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Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives for the EU Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, April 24, 2026. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)
May 10, 2026, 4:01 pm
Syria president shuffles government officials and ministers, boots brother from key post
Sharaa changes foreign, information and agriculture ministers; former Homs governor named secretary-general for Syrian presidency instead of Sharaa’s sibling Maher, no reason given
By Agencies
A gunman walks by the remains of a house destroyed during the recent sectarian clashes in the Druze-majority town of Sweida, southern Syria, on September 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Fahd Kiwan)
February 8, 2026, 10:10 am
Syrian security officer arrested over killing of civilians in Druze-majority Sweida
Suspect arrested with help of survivor of attack, in which four people were shot dead and a fifth was seriously wounded while harvesting olives
By AFP
A US Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter prepares to support Operation Hawkeye Strike against Islamic State targets in Syria, in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025. (US AIR FORCE / AFP)
December 20, 2025, 5:12 pm
Jordan says it took part in US-led strikes on ISIS in Syria that killed at least 5
‘Intense’ air campaign lasting hours hit cells across multiple provinces; Amman says it aimed to block ‘extremist organizations’ from threatening region
By Agencies
Students drag a toppled statue of late president Hafez al-Assad on the street during a rally near the campus of the Damascus University in the Syrian capital on December 15, 2024. (Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
December 5, 2025, 9:12 pm
Assad’s exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia
Competing factions seek to exploit unrest and rebuild their influence amid Syria’s fragile post-Assad transition
By Feras Dalatey and Timour Azhari
A crane removes a burnt Israeli Humvee from a street in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jinn on November 28, 2025, following a nighttime gun battle (AFP)
November 29, 2025, 6:04 am
Report: IDF mulling expanded op in Syria, checking whether Sharaa’s forces fired on troops
TV report says Israel believes some of those planning attacks against IDF and Druze work for Syrian intelligence
By ToI Staff
Najwa Mulla, a volunteer, stands in a warehouse in the Druze village of Julis, Galilee, next to boxes of medical supplies that will be sent to hospitals in Sweida, Syria, on August 6, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
August 16, 2025, 9:36 am
In a Galilee war room, Startup Nation’s Druze mobilize to help their Syrian brethren in Sweida
With reports of 1,800 Syrian Druze killed by government-led forces amid acts of rape and cruelty, Israel’s Druze have created a volunteer team tasked with sending medical supplies and support
By Diana Bletter
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, left, meets with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, center, and Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People's Assembly Elections, right, in Damascus, Syria, July 27, 2025. (Syria's official news agency, SANA via AP)
July 27, 2025, 11:50 pm
Syria says first parliamentary elections under new regime to be held in September
Election officials say vote to be held Sept. 15-20, electoral college to be set up to ensure provincial representation in government
By Agencies
A man checks a charred car that was burnt after clashes erupted between members of the minority Druze sect and pro-government fighters, in the town of Sahnaya, south of Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
May 3, 2025, 6:44 am
What is behind latest clashes in Syria between Druze and pro-government gunmen
The tensions that led to the deadly violence, and how Israel has also become involved
By BASSEM MROUE
Syrian interim President Ahmed Sharaa speaks in Damascus, Syria, March 29, 2025. (Syrian Presidency/AFP)
March 30, 2025, 5:19 am
Syria swears in new transitional government four months after ousting Assad
Members of minority groups including a Christian woman, a Kurd, and and an Alawite given cabinet positions as Damascus aims to convince West to lift crippling sanctions
By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE
Syrian Tourism Minister Mohammed Rami Martini speaks during a press conference in Damascus on November 24, 2021 (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
November 26, 2021, 5:16 am
Syria hopes for return of European tourists
Minister says arrival numbers are rising again after period of relative calm following decade of civil war
By AFP
A civil defense worker inspects a destroyed building after shelling hit the town of Ibleen, a village in southern Idlib province, Syria, July 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 3, 2021, 4:26 pm
Syrian regime shelling kills 8, mostly children, in last rebel enclave
Rescue group says artillery fire struck several families’ homes in Idlib; civil defense center, water station hit in airstrikes
By AP
Trucks laden with aid for displaced Syrians wait to cross from Jordan to the Syrian side of the border, in Jabir As Sirhan, Jordan, July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Omar Akour)
June 28, 2019, 12:26 pm
Rights group says Syria co-opting aid ‘to fund its atrocities’
Human Rights Watch calls on donors to ensure their contributions are used to benefit Syrian people, not the Assad regime
By Bassam Mroue
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes part in a graduation ceremony for IAF pilots at the Hatzerim base in Israel's Negev desert, on December 26, 2018. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)
December 26, 2018, 8:55 pm
Lebanon to file UN complaint on Israeli overflights during alleged Syria strikes
Damascus tells Security Council attacks wouldn’t have been launched if not for Washington’s ‘unlimited’ support of Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo, members of the Syrian Civil Defense group, known as the White Helmets, inspect cluster bombs in the Khan Sheikhoun neighborhood of Idlib, Syria, September 29, 2016. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
November 30, 2017, 2:48 pm
Syrian military used banned cluster bombs in besieged area — Amnesty
Regime forces committing war crimes on ‘epic scale,’ says human rights body
By AP
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow on November 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Alexander Nemenov)
November 27, 2017, 7:40 pm
Syrian government won’t attend start of peace talks, UN envoy says
Despite Syria’s absence, Staffan de Mistura expresses optimism over potential to reach political solution to civil war
By AFP
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