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Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Jordan Correspondent
Jordan
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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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
A Syrian National Army fighter watches smoke rise from an air strike on a position near the Tishreen Dam in northern Syria. AFP
Russian officials make first visit to Damascus since Assad’s overthrow

Delegation arrives amid escalating violence in wake of the toppling of its allied regime

MENAJanuary 28, 2025
Displaced Palestinians on the move in the northern Gaza Strip after they were allowed to return home. AP
Trump's Gaza proposals trigger talks on formation of Arab opposition front

Emergency meeting of the Arab League, and possibly summit, being considered

MENAJanuary 27, 2025
Hayat Tahrir Al Sham fighters detain a man during an operation to find 'remnants' of ousted Syrian President Bashar Al Assad's forces, in Homs, Syria. Reuters
Bloodshed mounts in Syria as HTS launches new incursion

Group has launched a new operation in the coastal area to ‘crush’ remnants of regime, it says

MENAJanuary 26, 2025
Turkish-backed Syrian National Army fighters near Tishreen Dam in Aleppo province, eastern Syria, where battles with the Syrian Democratic Forces continue to rage. AFP
New front against Kurdish militia opens up in eastern Syria

Fighting ongoing despite talks between the US-backed SDF militia and HTS rulers in Damascus

MENAJanuary 23, 2025
Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces celebrate victory and liberation of Raqqa. Reuters
US-backed SDF ‘withdraws from parts of eastern Syria’

Pullout marks the first major change in lines of control over the strategic area in a month

MENAJanuary 21, 2025
Syrian National Army forces face-off with Kurdish militias near the city of Manbij. Getty Images
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters renew military push against Kurdish militias

Impasse continues between mostly Kurdish SDF militia and the new order in Damascus

MENAJanuary 19, 2025
The courtyard of the Irbid museum, formerly the residence of the Ottoman governor. Khaled Yacoub Oweis / The National
Postcard from IrbidUrban sprawl masks archaeological gems in Jordan’s jilted 'bride of the north'

The kingdom's ‘bride of the north’ is rarely part of the tourist itinerary

MENAJanuary 17, 2025
An Israeli army vehicle on patrol along the security fence between Israel and Syria in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. EPA
Israel and US-led coalition strike targets inside Syria

Air strikes kill two Hayat Tahrir Al Sham fighters and one militant in the group's Idlib stronghold

MENAJanuary 16, 2025
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Israel’s war on the devastated strip has left a mammoth challenge of reconstruction ahead

MENAJanuary 16, 2025
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