Syria

By: Kareem Chehayeb And Ghaith Alsayed, The Associated Press Posted: 11:55 AM CDT Sunday, Mar. 16, 2025 Last Modified: 1:30 PM CDT Sunday, Mar. 16, 2025 DARAA, Syria (AP) — Family members of Syrians who disappeared in the country's 14-year civil war gathered in the city of Daraa on Sunday…

DAMASCUS - A massive explosion believed to have been triggered by a scrap dealer handling an old bomb killed at least 16 people in Syria, civil defence officials said on March 16. The blast on March 15 in the Mediterranean city of Latakia demolished a four-storey building, ripping down slabs…

Foreign Affairs It’s time to wrap up our long-running adventure in one of the nastiest parts of the world. Syria is a desperately complicated mess, second perhaps only to the Balkans for long-running and deeply held sectarian and ethnic strife. The very short version of recent history: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham…

A blast in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia killed at least 10 people on Saturday, state media reported, adding that it was triggered by a scrap dealer mishandling unexploded ordnance. SANA news agency earlier reported that "the death toll from the explosion at a hardware store" in Latakia's southern…

Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising with a public demonstration in Damascus for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled. The rally in Damascus's Umayyad Square was the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square…

BAGHDAD — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. “The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness…

The Listening Post Just months after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has been rocked by an eruption of violence. Coastal towns have turned into killing fields, with forces aligned with the government accused of massacring hundreds of civilians from religious minorities. The Syrian online space is also littered…

Welcome to ALL ISRAEL Prayer Points. Over 1,000 civilians from minority communities – most of them Alawites, but also some Christians—have been murdered in Syria this past week. As believers, we stand in prayer for their protection, justice, and strength. We ask God to shelter the vulnerable, bring an end…

Buses carrying senior figures from the Syrian Druze community are welcomed by members of the Druze community in Israel on the Israeli border with Syria, in Majdal Shams, March 14, 2025. (Photo: Ayal Margolin/Flash90) A delegation of some 100 Druze religious leaders from southern Syria visited Israel on Friday, marking…

An Alberta judge has ordered two Edmonton women captured in Syria during the defeat of the Islamic State to take part in a deradicalization program. At a court appearance on Friday, Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti were told they must undergo counselling with the Organization for the Prevention of Violence.…