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Feras Dalatey

US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 24, 2026, 11:36 pm
US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list, lifting major investment obstacle
Rubio lauds ‘positive actions’ and ‘further commitments’ by leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, as Washington removes sanctions in place since 1979; Damascus already in talks with major banks
By Feras Dalatey
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani speaks in the Syrian capital Damascus on July 25, 2026. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)
August 23, 2026, 12:02 pm
Syrian FM urges Israel to seize ‘historic opportunity’ for bilateral relations
‘We do not trust Israel currently,’ top diplomat Asaad al-Shaibani says, but ‘Syria is extending its hand for understandings, peace, diplomacy’ with its neighbor
By TOM PERRY and Feras Dalatey
An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Syria's then-President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after jihadists and their allies entered the northern Syrian city, on November 30, 2024. (Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP)
August 19, 2026, 11:42 am
Syria arrests Assad-era officer who fled prison sentence in Austria
Musab Abu Rukbah returned home after Vienna court sentenced him to 8 years in jail for torture, sexual assault of Assad critics while serving as head of Raqqa police investigations
By Feras Dalatey
Current and pre-revolution Iranian banknotes are displayed by a street money exchanger at Ferdowsi square, Tehran’s go-to venue for foreign currency exchange, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on August 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 31, 2026, 10:28 pm
Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge
Gambling is banned in Islamic Republic, but Revolutionary Guards commandeered country’s largest betting websites to move money, including during war, Reuters investigation finds
By Gavin Finch, Feras Dalatey, Denise Ajiri, Tom Wilson and Farah Master
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives for the EU Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 24, 2026. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)
July 1, 2026, 2:53 pm
Syria’s Sharaa appoints lawmakers, paving way for new parliament to convene
210-member People’s Assembly to hold first session Monday; selection of representatives for Sweida province postponed; 15 women among president’s picks, boosting female lawmakers to 21
By Feras Dalatey
An MH-60R Sea Hawk Helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Henry J Kaiser (T-AO-187), June 5, 2026. (US Navy photo)
June 16, 2026, 1:34 pm
US has been using Iranian smuggling tactics to sneak Gulf oil past Hormuz blockade
US military has conducted dozens of risky ship-to-ship oil transfers, sources say, also revealing that the Apache helicopter downed last week was part of the operation
By Feras Dalatey, Jonathan Saul, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Edward Carron
Demonstrators wave a Syrian flag during a march marking the 15th anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution against the Bashar Assad regime in the Old City of Damascus, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
March 18, 2026, 6:49 am
US encouraging Syria to assist with disarming Hezbollah in Lebanon — sources
People briefed on the matter say Damascus is hesitant to take military action in eastern Lebanon, concerned about risks of Iranian missile attacks and domestic instability
By Feras Dalatey, Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari
Security personnel and officials gather next to buses with prisoners on board during an exchange of prisoners ceremony between Syrian authorities and Druze fighters, on the outskirts of Sweida on February 26, 2026. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
February 26, 2026, 1:52 pm
Syrian government forces and Druze factions exchange prisoners in Sweida
Under Red Cross supervision, Damascus releases 61 prisoners while Druze National Guard Forces free 25 Syrian government personnel
By Feras Dalatey
A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair, February 27, 2025. A Reuters investigation found that the Assad government secretly trucked thousands of bodies there from an exposed mass grave in the Damascus suburb of Qutayfah from 2019 to 2021. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
December 29, 2025, 10:25 am
Syria secures Assad-era mass grave revealed in October, opens criminal investigation
Soldiers deployed to remote site revealed by Reuters report detailing years-long effort by ousted dictator to mask atrocities by hiding thousands of bodies in the desert
By Feras Dalatey and Ryan McNeill
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
Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives at the Grand Kremlin Palace for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on October 15, 2025. (Pavel Bednyakov / POOL / AFP)
October 31, 2025, 8:54 pm
No spoils of war: Syria’s new ruler lays down the law to loyalists
Sharaa has launched a crackdown on corruption as he attempts to transform an insurgent movement into a functioning government
By Timour Azhari and Feras Dalatey
A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair, February 27, 2025. A Reuters investigation found that the Assad government secretly trucked thousands of bodies there from an exposed mass grave in the Damascus suburb of Qutayfah from 2019 to 2021. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
October 15, 2025, 6:36 am
Exposed: Syria’s Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings
For 2 years, dictator’s military ordered bodies moved from a known mass grave to secret desert location; witness accounts suggest new site may hold tens of thousands of remains
By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Feras Dalatey, Ryan McNeill and Khalil Ashawi
File: Stacks of Syrian pound banknotes are piled on top of each other at a currency trader's stall at a market in the city of Manbij in Syria's northern Aleppo province on January 4, 2025. (Aaref WATAD / AFP)
August 23, 2025, 5:14 pm
Syria to revalue currency, dropping two zeros in bid for stability
Pound to be revalued after 99% collapse since 2011; plan aims to restore confidence after years of hyperinflation and war, remove Assad family from notes
By Feras Dalatey
Illustrative: A Syrian man inspects the rooms the prison of Saydnaya, north of Damascus on December 16, 2024. (Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
February 27, 2025, 6:34 pm
Over 1,000 Syrians died in airport prison under Assad, report says
Eyewitnesses say officers and soldiers were executed by firing squad, civilians were hanged; bodies buried in seven mass grave sites around capital, watchdog finds
By Reade Levinson and Feras Dalatey
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