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          Syria

          The training base was part of what Syrian rebels called Hezbollah’s “security square”, in Al Qusayr on the Lebanon-Syria border. Photo: Lizzie Porter / The National

          Inside the abandoned Hezbollah training base in Syria's Al Qusayr

          MENADecember 21, 2024
          Fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, according to residents, after the ousting of al-Assad, in Najha, Syria, December 17, 2024. REUTERS / Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

          UN asks Syria's new leaders to protect mass grave sites and preserve evidence of crimes

          MENADecember 20, 2024
          The head of the UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Paulo Pinheiro said the most important thing in documenting human rights abuses in Syria was 'to protect the civilians'. EPA

          Syria Commission chief on his 13 years of documenting human rights abuses

          USDecember 20, 2024
          Ahmad Al Shara, Syria's de facto leader is seeking international recognition after leading a blitz that toppled Bashar Al Assad's regime. AFP

          US removes HTS leader's $10m bounty after diplomats visit Damascus

          USDecember 20, 2024
          A member of the Syrian Civil Defense group, the White Helmets, stands on a truck next to bodies piled up at the site where human remains were discovered along a road leading to the airport in Damascus, Syria, 16 December 2024. According to the White Helmets, 17 bodies and 24 bags containing human bones were found dumped on the side of the road leading to Damascus International Airport, and an investigation was launched to determine the identities of the bodies and the circumstances of death. EPA / MOHAMMED AL RIFAI

          Canvas bags with human remains found in Damascus countryside

          MENADecember 20, 2024
          EPA / Reuters

          The Assad regime were world leaders in torture. Its survivors will determine Syria's future

          CommentDecember 20, 2024
          Syrians wait with their belongings at the Masnaa border crossing as they prepare to enter Lebanon. EPA

          Syrian army generals and security officers fled to Lebanon, sources say

          MENADecember 20, 2024
          A Syrian fighter speaks as activists gather at Umayyad Square in Damascus to demand a secular state. AP

          German Syria envoy warns on sanctions hopes after visit to Damascus

          EuropeDecember 20, 2024
          Workers put up the new Syrian flag as people attend Friday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Reuters

          US diplomats make first visit to post-Assad Syria

          MENADecember 20, 2024
          Weapons collected as part of the continuing Syrian disarmament process, in Hama. Lizzie Porter / The National

          Assad regime soldiers hand in weapons in hope of new future

          MENADecember 20, 2024
          Syrian composer Samih Choukeir sings his song Ya Haif (What a Shame) at a rally in Paris celebrating the overthrow of Bashar Al Assad. EPA

          For Syrian exiles, this sliver of liberty feels monumental

          CommentDecember 20, 2024
          Lebanese soldiers pictured on December 12. If the Lebanese state is to re-establish its monopoly on the use of force, it needs a fit-for-purpose military. EPA

          Guns in Lebanon should be in the hands of its army

          EditorialDecember 20, 2024
          Hundreds of people protested in central Damascus on Thursday, calling for democracy and women’s rights. AP

          UN chief Guterres demands halt to Israeli operations in Syria

          MENADecember 19, 2024
          Jean-Francois Guillaume, France's special envoy to Syria, outside the entrance to the French embassy headquarters in Damascus this week. AFP

          Overgrown and dusty: How France found its deserted Syrian embassy

          EuropeDecember 19, 2024
          A man repaints his storefront in Damascus, daubing over the flag of the former Syrian government. EPA

          How to form a government in ten days: Syria's HTS installs first bureaucrats

          MENADecember 19, 2024
          A Syrian soldier searches through documents outside the Mezzeh airbase, near Damascus, after rebels ousted president Bashar Al Assad. EPA

          Iraq sends Syrian soldiers who fled rebel offensive back to their country

          NewsDecember 19, 2024