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Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Jordan Correspondent
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Khaled has been a journalist for 25 years, mostly with Reuters in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and London. He covered the outbreak of Arab uprisings in Yemen and Syria, Hafez Al Assad's rule, Iraq under Saddam Hussein and was war correspondent in Baghdad during the 2003 US invasion. He joined The National as Chief Foreign Writer in 2019 before moving to Amman. He was a Visiting Fellow for more than three years at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin.
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Sheep wander the abandoned town of Jobar on the edge of Damascus. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
Syria's long road to recovery: Lessons from a devastated Damascus suburb

In town of Jobar, former regime of Bashar Al Assad revelled in destruction

MENAMarch 01, 2025
Jordan's King Abdullah II welcomes Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at Marka airport in Amman on Wednesday. AFP
Syria's Al Shara and Jordan's King Abdullah to co-operate on security

Drug and weapons-smuggling across shared border have curbed progress on resumption of ties

MENAFebruary 26, 2025
Syrian leader Ahmad Al Shara speaking at the national dialogue conference in Damascus. Photo: Syrian Arab News Agency
Damascus conference backs HTS government's goal to disarm civil war factions

President Ahmad Al Shara issues warning shot to rival armed groups at opening of 600-person meeting

MENAFebruary 25, 2025
Ahmad Al Shara, the leader of Syria's new administration, with Asaad Al Shibani, Syria's new Foreign Minister
Syrian authorities hold national conference without SDF and Druze leaders

The post-Assad regime is under pressure to show it can govern inclusively

MENAFebruary 24, 2025
Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in Qamishli, north-eastern Syria. AP
Syria's HTS government buys oil from Kurds as country remains fragmented

Deal could help de-escalate tension between the central authorities and US-backed Kurds

MENAFebruary 23, 2025
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara at the presidential palace in Damascus. The National has spoken to some who knew him in the past. Photo: Syria Transitional Government / AFP
Upbringing sheds light on mindset of Syria's leader Ahmad Al Shara

Syria's new leader has shed fatigues for suits and spoken extensively since his rebel group toppled the Assad regime, but he remains an enigmatic figure

MENAFebruary 21, 2025
A Hayat Tahrir Al Sham fighter at a checkpoint in the city of Homs in western Syria. Getty Images
HTS troop recruitment blitz aims to tighten grip on new Syria

The authorities race to build manpower as they consolidate their position

MENAFebruary 19, 2025
Damaged homes that were looted in Maarat Al Numan, on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria. AP
US strike kills Al Qaeda operative in Idlib as Syria leader Al Shara tours area

Some figures who helped Ahmad Al Shara reach power are now an obstacle to his acceptance in the West

MENAFebruary 16, 2025
A teller counts Syrian banknotes at the Central Bank in Damascus, a city where stalls exchanging the unstable local currency are dotted around the pavements. EPA
'It is all a game': Syrians baffled by sharply fluctuating currency

Syrian pound’s exchange rate has improved with regime change but with little benefit to the battered economy

MENAFebruary 07, 2025
Ahmad Al Shara, who was proclaimed Syria's President by his HTS comrades, is planning to change his cabinet as the country seeks international rehabilitation. AP Photo
ExclusiveSyrian cabinet set for imminent reshuffle, sources say

New leader had installed his loyalists at the top of the post-Assad order

MENAFebruary 05, 2025
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara is received by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Sunday. Reuters
Al Shara discusses reviving Syria’s economy with Saudi Crown Prince

Syrian leader visits Riyadh on first trip abroad in new role

MENAFebruary 02, 2025
Syrian leader Ahmad Al Shara says the country will be 'governed by shura', a form of collective decision making in Islam. AFP
Syrian leader Al Shara vows to impose central power as challenges emerge from fringes

Former rebel chief vows to unify country a day after being declared President

MENAJanuary 30, 2025
Ahmad Al Shara, leader of Syria's new government, with Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani
Al Shara’s appointment as Syria’s President sparks fears of new iron rule

Leader’s rebel supporters appointed him as president on Wednesday

MENAJanuary 30, 2025
Syria's new transitional President, Ahmad Al Shara. Syria Transitional Government / AFP
Rebels declare Ahmad Al Shara President of Syria

Al Shara leads Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, which was behind last month's toppling of Bashar Al Assad

MENAJanuary 29, 2025
Syria's former president Bashar Al Assad. He fled to Russia on December 8 as Hayat Tahrir Al Sham led an assault on Damascus. Reuters
ExclusiveSyria’s new leader tells Russia to hand over Al Assad - and his ‘$2 billion’

Ahmad Al Shara says former president must be brought to justice in first meeting with Kremlin officials

NewsJanuary 29, 2025
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