Syria

A government building shows a defaced picture of former President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, on Dec. 1, 2024. Photo: Karam Almasri/NurPhoto via Getty Images Loubna Mrie is a Syrian journalist and author. Authoritarianism does not begin with prisons or torture chambers. It begins with suspicion — when loyalty is measured…

Last Updated: September 23, 2025, 02:26 IST US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Syrian President Ahmad Hussein al-Sharaa, discussed sanctions relief, Israel-Syria ties, and Syria’s first UNGA address in over 60 years US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday met Syrian President Ahmad Hussein al-Sharaa. (Secretary Marco Rubio/X)…

The last Syrian president to address the UN General Assembly spoke at the gathering in 1967. Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in New York for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), becoming the first Syrian head of state to attend the annual gathering in almost…

President Trump is taking deportation protections away from Syrian immigrants in the midst of a resurgence of militant groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. Around 6,000 Syrians are currently living and working in America under Temporary Protected Status. Now they will be forced to return to a country…

They warned that foreign military action, political exclusion and dwindling resources threaten to undo fragile gains. UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen - who announced that he will be stepping down from his role during the meeting - told ambassadors that interim authorities in Damascus have inherited "not just the ruins…

Mahmoud Khalil, speaks at his release rally on the steps of St. John the Devine Cathedral on Sunday, 22 June, 2025 in New York City Alamy Stock Photo Mahmoud Khalil Khalil was detained by immigration for three months beginning in March and faced potential deportation. A JUDGE IN the southern…

Last Updated: September 18, 2025, 07:45 IST A Louisiana court has ordered the deportation of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to Syria or Algeria for failing to disclose information on his green card application. A file photo of Mahmoud Khalil (AFP) Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is being deported to Syria or…

An immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Algeria or Syria, citing allegations that he omitted information from his green card application, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student whose case has been at the center of the Trump administration's crackdown on…

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Clashes in Suwayda Province between Druze fighters and Syrian government forces, July 16, 2025.. (Photo: Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via Reuters) With the situation in the Druze-majority city of Suwayda in southern Syria still unclear, reports on Tuesday said that Israel has been paying salaries to around 3,000 Druze militia fighters.  The…