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Syria’s de facto leader says holding elections could take up to four years

It’s the first time Ahmed al-Sharaa has commented on an electoral timeline since ousting longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

Al Jazeera

An Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital kills 11, war monitor says

A war monitor in Syria says an Israeli airstrike in the outskirts of Damascus has killed at least 11 people as Israel continues to target Syrian weapons and military infrastructure even after the ouster of former President Bashar Assad

The Independent UK

Syrian authorities crack down on ‘remnants’ of Bashar al-Assad’s rule

Push comes as Syria’s new de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met Bahraini, Libyan delegations in Damascus.

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Syria Authorities Launch Operation In Assad Stronghold

Syria's new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war monitor saying three gunmen affiliated with the former government were killed.

International Business Times

Syrian military launches operation to pursue ousted Assad supporters in western Syria

Syria's new rebel-led authorities said 14 soldiers have died in clashes with the ousted dictator Bashar Assad's supporters

Evening Standard

Falcon drones, rockets and night-vision snipers: How Syria’s rebels planned for years to oust Assad

Bel Trew speaks to commanders of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the charge to topple Bashar al-Assad, about the long-term planning and military innovations that brought victory – and about what comes next

The Independent UK

A Syrian family recounts the horrors of the 2013 chemical attack near Damascus

A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people near the country's capital, Damascus, says the ordeal they experienced haunts them to this day

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Iran says Syria’s future unclear after foreign minister hits back

The foreign minister of the new government in Damascus says Iran must not ‘spread chaos’ in Syria.

Al Jazeera

From red to green: Syria seek united future on pitch after Assad era ends

The national team are looking forward having changed their colours just hours after Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus

The Guardian - UK

'Like A Dream': AFP Photographer's Return To Syria

AFP photographer Sameer al-Doumy never dreamed he would be able to return to the hometown in Syria that he escaped through a tunnel seven years ago after it was besieged by Bashar al-Assad's forces.

International Business Times

Syria Authorities Say Armed Groups Have Agreed To Disband

Syria's new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution and integration under the defence ministry.

International Business Times

Syria says ex-rebel groups agree to integrate under Defence Ministry

De facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa says factions agreed to disband following a meeting with the heads of the groups.

Al Jazeera

‘They’re gone’: Victims’ families in Syria demand truth, justice, closure

Thousands of Syrian families believe their missing loved ones were killed during the war and now seek truth and justice.

Al Jazeera

UN investigative team says Syria's new authorities `very receptive' to probe of Assad war crimes

The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria says the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for cooperation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus — and it is preparing to deploy

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International Business Times

Jordanian, Qatari Envoys Hold Talks With Syria's New Leader

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks Monday with senior Arab diplomats expressing support for the Syrian people and discussing future cooperation, in the latest high-profile visits since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow.

International Business Times

Syrian Medics Say Were Coerced Into False Chemical Attack Testimony

Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack.

Al Jazeera

‘Stand by our Syrian brothers’, says Jordan FM after meeting al-Sharaa

The Jordanian foreign minister says Jordan is ready to help rebuild Syria as he holds talks with Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Radio France Internationale

Children of French jihadists found in Syrian orphanage

Three French children living in an orphanage in Damascus could be repatriated to France now that the regime has changed in Syria. An RFI investigation has identified the children as orphans of jihadists who were killed during the international coalition’s bombing of the Islamic State armed group.

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The Independent UK

Inside a stunning week across Syria following the overthrow of the Assad regime

FIRST PERSON: Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – charting a nation coming to terms with the end of decades of brutal rule by the Assads. From families trying to find missing loved ones…

Al Jazeera

Syria – years of reporting, the road to Damascus and the fall of al-Assad

What returning to Syria in the midst of the euphoria and horror of uncovering the al-Assads’ mass graves felt like.

The Guardian - UK

Syria’s disappeared: one woman’s search for her missing father

Uncertainty over the disappeared is forcing many to confront the brutal reality of Assad’s military prisons

Al Jazeera

Turkiye FM meets Syria’s new leader, calls for lifting of global sanctions

Meeting comes two days after Turkiye’s Erdogan says his minister will visit Damascus to discuss new structure in Syria.

International Business Times

Syria's New Leader Vows Not To Negatively Interfere In Lebanon

Two weeks after seizing power in a sweeping offensive, Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has stepped up regional contacts, vowing in a meeting Sunday not to "negatively" interfere in neighbouring Lebanon.

Al Jazeera

Syrian authorities appoint HTS figures as foreign, defence ministers

Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani appointed foreign minister, and Murhaf Abu Qasra named defence minister.

The Independent UK

‘I feared I would end up in the trench’: Digging Assad’s mass graves in Syria

IN FOCUS: Bel Trew reports from the site of a mass grave at Qutayfah, about 25 miles from the Syrian capital Damascus. There, she speaks to someone who dug the trenches before realising the true horror of what was happening at the site – while others warn of the scale…

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