Syria

President Trump Meets With The King And Crown Prince Of Jordan At The White House

Trump's Gaza proposal has rattled the Middle East. More surprises are likely

8:11am February 12, 2025

President Trump has already shaken up the Middle East by suggesting a U.S. takeover of Gaza. More drama could be on the way when the president spells out plans for other parts of the volatile region.

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Palestinian refugees in Syria have a message for Gazans: Don't leave your land

6:26am February 10, 2025

Palestinians fled the 1948 Mideast War and took refuge in neighboring Syria. After 77 years, they're still waiting to go back. They are telling Palestinians in Gaza to stay put.

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Syria's new leader denounces Iran, calling its proxies a regional threat

8:36am February 04, 2025

Syria's interim president says the now departed Iranian forces were damaging to his country and also posed a threat to the wider Middle East.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, who toppled Assad, is named Syria's interim president

3:24pm January 29, 2025

Sharaa was already de facto head of Syria's government ever since a coalition of rebel fighters swept through most of Syria and ousted Assad's regime.

Syria's new government is trying to rebuild. First it must keep the lights on

4:58pm January 28, 2025

by Emily Feng

Syria's new de facto government faces a host of challenges. One of its most pressing is also one of its most basic: keeping the lights on.

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Once off-limits to Syrians, Assad's former summer residence now attracts tourists

10:07am January 25, 2025

The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit and wandering around the rooms — which are empty after being looted.

In Syria's Golan Heights buffer zone, residents fear Israel is making a land grab

12:26pm January 23, 2025

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

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Austin Tice's mother returns to Syria in search for son

9:41am January 20, 2025

For the first time in a decade, Debra Tice, the mother of missing American journalist, Austin Tice, returns to Syria to find news of her son.

Palestinians celebrate as Trump announces deal reached for hostages in Gaza

How the Gaza war has remade the Middle East

10:25am January 16, 2025

What began as a battle between Israel and Hamas morphed into a much wider regional conflict that has reshaped much of the Middle East.

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First international commercial flight since Assad's ouster lands in Syria

1:03am January 08, 2025

The Qatar Airways flight landed at Damascus International Airport. Many passengers were Syrian nationals coming come for the first time in more than a decade.