Jurist

UN Security Council adopts resolution removing Syria transitional president from sanctions measures

The UN Security Council on Thursday announced its adoption of Resolution 2799, which aims to remove two individuals, including current President Ahmed al-Sharaa, from its sanctions list on the ...

US lifts terrorist label on Syria’s leader ahead of Trump visit

The State Department announced on Friday that the United Nations Security Council lifted the terrorist designation of two ...

UN approves US-backed effort to lift sanctions on Syria’s president

The U.N. Security Council has voted to lift a series of sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and members of his ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Pivotal U.S. Summit Could Help Mend a Fractured Syria

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa makes a crucial first visit to the White House, with the reconstruction of his war-battered ...
Veuer on MSN

U.S. Forces Erase Veteran Terror Financier—Drone Strike Ends Al-Qaeda Planner’s 13-Year Campaign

On October 2, 2025, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted a strike in Syria that killed Muhammad 'Abd-al-Wahhab ...
newarab

Human remains found in Damascus as Syria uncovers more Assad crimes

Residents of Damascus discovered human remains on Thursday during the renovation of a home in the Qaboun district, the latest in a growing number of grim findings across Syria exposing atrocities ...
Fair Observer

Looming Threats to a Syrian Renaissance

The new Syrian government, led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, faces challenges like meeting Israel’s demilitarization demands and protecting the Druze amid sectarian violence. Weak faction control and ...
Wall Street Journal

Islamic State Rises Again in Syria, Filling a Void Left by U.S.

HAJIN, Syria—The two American-backed Kurdish soldiers were riding in a pickup truck past a row of shops when Islamic State militants on motorcycles opened fire with AK-47s, killing them both. A shop ...
newarab

Assad-era subterranean torture dungeon discovered in Syria's Homs province

Syrian security officials on Monday discovered a secret underground prison used by the now-ousted Assad regime to torture and detain dissidents, Syrian state media have reported. The harrowing dungeon ...
Reuters

Witnesses, a drone and colored soil: How Reuters confirmed an Assad plot to move a mass grave

Every patch of earth has a signature and a secret. The signature is its individual combination of geological influences and organic material that create distinct color profiles. The secret is what ...
The Media Line

Syria Arrests Assad Relative Tied to $2 Billion Captagon Empire

Authorities say Namir Badi’ Assad was seized in Al-Qardaha with alleged partners as part of a wider post-regime crackdown on drug and arms networks [DAMASCUS] Syrian authorities on Thursday arrested ...
newarab

Syria's Sharaa requested Assad's extradition in Putin meeting: foreign ministry

Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa requested that Russia extradite former president Bashar al-Assad, who has been living in exile in the country following his ouster in December last year, ...