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12/11/2025

Syria’s new authorities are trying to “put the house in order” after Assad’s fall, from the Victory Conference and National Dialogue to a new constitutional declaration and “hybrid” elections for parliament.

What powers will the new People’s Assembly really have, and how far can it go in overseeing the executive and rebuilding the state?

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Enab Baladi – Mohammad Kakhi The revolutionaries who entered Damascus wasted little time before beginning to reorganise and restructure Syria’s […]

12/11/2025

Military parades send a message on Syria’s Liberation Day

12/11/2025

Syria has officially licensed the first organization dedicated to the country’s Jewish heritage.
The “Syrian Jewish Heritage Organization” will work on preserving Syrian Jewish heritage, documenting Jewish properties seized under the former regime, and restoring synagogues and shrines so they are open to visitors from around the world.

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12/11/2025

The US House of Representatives has passed the 2026 defense budget bill, including a provision to repeal the Caesar sanctions on Syria. The move opens the door to fully and permanently lifting US sanctions before Christmas, pending Senate approval and the President’s signature.

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12/10/2025

Israeli forces raided a house at dawn in Abidin village, in the Yarmouk Basin (western Daraa countryside), and arrested a young man, Mohammad al-Quweder, taking him to an unknown location.

Abidin has seen repeated incursions and arrests in recent months, in a sensitive border area near Syria, Jordan, and the Israeli-occupied territories.

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The Israeli army has arrested a young man from Abidin village in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa countryside […]

12/09/2025

Human Rights Watch says Syria’s transitional authorities have taken “positive steps” on justice and rights, but warns of ongoing abuses on the coast and in Suwayda, gaps in the mandate of the National Commission for the Missing, and weak accountability.
UN Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi also speaks of “enormous challenges” facing the political transition, security sector reform, and the fight against impunity, urging deeper reforms and genuine inclusion of all Syrians in rebuilding their state.

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Human Rights Watch affirmed on Monday, 8 December, that the transitional government in Syria has taken “positive steps” in the […]

12/09/2025

On Syria’s first Liberation Day anniversary, tensions are flaring between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The SDF condemned threatening chants by Defense Ministry personnel in Deir Ezzor, warning against “hate speech” and a return to conflict, while protests in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor defied an SDF ban on celebrations.

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12/09/2025

Syrian army chants in support of Gaza during a military parade in Damascus are now stirring debate inside Israel, where security officials are reportedly weighing how to respond and considering sending “strong messages” to the Syrian government.

The chants, originally popular in Palestinian and Algerian military contexts, came during celebrations marking one year since Syria’s liberation and the fall of the Assad regime.

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12/08/2025

Despite a ban on public gatherings in areas under SDF control, residents in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor took to the streets to celebrate Syria’s Liberation Day. SDF forces arrested one protester for holding a sign that read, “It is our right to rejoice, SDF.”

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Several demonstrations were held in areas under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa city (in northeastern […]

12/08/2025

Syria’s Postal Corporation has announced a new series of commemorative postage stamps marking the anniversary of liberation from the Assad regime, featuring five stamps and a special souvenir card.

The stamps will go on sale tomorrow afternoon, 9 December, during the opening of the Syrian Post Museum at the Corporation’s headquarters in the al-Hijaz district in central Damascus.

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12/08/2025

On the first anniversary of Syria’s liberation, President Ahmed al-Sharaa says the fall of Assad’s regime was only the beginning of a new battle in the fields of work, justice, and citizenship, calling the former era a “dark page” that has been turned for good.

Al-Sharaa stresses unifying all armed forces into a national army, committing to transitional justice, and refusing any compromise on the fate of the missing as Syria starts rebuilding a strong state that regains its place in the region and the world.

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12/08/2025

On the first anniversary of Assad’s fall, the Syrian Network for Human Rights has released a new report updating the record of atrocities committed by the former regime since 2011. The report documents killings, torture, enforced disappearance, chemical and barrel bomb attacks, and the displacement of millions, and names thousands of alleged perpetrators in security, military, judicial, and media circles. It also calls for a genuine transitional justice process in Syria that ensures truth, accountability, reparations, and reforms so such crimes are never repeated.

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The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) issued a report on Monday, 8 December, updating the tally of violations committed […]