Hasakah, northeastern Syria– The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have opened a reconciliation cantre in a village south of Qamishli, offering former fighters affiliated with the Syrian government an opportunity to regularize their status, SDF-affiliated sources told +963. The centre,...
Statements about an imminent U.S. withdrawal from Syria are becoming more frequent amid rapidly shifting developments in the country and a noticeable de-escalation on the ground. In parallel, understandings have begun to take shape between the transitional government led by...
At a time of actual regional volatility, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is preparing to visit the Syrian capital, Damascus, to meet his Syrian counterpart, President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a move that raises significant questions about its deeper political implications. While the...
Just weeks after Syria regained its seat in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), suspended for over 13 years, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has now approved the reactivation of Syria’s membership, originally granted in September 1975. The move followed...
The European position towards the interim government in Syria has once again become ambiguous, despite the European Economic Community (EEC) declaring its support for the new government and expressing willingness to cooperate in efforts to resolve the country’s ongoing crisis....
By Rustum Mahmoud Syrian oral history tells of a moment during General Salah Jadid’s de facto leadership (1966–1970), when then-Information Minister Sami al-Jundi proposed publishing the religious texts of the Alawite sect. The aim was to diffuse the religious and...
A joint delegation comprising representatives from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), military commanders from the Syrian Interim Government's Ministry of Defence, and the Global Coalition conducted a field tour of several areas in the Raqqa countryside, particularly along the strategic...
DAMASCUS, Syria – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday that more than 437,000 Syrians have returned from neighbouring countries since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. The agency also documented the return of...
DAMASCUS, Syria – Two U.S. lawmakers have traveled to Damascus for talks with Syrian transitional authorities, marking the first congressional visit to the war-torn country since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in December. Representatives Cory Mills, a member of...
Damascus, Syria- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad covertly transferred significant assets, documents, and members of his inner circle to the United Arab Emirates in the days leading up to the collapse of his regime in December 2024, according to a Reuters...