A new report by the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) has documented sweeping human rights violations in Syria’s coastal region.

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In recent days, Israeli officials have dismissed the possibility that Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa would agree to any peace deal without a complete Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Golan ...

The Syrian Climate Change Programme (SPCC) has called for the declaration of a state of environmental emergency in light of the massive wildfires sweeping the forests of Lattakia’s countryside—fires ...

This monument, contrary to claims by some attempting to justify its destruction, bears no allegiance to the “former regime,” Salam Kawakibi writes in al-Araby al-Jadeed.

New DesignThe complaint, brought by human rights advocate Imadeddin Al-Muntasser, claims that the defendants misused their political visibility and past affiliations with the Syrian opposition to lure ...

The so-called “settlement document” no longer serves as a tool for reconciliation or reintegration. Instead, it has morphed into a delayed death certificate, Daraj writes ...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that 390 civilians, including more than 100 children, have been killed in Syria since the beginning of 2025 ...

In the aftermath of Syria’s devastating war and the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the country faces a new and complex battle: dismantling the entrenched networks behind the billion-dollar Captagon ...

Syria’s upcoming People’s Council elections will unfold through a tightly controlled two-stage process, according to Mohammad Taha al-Ahmad, head of the country’s newly formed Supreme Committee for ...

In the uneasy interstice between war and peace, Syria grapples with a question striking at the heart of national sovereignty, social cohesion, and institutional legitimacy: what to do with thousands ...

The Government of East Turkestan in exile has issued a stark warning against recent efforts to integrate Chinese Uyghur fighters into the newly restructured Syrian army, calling the move a dangerous ...