Syria

Ziad Mahmoud Amayri sat with photographs of his 10 lost family members laid out in front of him. “There are two options: Either the government gives me justice, or I take justice myself.” Amayri’s threat is directed at one man: Fadi Saqr. Saqr was a commander of the National Defence…

The Syrian flag Canada on Friday lifted sanctions on Syria by removing the state from its list of state sponsors of terrorism and removing the designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a “terrorist entity,” according to AFP. Canada took this step following similar steps from the United States and…

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are showing “no intention” of honoring their agreement to integrate into Syrian state institutions, according to Reuters. He also accused the Kurds of maneuvering to evade the deal signed between Syria’s President…

Canada has removed Syria from its list of states that support terrorism and revoked the terror designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, aligning with recent policy shifts in the United Kingdom and the United States. Canada on Friday removed Syria from its list of states that support terrorism, and revoked Hayat…

TORONTO: Canada on Friday removed Syria from its list of states that support terrorism, and revoked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's (HTS) designation as a "terrorist entity," joining a list of countries to ease sanctions on Damascus. The moves come after HTS ousted former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad last December and took…

Politics The federal government has removed Syria from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, almost a year after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad's regime. Syria had been put on the list in 2012 Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2025 5:58 PM EST |…

OTTAWA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Friday that it has removed Syria from its list of foreign state supporters of terrorism and removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that spearheaded the rebel alliance that helped oust President Bashar al-Assad, from its list of terrorist entities. "These…

Jerusalem Post / Middle East Syrian regime thwarted Hezbollah weapons smuggling attempts, CENTCOM announces “Congratulations to Syria’s security forces for recently interdicting multiple weapons shipments,” CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said. “These shipments were intended for Hizbollah." A guard carrying a weapon stands at the main entrance to the industrial…

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Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year. That extraordinary figure represents nearly one-quarter of all Syrians who fled fighting during the 13-year civil war to live abroad. It is also a strikingly fast pace for a country where insecurity persists…