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The investigation team behind the Tadamon massacre disclosures — led by Syrian researcher Annsar Shahoud and Dutch-Turkish academic Uğur Ümit Üngör — issued a rebuttal to accusations that the...
German authorities arrested a Syrian man identified as "Khalaf A." on May 27, 2026, on suspicion of aiding and abetting attempted murder and causing serious bodily harm in a knife attack at B...
The National Commission for Transitional Justice said the case of the six children of Dr. Abdul Rahman Yassin, the husband of Dr. Rania al-Abbasi, has become a painful emblem of enforced dis...
Escalation Israeli airstrikes, artillery shelling and demolition operations struck multiple towns across southern Lebanon and western Beqaa, causing deaths, injuries and widespread damage. Lebanese au...
US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack will relinquish the formal envoy title after his mandate expired, but will continue to direct Washington’s policy on Syria and Iraq while still serving as...
As Damascus and the SDF move to implement their Jan. 29 agreement, the fate of thousands transferred from northeastern Syrian prisons to Iraq has resurfaced as a complex security, legal and h...
Several separate security incidents during Eid al-Adha left people dead and wounded across multiple Syrian governorates. In Hama countryside, gunmen opened fire on motorcycle riders in the a...
Syrian security forces arrested Turki al-Marei, known as Turki al-Bouhamad, at his residence in Raqqa on Thursday, May 28. Al-Bouhamad is a former commander in the National Defense militia l...
Baniyas refinery fuels a perilous rail lifeline Syria’s largest refinery in Baniyas has become a critical hub for moving fuel by rail across a shattered network, with convoys now running again after...
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani announced that months of national, intelligence and technical operations have led specialized teams to uncover munitions, precursor chemicals...
Syria’s Ministry of Interior said committees received 2,892 family applications under Decree No. 13 of 2026, covering 10,516 people across several governorates. Hasakah accounted for the vast...
Voting for Syria’s People’s Assembly began on Sunday morning, 24 May, in Hasakah governorate — covering Hasakah city, Qamishli and Ayn al-Arab (Kobani) — as authorities completed delayed stag...
Situation Minister of Health Musab al-Ali announced the activation of the emergency health code in Deir Ezzor Governorate in response to an unprecedented rise in the Euphrates River's water levels. He...
Developments Rayann El Houli, 34, was taken into custody after appearing in Melbourne Magistrates' Court accused of travelling to Syria and joining the Islamic State. Police say she was arrested at h...
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) reported in a May briefing that inspectors have located dozens of previously undeclared chemical aerial bombs and rockets at se...
Syria’s current economic debate has shifted from theory to practical questions about whether the state can turn opportunity into a reliable business environment. While the country offers clea...
Karam Shaar Advisory’s analysis finds Saudi Arabia’s announced $1.5 billion pledge for Syria would dramatically outstrip past annual contributions: roughly 4.4 times the highest documented s...
Around 1,700 employees of the al-Hasakah Health Directorate have not received salaries for March, April and May, marking a three-month delay that staff say is unprecedented and increasingly...
On May 20, 2026, Damascus University and the Saïd Foundation signed two cooperation agreements to establish a fully digital university library at the Baramkeh campus and an artificial intelli...
Meeting in Damascus Deputy Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Abdul Qader Tahhan met with a French embassy delegation in Damascus on May 25, led by Chargé d’Affaires Jean-Baptiste Faivre and Internal Securi...
Key developments Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tariq held a phone call Monday to review recent regional developments and explore ways to achieve a comprehensive de‑escalation...
Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh issued measures barring 123 legally licensed transaction brokers from entering Finance Ministry buildings and finance directorates across all gov...
Mazen Alloush, director of public relations at Syria’s General Authority for Border Crossings and Customs, rejected Iraqi claims that foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in Syria and defended...
US President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran are progressing in an "orderly and constructive" way and that he has directed American negotiators to move cautiously rather than rush a...
EU and Syrian officials met in Brussels last week to discuss reconstruction, and the EU announced targeted health support including €14 million to rehabilitate Ar‑Rastan Hospital in Homs. Re...
The United States, Britain and France rejected a Russian-drafted UN Security Council statement that would have condemned an attack on Iran's embassy compound in Damascus, diplomats said. Cou...
Gaza casualty update Medical sources quoted by WAFA report the death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 72,783 since the start of Israeli operations in October 2023, with the majority identified as w...
Spanish envoy visits Bosra al-Sham Antonio González‑Zavala, Spain’s special envoy to Syria, toured the ancient city of Bosra al‑Sham on Saturday, visiting major archaeological sites including the cit...
The German Interior Ministry is studying a plan to boost voluntary returns of Syrian refugees by offering a lump-sum grant of up to €8,000 per returnee, replacing the current individualized s...
Rehabilitation work is underway on the MC1 canal linked to Mashqita Dam in rural Latakia after repeated earthquake damage and landslides left sections of the canal and culverts unusable. The...
Discovery and response The National Commission for the Missing announced the recovery of human remains at a site near Ish al-Werwer in Rural Damascus on May 21. Teams followed professional protocols t...
Arrest Syria’s Interior Ministry announced the arrest of former military police sergeant Mohammad Imad Mahrez, who worked as a guard and jailer at Saydnaya military prison from 2015 under the deposed...
Key finding An Associated Press investigation found that a company known for operating tough‑love boarding schools for rebellious teenagers has been directing attention toward adopted children. Adopt...
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is expected to attend the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on June 15–17 as the representative of a guest nation after an invitation was reportedly hand...
Hague panel examines routes to justice after chemical attacks Syria’s permanent representative to the OPCW, Mohamed Katoub, participated in a high-level panel in The Hague on May 21 that explored prac...
Syria retains a comprehensive body of laws and executive regulations, but their application is routinely undermined by fragmented authority and overlapping jurisdictions. Multiple institutio...
Sit-in in Damascus Families and relatives of people they say are held in Israeli army prisons staged a sit-in outside the United Nations headquarters in Damascus on 19 May, handing their demands to t...
The Syrian Embassy in Washington strongly condemned the shooting at the San Diego Islamic Center, which left multiple people dead and injured, including Syrian nationals. The Monday attack in...
New digital library and AI center for Damascus University Damascus University signed two cooperation agreements with the Said Development Foundation to create an international-standard smart digital...
Kurdish parties reject seat distribution and call it political exclusion Twenty-four Kurdish parties and blocs, including the Democratic Union Party, gathered in Qamishli on May 19 to denounce the me...
The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus held the third session of Atef Najib’s trial on May 19, 2026. Najib, who led the Political Security Branch in Daraa during the 2011 protests, appeared wi...
Meeting overview Sweida Governor Mustafa al-Bakkour met with a United Nations delegation led by Deputy Special Envoy Claudio Cordone to discuss organizing school examinations and measures to facilitat...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran will “never” be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and suggested a diplomatic "thaw" could be imminent — through either an agreement or military action....
Meeting overview Syria’s Interior Minister Anas Khattab met with a delegation from the Indonesian Embassy in Damascus led by Ambassador Lukman Hakim Siregar as part of the formal handover of the ambas...
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Blast Outside Defense Ministry Building in Damascus A bomb was found in the Bab Sharqi district of central Damascus and, while soldiers were attempting to dismantle it, a nearby car exploded, killing...
Government reshuffle and key appointments Syria's transitional authorities have announced a fresh round of ministerial and provincial governor changes framed as an effort to professionalize the state...
