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A screenshot of a speech made by Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi at a AKP Party conference in Çorum, Turkey, June 6, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 7, 2026, 11:23 pm
Turkey’s interior minister vows to ‘liberate’ Jerusalem, return it to Turkish hands
‘Wake up,’ Israel’s Foreign Ministry tells Mustafa Çiftçi, ‘Ottoman Empire is gone’; in Turkish-language rebuke, Katz says Jerusalem ‘will remain Israel’s capital forever’
By ToI Staff
Former Syrian intelligence officer Amjad Yousef after his arrest in the central province of Hama, in an image published on April 24, 2026. (Syrian Interior Ministry/X)
April 25, 2026, 1:46 am
Syria says it arrested ex-intel officer filmed taking part in 2013 Damascus massacre
Syria says Amjad Yousef was one of several officers caught on leaked video shooting dozens of prisoners into trench in Damascus suburb near Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk
By GHAITH ALSAYED
A local walks past cells as he guides journalists visiting the Palmyra Prison Complex formerly used by the ousted Assad government in Syria's central city of Palmyra on February 7, 2025.(OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP, file)
December 22, 2025, 3:50 pm
A year post-Assad, Syrian jails are again filling up, with widespread accounts of abuse
Though the Sharaa regime vowed to shutter Assad’s notorious jails, tallies show they are locking hundreds of people up without charges, overcrowding the same prisons they emptied
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
This handout photograph received on December 9, 2025, courtesy of Syrian director Mohamad Abdul Aziz, shows Abdul Aziz (right) giving directions to actors during the filming of the TV series "The King's Family" in Damascus on August 28, 2025. (AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / MOHAMAD ABDUL AZIZ)
December 10, 2025, 3:30 pm
In Syria, feared sites from the Assad era are becoming sets for primetime TV
Shows being filmed now, for release during Ramadan in February, depict the fall of the Assad regime a year ago, and the suppression experienced under its rule
By Maher Al-Mounes
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech, as Syrians celebrate the first anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime, in Damascus on December 8, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
December 9, 2025, 12:52 am
Sharaa vows ‘peaceful coexistence’ as Syria marks anniversary of Assad’s fall
Past year ‘seems like a miracle,’ says reveler, as Syrians gather en masse to watch their rebel-turned-president; Alawite, Kurdish areas boycott celebration amid sectarian strife
By Maher Al-Mounes
Bullet holes deface a mural depicting the toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Adra town on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus, Syria, December 25, 2024. (Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
December 7, 2025, 8:27 pm
‘It’s all over’: The moment Iran abandoned Assad, days before he was deposed
In the lead-up to the fall of Damascus, the IRGC summoned the Syrian leader’s top generals and dropped a bombshell announcement: ‘From today, we are no longer responsible for you’
By Maher Al-Mounes
US President Donald Trump, right, speaks with Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, at the White House in Washington on November 10, 2025. (Syrian Presidency Press Office via AP)
November 16, 2025, 5:18 pm
Warming Trump-Sharaa ties put Israel’s feet to fire on emerging Syria security deal
Pushed toward an agreement with ex-jihadi Syrian president, a wary Jerusalem seeks to at least secure its border, protect the Druze and perhaps contain Turkey along the way
By Nava Freiberg
US President Donald Trump, right, speaks with Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, at the White House in Washington on November 10, 2025. (Syrian Presidency Press Office via AP)
November 12, 2025, 9:32 am
Sharaa says Trump backs demand for Israel to withdraw forces from Syrian territory
Syrian leader says US president will ‘quickly push’ for solution to issue, says Israeli pullout a precondition for a security deal with his country’s southern neighbor
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A man shows two ropes tied in the shape of nooses, found in the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, December 9, 2024. (Hussein Malla/AP)
November 11, 2025, 6:18 pm
Exiled Syrian opens up about precariously smuggling out proof of Assad’s cruelty
Ussama Uthman, his wife and brother-in-law obtained tens of thousands of images showing detainee abuse — drawing global attention and enabling families to learn loved ones’ fates
By Sam McNeil
Footage shows the aftermath of a bus blast in Deir Ezzor, Syria, on October 16, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 16, 2025, 2:02 pm
Bus blast in eastern Syria kills at least 5 defense ministry staff; ISIS suspected
Attack on bus carrying oil facility guards is similar to terror group’s behavior during civil war; jihadist attacks on government relatively rare since Assad regime’s fall
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa hold a meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)
October 15, 2025, 5:51 pm
Syria’s Sharaa, in first Russia visit, says he’ll respect all past deals with Moscow
Interim Syrian president expected to ask Moscow to extradite Putin ally Assad, who sought refuge in Moscow after ouster; also said to seek Russian backing against Israeli demands
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this handout photo released by the Lebanese Presidency press office on October 10, 2025, Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) speaks with Syria's Foreign Minister Asad al-Shaibani during a meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. (Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
October 11, 2025, 2:42 pm
Syria’s FM visits Lebanon in bid to rebuild ties after years of strain under Assad
In first visit to Beirut by Syrian minister since Assad’s ouster, FM says trip ‘to reaffirm the depth’ of relations; visit focused on status of border, refugees and detainees
By Sally Abou Aljoud
Ambulances donated by Saudi Arabia arrive in Damascus on September 7, 2025, as part of the Saudi aid campaign to Syria (Haitham EL-TABEI / AFP)
September 21, 2025, 11:23 am
With cash, doctors and bulldozers, Saudi Arabia pursues soft power push in Syria
Riyadh pledges rebuilding program and Saudi medical teams perform open-heart surgeries and cochlear implant operations across Syria, as Qatar and Turkey also vie for influence
By Haitham el-Tabei
Israeli troops patrol the border fence with Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on July 23, 2025 (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
September 17, 2025, 10:17 am
Israel presented Syria with detailed proposal for new security agreement – report
Top Israeli, Syrian and US officials said to meet in London to discuss plan that would see no Syrian troops near Israeli border, air corridor that would enable Israel to strike Iran
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
The Syrian nuclear reactor site before it was destroyed by the IDF in 2007, as seen by satellite (Photo: Google Earth)
September 2, 2025, 4:53 pm
IAEA finds uranium traces linked to target of Israel’s 2007 Syrian nuclear strike
UN agency has long suspected nuclear activity at destroyed Deir Ezzor site, and renewed its inspections this year under new Syrian regime
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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