Hundreds of former public sector employees in Idlib, arbitrarily dismissed from their positions by the Assad regime, are ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order lifting most US sanctions on Syria this week, cementing a sea change in his ...

Syria’s southern Daraa province has seen serious violations and abuses by new general security personnel—including killings, ...

A six-month window for refugees in Turkey to visit Syria before committing to return is set to close on July 1. In Kilis, a ...

A bloody page in Syria’s history was turned with the overthrow of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, but real peace remains elusive. The war ended, yes, but its traces are still visible in corners ...

A six-month window for refugees in Turkey to visit Syria before committing to return is set to close on July 1. In Kilis, a border city transformed by an influx of refugees, many are preparing to ...

MERSIN — Hussein al-Marandi can feel something changing in Gaziantep. For years, the Turkish city around an hour’s drive from the border with his native Aleppo has been an economic hub, hosting ...

Between January and the end of April, extrajudicial killings of at least 361 civilians took place in Homs and Hama provinces, SNHR told Syria Direct. Most took place in areas inhabited by Alawites, ...

PARIS — Local forces affiliated with the Damascus government’s General Security Directorate were killed and injured in an ambush in western Suwayda on Tuesday, in the latest outburst of violence as a ...

PARIS — Coinciding with a sharp rise in sectarian incitement and hate speech, Druze-majority areas of Syria endured a wave of violence this week, including a major escalation in communities just ...

PARIS — Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri has taken center stage in Suwayda since Assad fell last year, as the top figure in the southern province or the primary representative of his ...

Damascus’ Decree 3 of 2023 provides tax exemptions and loans for those whose property was damaged or destroyed by the February 6 earthquake, but does not take into account displaced property owners ...