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          An alley in the Old City of Damascus. Syria's rich artistic heritage was severely constrained under the Assad regime. AFP

          Syrian art enthusiasts enjoy new-found freedom in post-Assad era

          MENAJanuary 22, 2025
          Khaled Brigade, a part of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, holding a military parade in Damascus in December. Reuters

          What will post-Assad Syria do about foreign fighters?

          CommentJanuary 14, 2025
          A Halo Trust worker clearing mines from a field in the town of Musibin in Syria's Idlib province. AFP

          Dozens in Syria killed by landmines as families return home

          MENAJanuary 14, 2025
          Syrian women hold portraits of their missing loved ones during a protest march in Idlib last month. EPA

          There are many paths to justice – which will Syria choose?

          CommentJanuary 10, 2025
          Syrians wave the Russian flag in support of its invasion of Ukraine, at a rally in Damascus during the Assad regime. AFP

          Assad's allies play role in 'surge in disinformation' against new administration

          MENAJanuary 09, 2025
          Friday prayers in Al Ghadfa. A mosque on the other side of the road is heavily damaged so prayers are held out in the open. Jamie Prentis / The National

          'Indescribable destruction': Rural Idlib free from Assad but ruined by 13 years of war

          MENAJanuary 08, 2025
          A torn portrait of former Syrian president Bashar Al Assad on the outskirts of Damascus, December 16. Syrians keenly understand the fragile and unpredictable nature of the political transition that is taking place. EPA

          Assad's Syria fell because it offered no future

          EditorialJanuary 08, 2025
          Bashar Yassine, originally from Eastern Ghouta but now displaced in Idlib, is the manager of a restaurant called Salleh. Jamie Prentis / The National

          Syrians who fled homes bombed by Assad regime say returning is distant dream

          MENAJanuary 06, 2025
          A member of the HTS security forces takes part in an operation to detain men suspected of being part of militias or Assad loyalists in Homs, Syria. AP

          'Blood on their hands': Syria's HTS moves against former Assad enforcers

          MENAJanuary 05, 2025
          A protest in Damascus on December 27. At least 15,000 people died from torture or were killed in the government’s prisons during Syria's civil war. AFP

          Justice in Syria is not only necessary, it is achievable

          CommentJanuary 03, 2025
          Ayman Asfari, Petrofac’s former group chief executive, says democracy will not happen overnight in Syria but the country is moving in the right direction. Bloomberg

          Businessman Asfari calls on world to support 'fragile' Syria

          USJanuary 02, 2025
          Displaced Syrians working in a junkyard in the town of Batabo, between Idlib and Aleppo provinces in north-west Syria, in 2021. Reuters

          Assad regime bombed Aleppo for years — then profited from its scrap metal

          MENAJanuary 01, 2025
          A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces stands on a street in SDF-controlled Hasakah, north-eastern Syria. Reuters

          Syrian leader Al Shara meets US-backed Kurdish group amid clashes

          MENAJanuary 01, 2025
          A staircase inside the Palestine Branch of Syria's Military Intelligence Directorate in Damascus, days after its inmates were freed by rebels who toppled former president Bashar Al Assad. AFP

          Survivors reveal the horror of ‘disappearing’ into Assad’s detention network

          MENAJanuary 01, 2025
          The Khaled Brigade, part of Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, holds a military parade in Damascus on December 27. Reuters

          Syria's new government giving defence roles to foreign fighters

          MENADecember 31, 2024
          A woman holds a portrait of a missing relative during a protest calling for accountability outside Hijaz train station in Damascus on Friday. AP

          Syria's new head of intelligence pledges to end abuses from Assad era

          MENADecember 29, 2024
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