Staggering violence in various regions are fueling minority demands for autonomy, posing a challenge to President Sharaa’s plans for a strong centralized state.

More than 90% of the world’s population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, widening social and economic inequalities, and the world’s inability ...

Israeli army forces infiltrated into several villages and towns in the southern Syrian provinces of Quneitra and Daraa, ...

Beirut: Lebanon is not only waiting for Israel’s response to its stance on the US proposals related to a ceasefire, limiting the possession of arms to the state and the demarcation of the border, but ...

But for Trump, Syria under its new leadership is not only an opportunity for U.S. grand strategy in the Middle East but a ...

Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council that while violence in Sweida has largely subsided following a ceasefire, “the ...

As al-Sharaa leads Syria further towards normalisation with Israel, Joseph Daher argues that alignment with the US & its ...

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Despite Russia’s role in supporting the Assad regime, the new Syrian government sees value in maintaining elements of the ...

The fact of the meeting itself is striking. Since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011, official channels between Damascus and Tel Aviv have been sealed, while Israeli airstrikes inside Syria have ...

Topics included: compliance with the 1974 cease-fire agreement, violence in southern Syria, smuggling and refugees In a move described as surprising and unprecedented in recent years, Damascus ...

Several arms-smuggling suspects were apprehended during targeted raids on former Assad regime commando outposts.The post IDF seizes hundreds of weapons in southern Syria appeared first on JNS.org.