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Syrian Democratic Forces Commander Mazloum Abdi and interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa shakes hands in Damascus, Syria, on Monday. Photo courtesy of SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi/X March 12 (UPI) -- Syria's interim government said it has reached a landmark agreement to integrate Kurdish-led forces into state institutions as it continues…

Top US diplomat endorses agreement to integrate Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into state institutions. The United States has welcomed Syria’s agreement to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into state institutions. Washington’s endorsement comes after the Syrian presidency and the US-backed SDF announced a deal granting the Syrian central…

Caution is warranted as regime elements appear to participate in ethnic cleansing. The post The Ugly Reality on the Ground in Syria appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

This is exactly the kind of violence that should have international media splashing over, but it didn’t get the attention it deserves. By JPOST EDITORIAL MARCH 12, 2025 05:52 A man assists a those who fled the violence in western Syria, at the Nahr El Kabir River. March 11, 2025.…

Alawite Syrians, who fled the violence in western Syria, walk in Nahr El Kabir River, after the reported mass killings of Alawite minority members, in Akkar, Lebanon March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Over the past week, the largest part of the world’s already scant media attention on the slaughter in…

Smoke rises while Israeli security forces raid the Nur Shams refugee camp, in the city of Tulkarem, March 2, 2025. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90 After almost a year and a half of war, a deceptive quiet has settled over the Israeli home front in recent weeks, as ceasefires have largely…

Local News Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's comment was an apparent reference to the September pager attacks in Lebanon and Syria. Demonstrators display Palestinian flags and banners during a protest against former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's campus visit to Harvard University. A coalition of students and community activists…

Reporter's Notebook: At 9,232 feet above sea level, I looked down on Syria, Lebanon, and Israel all at the same time. By YONAH JEREMY BOB MARCH 11, 2025 20:00 Updated: MARCH 12, 2025 13:05 Yonah Jeremy Bob narrating from the Syrian side of the Golan. (Credit: Yonah Jeremy Bob) At…

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CNN  —  A Syrian military operation against remnants of the former Assad regime has now ended, having sparked some of the worst violence seen in the country in years. Hundreds of people have been killed in the crackdown and fighting between the security forces and supporters of former President Bashar…