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GHAITH ALSAYED

Atef Najib, former head of the Political Security Branch in the Daraa area during Bashar al-Assad's rule, sits in the defendants' cage during a trial session at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, Syria, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
April 26, 2026, 7:11 pm
Syria’s first public trial of Assad-era officials begins in Damascus
Bereaved families demand death penalty, starting with Atef Najib, a former general and cousin of the ousted dictator who was allegedly behind the torture of children in 2011
By GHAITH ALSAYED
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
Syrian government troops are seen at an abandoned checkpoint between government-controlled Raqqa and Hassakeh, controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in northeastern Syria, January 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
January 20, 2026, 8:26 pm
Syrian military, Kurdish-led forces announce new truce after collapse of first deal
New four-day ceasefire comes after Syrian military accused SDF guards of abandoning a camp housing thousands of families with ties to ISIS, allowing detainees to escape
By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa signs an agreement with the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces at the Presidential Palace in Damascus on January 18, 2026. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)
January 18, 2026, 10:45 pm
Syria declares ceasefire with Kurdish-led SDF after intense military push
Truce leaves much of Kurdish-majority northwest under Damascus control for first time in decade; Sharaa proclaims victory for ‘Syrians of all backgrounds’
By GHAITH ALSAYED and OMAR ALBAM
Syrian government soldiers carry machine guns as they ride motorcycles on a road leading to the town of Deir Hafer, Syria, January 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
January 17, 2026, 2:38 pm
Syrian government forces enter towns in north after Kurdish fighters withdraw
Two soldiers said killed in latest clash as Damascus and Kurdish-led SDF trade blame for violating agreement that followed deadly fighting in Aleppo
By GHAITH ALSAYED
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
A visitor looks at ancient mosaics on display at the National Museum of Syria in Damascus, May 23, 2025. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
November 11, 2025, 8:23 pm
Roman era-statues and other historic artifacts stolen from Syria’s national museum
After reopening in January following the fall of Assad, National Museum of Damascus reports six marble statues missing as police launch investigation
By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE
Syrian Bedouin families ride in a convoy led by Red Crescent vehicles in Busra al-Harir, heading to Daraa after being evacuated from Sweida following more than a week of violent clashes, July 21, 2025. (Malek Khattab/AP)
July 21, 2025, 2:41 pm
Syria starts evacuating Bedouin families from Sweida in bid to restore calm
Government aims to move some 1,500 Bedouins out of city after a week of deadly clashes with Druze; officials say Damascus will also allow displaced residents to return
By GHAITH ALSAYED and Kareem Chehayeb
Syrians gather inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/ Omar Sanadiki)
June 23, 2025, 11:12 pm
World denounces Syria church attack as death toll rises to 25
Attacker in Dweila shot worshipers and detonated an explosive vest, also injuring 63 people, according to Syrian health authorities
By GHAITH ALSAYED and Kareem Chehayeb
Suleiman Khalil, 21, who lost his leg in a landmine explosion while harvesting olives with his friends in a field, with his siblings from left to right, Sakina, 8, Nahla, 9, and Aya, 5, at his home in the village of Qaminas, east of Idlib, Syria, April 9, 2025. (Ghaith Alsayed/AP)
April 20, 2025, 12:05 pm
‘There were days I didn’t want to live anymore’: Land mine horrors persist in Syria
Watchdog finds that since 14-year civil war ended in December with fall of Assad, munitions have killed 249 people, including 60 children, and injured 379
By GHAITH ALSAYED and Sally Abou Aljoud
Syrian interim President Ahmed Sharaa speaks in Damascus, Syria, March 29, 2025. (Syrian Presidency/AFP)
March 30, 2025, 5:19 am
Syria swears in new transitional government four months after ousting Assad
Members of minority groups including a Christian woman, a Kurd, and and an Alawite given cabinet positions as Damascus aims to convince West to lift crippling sanctions
By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE
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
Mourners carry the bodies of Kurdish victims killed the previous night by Turkish-backed fighters amid Nowruz New Year celebrations in Jindayris in the rebel-held province of Aleppo, during a mass funeral in Jindayris on March 21, 2023. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
March 21, 2023, 7:08 pm
Killing of Kurds in northern Syria sparks protests, tensions
Thousands take to streets after four Syrian Kurds killed by Turkish-backed armed group in town of Jinderis as they celebrated Nowruz holiday
By GHAITH ALSAYED
Syrian women weep next to bodies lying on the back of a truck on February 7, 2023, in the town of Jandaris, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, as a search operation continues following a deadly earthquake (Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP)
February 7, 2023, 12:13 pm
Quake toll passes 5,000 as rescue efforts in Turkey, Syria hampered by aftershocks
Teams continue to search through unstable structures, with temperatures below freezing; survivors seek shelter wherever they can; health facilities in northern Syria overwhelmed
By Mehmet Guzel, GHAITH ALSAYED and Suzan Fraser
Earthquake victims receive treatment at the al-Rahma Hospital in the town of Darkush, Idlib province, northern Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
February 6, 2023, 3:15 pm
Misery of war-weary Syrians exacerbated by deadly earthquake
Powerful 7.8-magnitude tremor devastates already ravaged areas where millions of displaced Syrians live in housing wrecked by years of fighting and bombardment
By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL
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