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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 Syria rebel fighter rips a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a building reportedly used by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group, in the town of in Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province, on December 15, 2024. (Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP)
March 17, 2025, 1:47 am
3 Syrian troops killed in Lebanon; Damascus accuses Hezbollah of seizing, killing them
Terror group denies involvement, and Lebanese source claims the soldiers crossed the border and were shot by local gunmen in village of Qasr; Syria said to fire missiles at town
By AFP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from undated video of Syrian army weapons and ammunition collected by villagers to be handed over to the IDF. Soldiers and villagers pixelated for security reasons. (Channel 12; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 17, 2024, 11:07 am
Report: Syrian border villagers and rebels collecting weapons and handing them to IDF
Video from inside Syria shows crateloads of weapons and ammunition being loaded into trucks; IDF soldier says some contain ‘chemical warfare material’
By ToI Staff
A boy carries an unexploded rocket propelled grenade at the site of the previous evening's Israeli airstrike that targeted shipments of weapons that belonged to Syrian government forces in Qamishli, in mainly Kurdish northeastern Syria, on December 10, 2024. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
December 10, 2024, 10:32 pm
With Syria bombing campaign, Israel bets on ‘worst-case scenario’ after Assad’s fall
Some analysts believe Syria will be split along ethno-religious lines, with Israel expected to work with willing partners; risk of Iran’s Axis of Resistance significantly lowered
By AFP and ToI Staff
This picture shows a burned Syrian army helicopter after Israeli strikes said to target weapons depots near the Mezzeh military airbase, outside Damascus, on December 9, 2024. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
December 10, 2024, 8:15 pm
In historic campaign across Syria, IDF says it destroyed 80% of Assad regime’s military
After rebel takeover, Israeli Air Force and Navy strike missile depots, naval vessels, fighter jets and more to ensure they don’t fall into wrong hands
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Anti-government fighters pose for a "selfie" picture on a Syrian regime military aircraft at the Kweyris military airfield in the eastern part of Aleppo province on December 3, 2024. (Rami al Sayed/AFP)
December 5, 2024, 3:25 pm
Syrian rebels oust regime forces from key central city of Hama, on route to Damascus
Assad’s troops retreat from strategic city, which had remained in government hands throughout entire civil war, less than a week after Islamist forces took Aleppo
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
An IDF tank seen near the border with Syria, in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on April 9, 2024. (Michael GiladiFlash90)
July 11, 2024, 10:06 am
IDF says it shelled Syrian army sites that violated 1974 disengagement agreement
Tanks and artillery fire at structures on Syrian part of Golan Heights; military says it holds its Syrian counterpart responsible for everything that happens in its territory
By Emanuel Fabian
Rivka Grabovsky and her children in an undated photo. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law/ Zman)
May 13, 2024, 4:27 pm
An unsung heroine’s 1948 tale of courage and captivity resonates anew after October 7
Rivka Grabovsky’s little-known ordeals, during the War of Independence and as a POW held by Syria, take on added layers as Israelis process a more recent tragedy
By Tal Schneider
Amnon Sharon painting some of his clay sculptures depicting the torture he underwent as a prisoner of war in Syria, October 1973-June 1974. (Courtesy of Israel Disabled Veterans Organization)
March 18, 2024, 3:39 pm
Israeli survivor of captivity and torture in Syria exorcises his demons by sculpting clay
Former Yom Kippur War prisoner of war Amnon Sharon shares his experiences living ‘alongside PTSD,’ criticizes public activism for release of hostages in Gaza
By Renee Ghert-Zand
FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad is pictured during the Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency (SPA) via AP)
June 4, 2023, 11:23 pm
Syrian opposition figures call for fresh talks with Assad regime
Move comes less than a month after regional leaders welcomed Bashar Assad back to the Arab League following decade of diplomatic isolation
By AFP
A building damaged by Syrian government forces following clashes with rebel fighters is seen in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, September 12, 2021. (AP Photo)
October 31, 2022, 4:19 pm
Report: Syrian regime burned bodies during civil war to make corpses unidentifiable
Videos dating back to 2012-2013 show bodies transferred into mass graves in the southern province of Daraa
By AFP
Illustrative: A Syrian firefighter extinguishes a burned bus at the site of a deadly explosion, in Damascus, Syria, October 20, 2021. (SANA via AP)
October 13, 2022, 4:32 pm
Bomb attack on Syrian army bus leaves 18 dead, 27 wounded — state media
Deemed one of deadliest such operations, no group has yet claimed responsibility
By AFP
Syrian students wave the Syrian, Russian and Palestinian flags under a billboard bearing the portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration in support of Russia, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Aleppo University campus in the Syrian city, March 10, 2022. (Photo by AFP)
March 15, 2022, 6:06 pm
Tens of thousands of Syrians enlisting to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine war
More than 40,000 register to fight at Syrian recruitment centers, as poverty and lack of jobs push soldiers to look for a better life
By Aya Iskandarani
Undated video footage released by the Israel Defense Forces reportedly showing a senior Syrian officer, Lua'a Ali Ahmad Asa'ad, visiting Hezbollah sites along the Golan Heights. (Screen capture: Israel Defense Forces)
April 10, 2020, 6:23 pm
Releasing video footage, IDF accuses Syria of helping Hezbollah set up on Golan
In tacit threat, the military warns Damascus that it will bear responsibility for any attacks that emanate from within its borders
By Judah Ari Gross
Syrian army soldiers advance in Tall Sultan town towards Saraqeb city, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on February 5, 2020. (AFP)
February 8, 2020, 5:05 pm
Syrian army overruns key crossroads town despite Turkish warnings
Recapture of Saraqeb comes as Assad regime pushes to retake the last rebel-held province of Idlib; Turkey sending more troops to the area
By AFP
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