The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that 390 civilians, including more than 100 children, have been killed in Syria since the beginning of 2025 ...

The investigation, based on field testimonies, satellite imagery, and internal communications, points to a chain of command that runs through the Ministry of Defense, with particular focus on its ...

Syria’s leadership appears focused on buying time and avoiding conflict with Israel while it addresses urgent internal priorities, al-Araby al-Jadeed writes.

The report reveals that thousands of forcibly disappeared individuals have died in detention centres operated by the Syrian regime.

Some analysts see the timing of the decree as part of an effort to reshape the political landscape rather than a genuine response to reform demands, according to Ultra Syria. President Ahmad al-Sharaa ...

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High-level prosecutions play a pivotal role in the transitional justice process, often producing what theorists call a “demonstrative effect”—offering public proof that the new order respects legal ...

High-level prosecutions play a pivotal role in the transitional justice process, often producing what theorists call a “demonstrative effect”—offering public proof that the new order respects legal ...

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Syria stands at a critical juncture in its economic history. The transition from the Assad regime’s economic model—characterized by state-controlled capitalism and cronyism—to a so-called free-market ...

The Lattakia International Airport and the Russian Hmeimeem military base were targeted by an Israeli attack early Thursday morning, resulting in a fire and the destruction of a weapons and ammunition ...

Since 2016, the French judiciary has been probing the involvement of Adib Mayaleh, the former governor of the Central Bank of Syria, in financing the Syrian regime’s crimes dating back to 2011. A ...