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Syrian army soldiers patroling along the Syrian-Lebanese border in the rural area of Al Qusayr on April 1, 2026. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
September 30, 2026, 2:56 pm
Syria says it dismantled Hezbollah-linked cell preparing rocket launchers
Terror group denies connection to arrested operatives, insisting it has no presence or military activity in Syria; accuses Israel of seeking to disrupt Lebanon-Syria relations
By AFP and ToI Staff
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
September 23, 2026, 7:27 pm
At the UN, Sharaa says peace with Israel possible, but vows Golan will remain Syrian
Syrian leader demands IDF withdrawal from border buffer zone, says Israel carried out 500 strikes since Assad’s fall; Katz responds Golan is ‘integral, eternal part of Israel’
By Lazar Berman, AFP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of an interview with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Atlantic Council in New York, September 22, 2026. (Atlantic Council)
September 23, 2026, 10:44 am
‘The problem is with Israel, not us’: Sharaa says Oct. 7 shouldn’t dictate Israeli policy on Syria
Ahead of his UN speech, Syrian leader stresses IDF must withdraw to 1974 demarcation lines in order to forge an initial security pact before any peace talks can take place
By ToI Staff
Local residents block a road to prevent oil tankers from the Rmeilan oil fields from passing during ongoing protests against higher fuel prices at the entrance to Tal Tamr, northeastern Syria, September 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
September 17, 2026, 1:39 am
Tensions flare in Syria’s Kurdish northeast as government integration deal moves ahead
Protesters block major highway amid discontent over rising fuel prices, the latest issue to spark concern among the Kurds, who fear losing their rights under new Syrian regime
By HOGIR AL ABDO and ABBY SEWELL
Protesters burn tires and other debris to block a highway as demonstrations over fuel price increases spread across Syria, in Maarat al-Numan, Idlib province, September 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahmed Albam)
September 14, 2026, 8:11 pm
Fuel price surge sparks Syria’s biggest protests since Assad’s fall
Demonstrators block roads and oil convoys after diesel jumps 40%; Damascus blames costly imports as Ukrainian attacks strain fuel stocks from Russia, the country’s main supplier
By Feras Dalatey, Mahmoud Hasano and Firas Makdesi
Druze horsemen and cattle growers from the four Golan Heights Druze villages of Majdal Shams, Ein Qiniyye, Buq’ata and Mas’ade parade through the Golan Heights ahead of Eid al-Adha festival, in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, May 23, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
September 14, 2026, 10:06 am
Golan Druze increasingly embrace Israel, reject Syria in seismic shift triggered by tragedy
After decades of identifying as Syrian, community that saw kids killed by Hezbollah rocket and brethren massacred by forces controlling Damascus pivots toward ‘protector’ Israel
By Diana Bletter
Syrian government forces stand guard at the al-Aqtan prison after taking control of it from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, in Raqqa, northeastern Syria, January 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
September 12, 2026, 11:50 pm
Prison riot fire in Kurdish-majority town kills at least seven in Syria
Inmates reportedly set blaze fearing they would be transferred from Kobane jail amid protests over killing of former Kurdish fighter; monitor puts death toll at 9
By AFP
Syrian Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Kabawat, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Damascus, Syria, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
September 9, 2026, 12:15 am
Syrian social affairs minister, a Christian woman, urges equality in constitution
Hind Kabawat, in Rome for meeting with pope, says new regime must do more to show it’s ‘inclusive’ in order to stem emigration by religious minorities
By AFP
IDF soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Syria, February 28, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
September 8, 2026, 7:51 pm
UN commission warns Israel may have committed ‘war crimes’ in Syria
Probe finds 49 Syrians, including two children, detained as of June and held in Israel, which slams the investigation and denies any territorial aspirations
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi speaks during a press conference after the Board of Governor’s Meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria on September 7, 2026. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
September 7, 2026, 11:17 pm
Secret Syrian nuclear reactor bombed by Israel in 2007 was almost complete, IAEA says
Assad-era site would have been ‘very efficient’ at making material for weapons, UN atomic watchdog chief says; reactor fuel manufacture plant also discovered
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People sit across from a poster depicting Syria's president Bashar al-Assad in a gas mask during an event in the rebel-held northern city of Afrin, on August 20, 2023, marking the 10-year anniversary of chemical attacks that killed over 1,400 people in Ghouta, near the capital. (Rami al Sayed/AFP)
September 3, 2026, 8:07 pm
Syria has started destroying Assad-era chemical weapon materials, UN envoy says
Chemical weapons watchdog confirms 42 aerial bombs destroyed, in first for Syria since 2014; US urges continued cooperation and Russia and China commend progress
By AFP
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert seen in Paris, France, on June 9, 2025. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
September 2, 2026, 11:57 pm
In first, Olmert confirms Israel in 2008 killed top Assad adviser who oversaw nuke facility
In his new book, ex-PM recounts how Syria’s Muhammad Suleiman was shot in the back of the head by elite troops who emerged from the ocean to breach his beachfront property
By ToI Staff
The Syrian nuclear reactor site before it was destroyed by the IDF in 2007, as seen from a satellite. (Photo: Google Earth)
September 1, 2026, 9:56 pm
IAEA says findings at Syrian site hit by Israel ‘consistent with a nuclear reactor’
In confidential report, UN nuclear watchdog says ousted Assad regime ‘failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities’ at Deir Ezzor, which Israel struck in 2007
By AFP and ToI Staff
Syria’s interim foreign minister Asaad Shaibani (L) delivers a speech during the inauguration of Syria’s embassy at Al-Nofleen district in Tripoli on August 30, 2026. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
September 1, 2026, 4:21 pm
Syria says it’s working ‘seriously’ on diplomatic solution with Israel despite attacks
FM al-Shaibani reports US-mediated talks aim for full Israeli withdrawal to pre-December 2024 lines, pans Katz’s remarks on IDF remaining in Syrian territory
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Syrian security personnel officers guard the road on the outskirts of Sweida, southern Syria on February 26, 2026. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)
September 1, 2026, 7:45 am
10 Syrian security personnel reported wounded in clashes in Sweida
State TV claims ‘outlaw groups’ launched attacks, as Druze-affiliated group accuses government forces of firing mortal shells and machine guns toward civilians
By AFP and ToI Staff
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