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A festive Christmas scene in Al Qaniya, Idlib. AFP

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

Christian community avoided celebrations amid persecution by armed factions who took control of the area

Jordanian strikes target drug traffickers and factories in Syria, state media says

ISIS leader for Damascus arrested in operation supported by US-led coalition

Dispatch‘Huge returns’ draw smugglers to rugged Syria-Lebanon border

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

In Kurdish-held areas of Aleppo, Syria’s fractures come into focus

Clashes erupt in Aleppo between SDF and Syrian government

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Syrian pounds in a money exchange shop in Damascus. Syria plans to issue new bank notes and eliminate two zeroes from its currency. Getty Images

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Central Bank governor says plan is progressing and two zeroes will be removed from the pound

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US forces struck more than 70 ISIS-linked targets in Syria on Friday. AFP

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

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on US Senate approval to repeal Caesar Act sanctions against Syria

Our cartoonist's take on US Senate approval to repeal Caesar Act sanctions against Syria

Centcom chief insists US operations in Syria critical to countering ISIS

ISIS ambush and extremists in Syrian forces cause alarm in Washington

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

CommentIs the era of militias in the Arab world finally ending? Iraq may have just said so

Left: Australian prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Ahmed Al Ahmed at St George Hospital in Sydney. Right: the damaged family house of Ahmed Al Ahmed in the town of Nayrb. AP / Reuters

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

The National speaks to family members in Nayrb, a small town devastated by civil war

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

Rebuilding Syria's aviation sector could take up to five years, Iata says

US Syria envoy Barrack meets Israel's Netanyahu in Jerusalem

EditorialOnly a united Syria can defeat ISIS

Pressure on Syria to quell extremists after killing of US troops

Two US soldiers and interpreter shot dead in ISIS ambush in Syria

US Central Command forces have been working with partners in Syria to defeat ISIS. Centcom

EditorialOnly a united Syria can defeat ISIS

Sectarian violence and the radicalisation of youth will only strengthen extremism

Pressure on Syria to quell extremists after killing of US troops

Two US soldiers and interpreter shot dead in ISIS ambush in Syria

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