Asaad Hassan al-Shibani named foreign minister and Murhaf Abu Qasra defence minister. Both are allies of HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.…
Syria and the stakes for regional powers | Syria’s War
As Syria’s new leadership takes shape, competing media narratives in Iran and Turkiye illuminate the region’s shifting geopolitical dynamics. Contributors:Dina…
The Iran-led axis of resistance in the aftermath of Syria’s upheaval | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Tehran, Iran – For decades, authorities in Iran have been meticulously building an “axis of resistance” of like-minded factions to…
US military kills ISIS leader in targeted airstrike in Syria
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces had conducted an airstrike that killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif in eastern…
Erdogan urges end of foreign support for Kurdish fighters in Syria | News
Turkish president compares Kurdish YPG fighters to ISIL and says neither group has a future in Syria. Turkiye expects foreign…
Israeli forces fire at Syrian protesters in Deraa, wounding one | News
Demonstrators demand an end to Israeli military presence in border town in southern governorate. Israeli forces have shot and wounded…
Kurds fear resurgence of Islamic State group in Syria
BBC/Michael Steininger The BBC was granted rare access to the largest prison for IS detainees – Al Sina – which…
US diplomats in Damascus, Syria, for first time in 10+ years after Assad’s fall
A group of U.S. officials are in Syria’s capital for the first time in more than 10 years seeking information…
US diplomats in Syria to meet new HTS authorities
US diplomats are in the Syrian capital Damascus where they plan to meet representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the…
US says it has 2,000 troops in Syria, not 900 as previously declared | Syria’s War News
Pentagon says the additional forces have been in Syria for ‘a while’, before fall of President Bashar al-Assad, though they…