Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, will be joined in the Middle East by Antonia Costa, EU Council leader. Reuters

EU President to make first post-Assad visit to Syria to support recovery

Bloc is setting up 'technical assistance hub' as official tells The National new context in Syria is 'hopeful and challenging'

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Egypt to export gas and petroleum products to Syria

Energy

Case against Syrians accused of funding extremists dismissed

UK

Egypt's military increasing support to Lebanon’s army, sources say

MENA

CommentSuperpowers are failing to heed the lessons of regime change

Opinion

Joint UK-French strike targets ISIS arms cache in Syria

MENA

Syrian security force member killed in Aleppo suicide attack

MENA
US forces have carried out strikes against ISIS in Syria after military personnel were killed in Palmyra. AFP; Reuters; Centcom

US forces killed or captured 25 ISIS members in Syria in December

Centcom launched operations in response to killing of two US soldiers and an interpreter in Palmyra

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Syria arrests 21 people allegedly linked to Assad regime in Latakia

MENA

Today's cartoonShadi's take on the end of Syria's Assad-era banknotes

Cartoon

Syria imposes curfew in Latakia after sectarian violence

MENA

EditorialSyria has an opportunity to empty its 'ISIS camps' for good

Editorial

No faces, no places: Syria unveils new banknotes to replace Assad-era currency

MENA

Security deployments in Syria's coastal region aimed at 'restoring calm'

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Women walking at Al Hol camp in October, 2023. Set up by the UN in 1991 to shelter Iraqi refugees fleeing the fallout from the Gulf War, the camp has become one of Syria’s most complex humanitarian and security challenges. AFP

EditorialSyria has an opportunity to empty its 'ISIS camps' for good

Dozens of Syrian families are being reintegrated into society but departure programmes need more help

Editorial

No faces, no places: Syria unveils new banknotes to replace Assad-era currency

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Security deployments in Syria's coastal region aimed at 'restoring calm'

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Syria's Alawites protest after deadly mosque bombing

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