Syria

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.…

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Syria's new temporary constitution concentrates power in interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's hands and fails to include enough protections for minorities, experts warn. The declaration, signed into law on Thursday, establishes a five-year transitional period and follows the toppling of Bashar al-Assad's repressive government by Islamist-led rebels after nearly 14 years…

Local News Khalil, despite being a permanent U.S. resident, has been ordered by the Trump administration to be deported to his birthplace of Syria. Hoang Phan, an English professor at UMass Amherst, lends his voice with at least 100 other students, faculty members, and residents protesting in front of the…

Syria's interim foreign minister said in Baghdad on Friday his government was ready to "reinforce cooperation" with Iraq in the fight against remnants of the Islamic State group. Asaad al-Shaibani's visit to Syria's neighbour coincided with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announcing that security forces had killed a senior…

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Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five years during a transitional phase. The nation’s interim rulers have struggled to exert their authority across much of Syria since the Islamist former…