Syria

International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since Islamist-led forces toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month. There was an air of excitement at the terminal, AFP journalists saw, with arriving passengers chanting and cheering, some draped in the country's three-star independence flag.…

The U.S. Government has eased some restrictions on Syria’s government to allow for humanitarian aid. The U.S. Treasury had issued a sanctions exemption for six months to “support the Syrian people as they build a more hopeful, secure, and peaceful future,’’ it said in a statement. In December, Syria’s new…

The Syrian Embassy in Cairo has announced new measures aimed at easing their return to Syria on Sunday 5 January.  Among these measures are free document certification, a one-time six-month extension for passports, and complimentary same-day return tickets.  These initiatives, effective immediately, underscore the Embassy’s commitment to supporting the approximately…

A Syrian mayor told AFP he had meetings with Israeli officers as the military conducted incursions in his village inside a Golan Heights buffer zone, saying they had demanded locals relinquish their weapons. The Israeli military, contacted by AFP, said it could not comment. Mohamed Mreiwel, mayor of the village…

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad landed Tuesday at the Damascus airport, arriving from Qatar. Jordanian state-run Petra news agency reported that a Royal Jordanian Airlines plane departed for Damascus on a test flight. The head of the Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission,…

January 7, 2025 Coverage of Syria’s prisons overlooks their decades-long use as key destinations for extraordinary rendition, where terror suspects were sent for brutal interrogations. Syrians stage a protest for their relatives imprisoned in Sednaya Prison, in Damascus, Syria on January 3, 2025. (Izettin Kasim / Anadolu via Getty Images)…

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There are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen. This is the Middle East today. The downfall of Syria’s Assad regime, coupled with forces unleashed after Hamas attacked Israel in 2023, have triggered a regional power vacuum. This crisis of uncertainty presents a historic opportunity for…

What are Syria’s new diplomatic efforts looking to achieve? NewsFeed Questions loom over the new administration in Syria and its tactics in reshaping a nation after 14 years of war. Al Jazeera’s James Bays in Damascus weighs in on the new diplomatic efforts and the public’s concerns. Published On 6…

World / January 6, 2025 Syrians begin to learn to live without Assad. Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime and the New Year’s Eve in the capital, Damascus, on December 31, 2024.(Ibrahim Hatib / Anadolu via Getty Images) Damascus and Sednaya, Syria—On New Year’s Day, Diyya ad-Din Dereh…