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People visit the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut

Syria accuses Hezbollah of kidnapping and executing three soldiers

By Yuval Barnea

– Druze Sheikh Al-Akl, Dr. Sami Abi Al-Muna

Syrian Druze leader: 'We oppose agreement with new regime due to extremism'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aftermath of an Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria, March 13, 2025.

Katz confirms IDF attacks in Damascus to stop future Islamic Jihad terror ops

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

ISRAEL HAS the world’s third-largest Druze population, after Syria and Lebanon. Here, Druze gather to contact their relatives on the Syrian side of the border from the Israeli Golan Heights.

Damascus may have hammered out deal with Druze in Suweida

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

The leader of the Syrian Democratic Forces signed a deal on March 11 with Syria’s new president Ahmed al-Sharaa

Historic deal between Damascus and Kurdish-led SDF could transform Syria

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A man receives a blanketed child from another crossing the Nahr al-Kabir river, forming the border between Syria's western Latakia province and northern Lebanon in the Hekr al-Daher area on March 11, 2025, as families from Syria's Alawite minority enter Lebanon to flee from sectarian violence

Alawite Syrians to 'Post': We need Israel's help from jihadist atrocities

Blasts from IDF strikes in Syria, February 26, 2025.

IAF targets Syrian regime's military headquarters, radar systems in overnight raid

By AMIR BOHBOT , LIRAN HARONI

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025.

Sharaa says he will crackdown on mass killings that 'threaten unity' of Syria

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Search and sweep operations are being expanded to track down remnants of the deposed Bashar al-Assad regime after recent security tensions in the coastal region, where ousted regime elements attacked security patrols and checkpoints, resulting in casualties on March 07, 2025 in Latakia, Syria.

Damascus announce completion of anti-Assad loyalist campaign

By REUTERS

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa talks to attendees during a national dialogue, a key milestone in the transition to a new political system after decades of Assad rule, in Damascus, Syria February 25, 2025.

Deadly clashes rage in coastal Syria as Sharaa calls for peace

By REUTERS

Attendees gather during a national dialogue, a key milestone in the transition to a new political system after decades of Assad rule, in Damascus, Syria February 25, 2025.

Massacres in Latakia test Syria’s new government amid rising violence

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Fighters affiliated with Syria's new administration inspect a car at a checkpoint in Syria's western coastal city of Latakia, which is an Alawite stronghold, on December 26, 2024

Katz: Syria's al-Sharaa is committing 'atrocities' against civilians as Alawite insurgency ensues

By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Syria’s new leadership drafts constitutional declaration amid controversy

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line

A Syrian man rides his bike as a Russian military convoy heads towards Hmeimim air base in Syria's coastal Latakia, Syria, December 14, 2024.

Syria asks Russia to clear Assad debts as Moscow gambles to keep bases

By REUTERS

Attendees gather during a national dialogue, a key milestone in the transition to a new political system after decades of Assad rule, in Damascus, Syria February 25, 2025.

Syrians back freedoms, constitutional process at landmark dialog

By REUTERS

Tareq Al-Shoufi announcing “The Suweyda Military Council.” February 25, 2025.

New Druze military organization announced in Suwayda

SYRIA’S INTERIM President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Fernando Arias, the head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in Damascus, earlier this month. The world expects Syria to pass trust tests and prove it has a national agenda completely unrelated to its past, says the writer

Syria’s new leadership faces a defining test

By SALEM ALKETBI

Members of preparatory committee host a session in Damascus, Syria February 20, 2025.

Syria to hold dialog conference amid criticism over inclusivity

By REUTERS