syria and Israel.