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President Ahmed al-Shara'a speaks during the formation of the new Syrian government. March 29, 2025.

HTS members, Druze, and Kurds: A look at Syria's diverse new goverment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Illustrative of an Israel flag and Syria flag, with soldiers and weapons.

Syria and Israel: How Jerusalem, Damascus can break the cycle and strive for peace

By NIR BOMS , SHADI MARTINI

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.

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

By NEVILLE TELLER

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

Syria's President welcomes German FM

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A child reacts during a demonstration marking the 14th anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict, in Damascus, Syria March 15, 2025.

Global donors commit $6.5 billion to Syria’s post-war recovery

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

A child reacts during a demonstration marking the 14th anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict, in Damascus, Syria March 15, 2025.

The end of an era: Assad is gone, and Syrians reclaim their future

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

YASER FARHAN, spokesperson for a Syrian committee responsible for investigating the attacks in the Latakia area, holds a news conference in Damascus this week.

There is no such thing as a good jihadist: Western media is downplaying HTS's brutality

By ZINA RAKHAMILOVA , David Mayofis

Syrian Alawite woman Rana Bousheh, 34, leaves the Hmeimim air base with her family, to return to her village, in Latakia, Syria March 13, 2025.

Syrians trickle home from sanctuary at Russian air base

By REUTERS

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025.

Kurdish-led Syrian group rejects Islamist authorities' new constitution framework

By REUTERS

A 3D printed natural gas pipeline is placed in front of displayed Qatar flag in this illustration taken, February 8, 2022.

Qatar to provide gas to Syria via Jordan with a US nod, sources say

By REUTERS

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

Katz: Israeli military presence on Syrian Hermon protects Israel from regional threats

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

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

IDF troops operate within Syria in early March.

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

A military convoy heads towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria, March 7, 2025.

Over 340 civilians killed by Syrian government-linked gunmen

By REUTERS