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          Syria

          US forces struck more than 70 ISIS-linked targets in Syria on Friday. AFP

          US has 'no reason to be in Syria', Republican Senator says

          USDecember 21, 2025
          Syrian authorities said seven people were arrested during a raid on an ISIS cell in which weapons and cash were seized. Photo: Syrian Interior Ministry

          Syria 'dismantles' ISIS cell in Damascus suburb

          MENADecember 21, 2025
          Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara makes a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar Al Assad's fall, in Damascus on December 8, 2025. Reuters

          Syria welcomes repeal of sweeping US sanctions

          MENADecember 20, 2025
          US Syria strikes ISIS. AFP / Reuters / Centcom

          Five ISIS fighters killed in US strikes on Syria in response to Palmyra attacks

          USDecember 20, 2025
          Nick Donaldson / Getty

          Will 2026 see the revival of both Syria and Lebanon?

          CommentDecember 19, 2025
          Refreshment stands in the traditional Al Hamidiyah Souq in Damascus during Ramadan this year. Anadolu

          Navigating Syria's new political economy: Rivalry, rising rents and a new elite

          MENADecember 19, 2025
          Sayf Boulad, centre, commander of the Hamzat Division militia group, is among those placed under UK sanctions. Photo: Sana

          UK places sanctions on Syrian military commanders

          MENADecember 19, 2025
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          Shadi's take on US Senate approval to repeal Caesar Act sanctions against Syria

          CartoonDecember 18, 2025
          US President Donald Trump pays tribute to two US soldiers and an interpreter killed by a gunman in Syria. Reuters

          Centcom chief insists US operations in Syria critical to countering ISIS

          MENADecember 18, 2025
          President Donald Trump salutes as troops in Delaware carry the remains of Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a US civilian killed alongside two soldiers in Syria. Getty Images / AFP

          ISIS ambush and extremists in Syrian forces cause alarm in Washington

          USDecember 18, 2025
          Syrians in Latakia celebrate the anniversary of the downfall of the regime of former president Bashar Al Assad. Reuters

          Trump signs bill that includes repeal of Caesar Act sanctions on Syria

          USDecember 17, 2025
          Ayham Al Ghazzy, centre, returned to the Foreign Ministry in Damascus last month. The National

          Triumphant return for Syrian diplomats who took anti-Assad stand

          MENADecember 17, 2025
          Security personnel in Damascus arrested a suspected member of ISIS in a raid on what they called a 'hideout'. SANA

          Syria seizes bombs and drones in new anti-ISIS raid in Damascus

          MENADecember 17, 2025
          Protesters carry a mocked-up missile at a rally against US-led strikes on Houthi targets, in Sanaa, Yemen, in January 2024. Reuters

          Is the era of militias in the Arab world finally ending? Iraq may have just said so

          CommentDecember 17, 2025
          Left: Australian prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Ahmed Al Ahmed at St George Hospital in Sydney. Right: the damaged family house of Ahmed Al Ahmed in the town of Nayrb. AP / Reuters

          'We are proud of Ahmed': Bondi hero's Syrian hometown praises brave act

          MENADecember 16, 2025
          Images from the daily life of the remaining displaced Syrians in the Atmeh camps on December 12, 2025. Ahmad Fallaha for The National

          The 'forgotten' Syrians unable to return home inside their own country

          MENADecember 16, 2025
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