Hezbollah facing financial squeeze as supply lines from Iran are severed
The Lebanese militant group is grappling with a stunning reversal of fortune after its war with Israel and the ouster of its ...
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Syria’s minority sects concerned new government won’t protect them
When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis ...
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From Damascus suburb to presidential palace: Ahmad Al Shara's past offers rare insight into his outlook
Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...
Al-Monitor13h
Syrian Jews hope for revival of ancient heritage
Syria's tiny Jewish community and Syrian Jews abroad are trying to build bridges after Bashar al-Assad's ouster in the hope ...
Syria's new president meets Chinese envoy for first time since Assad's fall
Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa met China's ambassador to Damascus in the first public engagement between the two ...
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From fear to laughter, here’s how Syrian comedians are taking back the stage after Assad's downfall
After Assad’s fall, the comedians of 'Styria' perform openly in Syria, tackling corruption, criticising unjust laws, and ...
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Globally, irregular migration action should be whole–of–government
Expect strong action on migration globally in 2025, but effective and human action are both complicated. A whole–of–government approach that addresses negative drivers of migration, especially forced ...
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EU to suspend Syria banking, energy, transport sanctions
The EU is set to lift sanctions on Syria's banking, energy and transport sectors early next week to help the war-ravaged ...
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In his flight, Bashar al-Assad left behind millions of damning documents
The ex-dictator's methods are highlighted by tons of documents that weren't burned in the fall of the regime.
Syria’s Christians mark a decade since a horrific IS attack and worry about their future
Christians in northeast Syria this month will mark the 10th anniversary of an attack by the Islamic State group on more than 30 villages.
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Homecoming brings Syrian Jews hopeful to return
As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the United States more than three decades ago, they were met by former ...
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In Assad’s Fall, an Echo of the Arab Spring
The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...