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Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 24, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 5:03 pm
Israeli Druze leader seeks US security guarantees for Syrian counterparts
After the bloodshed in Sweida this year, Sheikh Muafak Tarif says Washington must fulfill ‘duty’ to protect minority group, stresses need for Druze self-determination
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly via video at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2025. (AP/Angelina Katsanis)
October 1, 2025, 9:33 pm
Trump peace plan charts tough course for Palestinian Authority’s return to Gaza
Palestinian analyst says US ceasefire proposal sets ‘many minefields’ and that ‘this plan is not good for the PA’; Ramallah hoping for bailout from Arab allies amid economic crisis
By Ali Sawafta and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, right, meets with US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, at the People's Palace in Damascus, Syria, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 19, 2025, 8:58 am
Syria erroneously thought it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Despite months of Israeli warnings not to send forces south, Syrian officials correspondence with US led Damascus to believe it could deploy without prompting confrontation with IDF
By Timour Azhari, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Maya Gebeily
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, shakes hands with Jordanian Prime Minister Jafar Hassan during a photo opportunity at the State Department, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
April 30, 2025, 7:25 pm
Jordan to continue receiving US financial support despite Trump’s cuts to foreign aid
Washington provides Amman assurances that annual financing for budgetary aid, water infrastructure and defense to remain intact
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on March 9, 2025, shows Syrian forces deploying in the town of Qadmus in Syria's Tartus governorate. (SANA/AFP)
March 9, 2025, 3:25 pm
Syrian leader Sharaa calls for peace as over 1,000, mostly civilians, killed in clashes
Fighting between security forces and pro-Assad militants is worst in years; death toll, mostly of Alawites, considered among highest in Syria since 2013 chemical weapon attack
By Jaidaa Taha and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, hosting a meeting of top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe to discuss Syria, poses for a picture with the participants in Riyadh on January 12, 2025. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
February 14, 2025, 5:46 pm
Arab countries scramble to offer Trump an alternate proposal for post-war Gaza
Egyptian plan would see terror group Hamas sidelined in governance of coastal enclave; issue to be discussed at end of month in Riyadh
By Pesha Magid, Samia Nakhoul, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan
European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, December 14, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 15, 2024, 7:41 pm
EU diplomat: Syria sanctions relief not relevant until new leadership proves itself
Kaja Kallas says new leaders will have to ensure rights of minorities and women, disavow religious extremism in order to make good on their assurances of moderation
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
An aerial photo shows military vehicles parked outside a building, reportedly used by the Russian Army, in the in the Syrian town of Al-Bassah in the Latakia province on December 12, 2024. (Aaref Watad/AFP)
December 14, 2024, 10:13 pm
After Assad’s fall, Russia pulling some, but not all, of its forces out of Syria
Moscow says it will maintain presence at two main Syrian bases; attitude of new regime toward Russian presence is still unclear
By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Guy Faulconbridge
An image of Syrian President Bashar Assad, riddled with bullets, is seen on the facade of the provincial government office in the aftermath of the opposition's takeover of Hama, Syria, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
December 13, 2024, 5:54 pm
Desperate Assad deceived those around him in last hours before stealthy flight from Syria
Ousted Syrian president kept officials and relatives, including his own brother, in dark about his exit plan; hunted for outside help to maintain his rule before eventually fleeing
By Samia Nakhoul, Maya Gebeily, Parisa Hafezi and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
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
Hundreds of demonstrators march on the Israeli embassy in Amman, March 24, 2024 (X screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
March 25, 2024, 6:29 am
Police clash with Jordanian protesters trying to storm Israeli embassy
Several arrested, riot police fire tear gas at demonstrators angry over Israel’s military operation in Gaza,; some in crowd chant for Hamas to bomb Tel Aviv, kidnap troops
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
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