Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

Syria continues to build its new army as it looks to integrate various armed groups

The backbone of the army are the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham units that came out of Idlib and had fought Assad’s military for years, as well as units from southern Syria and units linked to Turkey.

 Syrian army personnel gather as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025.
 Direction and distance sign for the Syrian capital of Damascus at Mount Bental Israeli military outpost on the Syrian border

Syria, Israel in direct talks focused on security, sources say

 ISIS in Aleppo, Syria. 2017.

Syrian Interior Ministry announces targeted operation against ISIS cell in Aleppo

 The empty tomb of former Syrian president Hafez Assad.

Unknown individuals steal remains of ex-Syrian president Hafez Assad - report


UK lifts sanctions against Syria's defense ministry and intelligence agencies

A notice posted online by the British finance ministry said that 12 entities no longer subject to an asset freeze.

 A tank that belonged to the Syrian Army is parked on a street in Damascus, Syria, December 8, 2024.

Syrian forces detain two ‘Palestinian leaders in Damascus’ - report

This comes after the new Islamist leadership in Damascus cut ties with the Islamic Republic.

 SUPPORTERS OF Hamas and Islamic Jihad take part in a rally last year in the southern Gaza Strip to celebrate a deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv.

Operation Assad: The air mission to smuggle the Syrian despot's valuables

New details reveal how Assad smuggled millions in cash, data, and aides to the UAE as rebels closed in on Damascus.

 Assad poster burns in Syria

WATCH: IDF raids Syrian outpost, dismantles Assad-era military supplies

The site had previously served as a headquarters for a unit within the former Syrian regime. 

 IDF Paratrooper Brigade operates in southern Syria, April 5, 2025.

How can there be a brighter future for Syria’s Kurds? - opinion

That something similar could eventually be offered to the Kurds of Syria becomes a real possibility with the agreement reached between Sharaa and the SDF.

 ACTIVISTS PLACE a banner reading ‘For Democracy in Syria, defend Rojava’ on top of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, December 16, 2024. The civil institutions in northeastern Syria encompass the semi-autonomous Rojava region and include oil and gas fields, border crossings, and airports, the writer says.

Syria's President welcomes German FM

Baerbock led a delegation to Syria as part of widening efforts by European powers to reach out to the new government in the wake of the fall of the Assad regime on December 8.

  Amer Nahas, the supervisor of the German embassy building in Damascus for 26 years, handing the key to the Annalena Baerbock

WATCH: IDF presence on Syrian Hermon protects from Syrian, Hamas, Iran threats, Katz tells 'Post'

The program of Syrian Druze working in the Golan Heights will start on March 16.

Yonah Jeremy Bob embeds with IDF on Syrian side of Golan Heights, March 11, 2025.

Israeli troops locate, dismantle weapons while operating within Syria amid sectoral violence

The IDF began operating in Syria when HTS took power in order to preemptively stop a sudden invasion by Syrian jihadists.

 IDF troops operate within Syria in early March.

Syria calls for Israel's withdrawal from its lands, national dialog closing statement says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said recently that Israel would maintain the buffer zone as long as necessary.

  Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa holds a speech at the National Dialogue Conference on February 25, 2025 in Damascus, Syria

Syria’s Julani names himself transitional president, dissolves Baath institutions

The announcements emerged during a meeting attended by commanders of armed groups that fought to oust Bashar al-Assad from power.

 Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, in Damascus on December 23, 2024.

Nearly 30% of Syrians want to go home, up from almost zero, UN refugee chief says

Syrian refugees express rising intent to return as new leadership emerges after Assad's fall.

 Children attend a class in a primary school at refugee camp in Idlib, a northwestern Syrian city where Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) had maintained an administration at the time when Syria's civil war front lines were frozen, Syria, December 17, 2024.