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People walk at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on April 18, 2025.

Sixteen ISIS suspects found in sprawling detainee camp in Syria

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A vehicle carries the coffin of a commander from Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah armed group who was killed in what they called a "Zionist attack" in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday, during a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq September 22, 2024

Hezbollah won’t be disarmed easily despite Israel's progress

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Children walk along a damaged street filled with debris in the Damascus suburb of Zamalka October 3, 2013.

Syrians recall Assad's deadly chemical weapon attack over a decade later

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A map of targets struck by the IDF in Syria.

22 IAF jets drop 60 bombs on Assad regime targets in Syria

By 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

A Syrian anti government fighter shoots against a large banner bearing a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, hanging on the facade of a municipal building in the west-central city of Hama on December 5, 2024.

Syrian forces wage deadly clashes with Assad loyalists

By REUTERS

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023

UN rights chief urges Syria’s new government to pursue national reconciliation

By THE MEDIA LINE

Rebel fighters pose as they hold a Syrian opposition flag at the Umayyad Mosque, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 9, 2024.

Projecting strength and tolerance: New Syrian gov't faces biggest test yet

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iran's Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani speaks at the United Nations Security Council meeting, following a ballistic missile attack on Israel, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2024.

Iran’s self-delusion: Tehran scrambles to fix Syria ties after Assad's fall

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

IDF soldiers stand atop tanks in the Golan Heights near Israel's border with Syria.

Residents of Syrian Golan villages, rebels transfer Assad weapons to IDF

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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Syria retains 26 tons of gold reserves after Assad's fall

By REUTERS

Portrait image of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria

'Damascus taken by terror': Assad makes first comment since fleeing Syria to Russia

By AMICHAI STEIN , REUTERS

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Israel approves plan to expand communities in the Golan Heights

The Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey, December 8, 2024.

Syrian Shi'ites and other minorities flee to Lebanon, fearing Islamist rule

By REUTERS

REBELS LED by HTS capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in northern Syria and Hama in the west-central region by pressing onward to Homs, in Hama, last Friday. Having pounded anti-Assad factions for years, Russia cannot expect accommodation from HTS, say the writers.

What the new Middle East chessboard means for Israel

By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM , Stepan Stepanenko

Rebel fighters stand next to the burning gravesite of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad at his mausoleum in the family's ancestral village of Qardaha in the western Latakia province on December 11, 2024, after it was stormed by opposition factions.

Syrian rioters set tomb of Hafez al-Assad ablaze in Qardaha

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

IDF soldiers gather near the ceasefire line between Syria and Israel, in the Golan Heights, December 9, 2024

'Any sane country would do this': Bennett denies IDF advance on Damascus, outlines defensive needs

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

President Assad meets President Putin in Moscow, July 25, 2024

Moscow extends lifeline to Assad, offers asylum to family

By JOANIE MARGULIES