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Syrian FM Visits DC in Bid to Get US Sanctions Permanently Lifted

by Jason Ditz | Sep 18, 2025

For the first time in 25 years, Syria’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, is visiting the United States. The visit has a singular goal in mind, getting the US to permanently remove sanctions from Syria. The bulk of the sanctions against Syria come in...

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Thousands Rally for Decentralization in Syrian Kurdistan

by Jason Ditz | Sep 17, 2025

In cities and towns across Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria, thousands took to the streets in favor of the idea of retaining a decentralized system of governance in Syria, rejecting the calls of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) for full centralized control of...

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Israel Proposed New Security Deal Demilitarizing Southern Syria, Imposing No-Fly Zone

by Jason Ditz | Sep 17, 2025

Ongoing security talks between Israel and Syria don’t appear to have reached any deal so far, though the Israelis have reportedly proposed a new security deal to replace the 1974 disengagement pact, which Israeli forces violated with an invasion in December. The new...

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Israel Arming, Bankrolling Druze Fighters in Syria’s Suwayda, Commanders Confirm

by Jason Ditz | Sep 16, 2025

With tensions continuing to simmer in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate, senior Druze commanders are reporting that the Israeli government has been arming and financing Druze militias that are seeking a large amount of autonomy over the area. Suwayda is the historic...

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Israeli Troops Raid Southwest Syrian Villages, Searching Homes

by Jason Ditz | Sep 14, 2025

Early Sunday morning, Israeli troops in armored vehicles advanced into multiple villages in Syria’s southwestern Daraa Governorate. The troops were interrogating locals and searching multiple homes, claiming they were looking for weapons. No arrests were reported. The...

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Kurdish SDF Says Government-Backed Forces Attacked Them in Syria’s Deir Ezzor

by Jason Ditz | Sep 14, 2025

Tensions between the Syrian government and the Kurdish SDF continue to stall efforts to unify their military forces as for the second time this week there was reportedly a clash between the two sides, this time in Deir Ezzor Governorate. The SDF reported that on...

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Syrian Forces Evict Alawites From Damascus Neighborhood En Masse

by Jason Ditz | Sep 14, 2025

Continuing the purge of Syria’s Alawite minority that began with large scale massacres back in March, Interior Ministry security forces have almost entirely depopulated the metro Damascus neighborhood of al-Somaria, which was up until the raids, an Alawite majority...

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Report: Trump May Meet With Syria’s Al-Qaeda-Leader-Turned President in New York This Month

by Dave DeCamp | Sep 11, 2025

Syrian media has confirmed that Syria's de facto president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former al-Qaeda leader, will be attending the UN General Assembly in New York City this month, where he may land a meeting with President Trump. Syrian diplomatic sources told The Media...

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Syria Interior Ministry Claims Hezbollah Cell Captured, Hezbollah Denies Presence

by Jason Ditz | Sep 11, 2025

Syria’s Interior Ministry has announced that they made some high profile arrests near the capital city of Damascus, capturing what they described as a “Hezbollah terrorist cell.” The claimed the cell was threatening stability and national security in the area. The...

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Report: Israeli Strike on Homs Targeted Turkish Missile Warehouse

by Jason Ditz | Sep 10, 2025

On Monday evening, Israel carried out a series of attacks against sites near major Syrian cities. The first and largest of those strikes was against Homs, though subsequent strikes targeted areas near Palmyra and Latakia. Details were scant and there was never an...

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