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The needs in Aleppo’s industrial city reflect the challenges currently facing Syria more broadly: rebuilding infrastructure and forging relationships with the wider world. Lizzie Porter / The National

Postcard from AleppoHow Syria’s battered northern powerhouse is coming back to life

Once a battleground, the Sheikh Najjar city is slowly being revived - but some investors remain wary

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Syria to introduce new banknotes on January 1

Christmas joy returns to Syria's Idlib after years of civil war

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Syrian government and SDF agree to de-escalate after deadly Aleppo clashes

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US has 'no reason to be in Syria', Republican Senator says

Syria 'dismantles' ISIS cell in Damascus suburb

Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara makes a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar Al Assad's fall, in Damascus on December 8, 2025. Reuters

Syria welcomes repeal of sweeping US sanctions

President Ahmad Al Shara thanked US President Donald Trump for responding to the call of the Syrian people

Five ISIS fighters killed in US strikes on Syria in response to Palmyra attacks

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Navigating Syria's new political economy: Rivalry, rising rents and a new elite

UK places sanctions on Syrian military commanders

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Centcom chief insists US operations in Syria critical to countering ISIS

President Donald Trump salutes as troops in Delaware carry the remains of Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a US civilian killed alongside two soldiers in Syria. Getty Images / AFP

ISIS ambush and extremists in Syrian forces cause alarm in Washington

Not all Republicans happy with President Trump's unfettered embrace of Syria's new leader

Trump signs bill that includes repeal of Caesar Act sanctions on Syria

Triumphant return for Syrian diplomats who took anti-Assad stand

Syria seizes bombs and drones in new anti-ISIS raid in Damascus

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'We are proud of Ahmed': Bondi hero's Syrian hometown praises brave act

DispatchThe 'forgotten' Syrians unable to return home inside their own country

Protesters carry a mocked-up missile at a rally against US-led strikes on Houthi targets, in Sanaa, Yemen, in January 2024. Reuters

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'We are proud of Ahmed': Bondi hero's Syrian hometown praises brave act

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