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A boy checks out military equipment as visitors tour the 'Syrian Revolution Military Exhibition,' which opened last week ahead of the first anniversary of the ousting of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus, Syria, on December 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
December 8, 2025, 12:26 pm
Syria still struggles to heal from civil war, one year after Assad regime’s fall
As Syrians celebrate anniversary of authoritarian’s ouster, rebuilding efforts are still mostly small-scale, work opportunities low-paying, and the security situation precarious
By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL
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
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, (R) welcomes then-British Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Damascus, Syria on July 5, 2025. (SANA/AFP)
October 21, 2025, 10:40 pm
UK drops terror label for Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which helped topple Assad
Government says move will allow for closer engagement with new Syrian leadership, including by working together to remove vestiges of Assad’s chemical weapons program
By AFP
Illustrative: A masked rebel fighter from the opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham waves a jihadist flag in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, on December 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)
July 12, 2025, 11:20 am
UN report sees no active ties between al-Qaeda and Islamist group led by Syria’s Sharaa
Despite Russian and Chinese skepticism, finding could bolster US bid to lift sanctions on new regime, which is led by the former al-Qaeda affiliate that ousted Assad in December
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A masked rebel fighter from the opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham waves a jihadist flag in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, on December 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)
July 7, 2025, 9:41 pm
US revokes terror label for Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which toppled Assad
Measure comes amid warming ties between Damascus and Washington, which seeks to reintegrate war-battered country into global economy
By AFP and ToI Staff
Members of security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government pose together with their firearms as they stand by the Mediterranean sea coast in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
June 2, 2025, 10:06 pm
US approves of Syrian plan to absorb foreign jihadists into its army, Trump envoy says
Amid countries’ rapprochement, White House okays Sharaa government’s proposal to form unit including some 3,500 fighters from abroad — mostly Chinese Uighurs
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Syrian President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace / AFP)
May 24, 2025, 6:39 am
After Trump announcement, Treasury Department says US formally lifting Syria sanctions
Sweeping economic relief doesn’t include removal of Sharaa’s HTS from terror blacklist; some US officials pushed for phased approach that would include normalizing ties with Israel
By ABBY SEWELL and Ellen Knickmeyer
Syria's Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra (L) and Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais (2nd-L) looking on as Minister of Higher Education Marwan al-Halabi (C) speaks during the first meeting of the new cabinet ministers in Damascus on April 7, 2025. Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the formation of a new government on March 29. (SANA/Handout/AFP)
May 18, 2025, 6:06 am
Syria gives holdout armed groups deadline to join state forces
Armed groups with varying loyalties pose challenge to Syria’s new authorities as they try to assert control over all of the war-torn country
By AFP
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 Alawite families who fled the clashes in Syria hold their luggage as they cross a river marking the border between Syria and northern Lebanon near the village of Heker al-Daher in Akkar province, Lebanon, March 11, 2025. (Hussein Malla/AP)
April 15, 2025, 12:15 pm
Fearful Syria’s Alawites still face attacks a month after wave of deadly violence
Members of former ruling minority say Sunni vengeance against ousted regime has continued, as tens of thousands flee to neighboring Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE and Kareem Chehayeb
Syrian Civil Defense and first responders rescue a victim from the site of an explosion in Syria's western coastal city of Latakia, March 15, 2025. (Sana / AFP)
March 16, 2025, 1:41 pm
At least 16 killed as ordnance from Syrian civil war explodes in port city Latakia
White Helmets report 18 wounded after blast in recent flashpoint area; blast said to have occurred when scrap dealer handled explosive left over from 13-year-conflict
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa signs the country's constitutional declaration, which will be enforced throughout a five-year transitional period, at the presidential palace in Damascus on March 13, 2025. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
March 14, 2025, 12:11 am
Syria’s interim president signs constitution enshrining Islamist rule for 5 years
Amid major wave of sectarian violence, which has posed first major challenge of post-Assad Syria, new regime issues constitution which it says will grant equality for all citizens
By GHAITH ALSAYED and Kareem Chehayeb
Syrian attend the funeral of a relative, killed in the days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of the former government, in the town of Jableh in the coastal province of Latakia on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Abdulwajed HAJ ESTEIFI / AFP)
March 10, 2025, 8:22 pm
Sa’ar urges global leaders to denounce ‘pure evil’ of Sharaa’s Syria after killings
Foreign minister says Israel’s warnings over new Islamist rulers were accurate after over 1,000 killed in Alawite enclave; Sharaa dismisses Israel’s accusations as ‘nonsense’
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
A street vendor awaits customers by his banana stall in the Druze-majority Jaramana city in the Damascus countryside on March 2, 2025. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
March 9, 2025, 8:22 pm
Katz says Israel will soon allow Syrian Druze to work in the Golan Heights
Announcement comes as Israeli politicians lambast Syrian transitional government for reported mass killings, urge European states to ‘wake up’ and stop granting regime legitimacy
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court to testify in his corruption trial, February 24, 2025. (Moti Milrod/Pool)
February 28, 2025, 10:10 pm
Report: Netanyahu’s rejection of Saudi peace offer led to Qatari cash corridor to Hamas
Yedioth Ahronoth says days after the 2014 war in Gaza, Riyadh proposed to rebuild Strip and normalize ties with Israel, but PM thwarted talks to avoid empowering the PA over Hamas
By ToI Staff
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