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News Articles: Syria

FILE - The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on Oct. 22, 2018.

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  • Middle East

US military reports a series of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria

The U.S. military says the strikes were carried out in retaliation of the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.

February 14, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Syrian-American cantor Henry Hamra at the Central Synagogue of Aleppo, once the center of a thriving Jewish community in the northern Syrian city. The Syrian government transferred control of Jewish sites in December to Hamra's Jewish heritage organization.

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  • Middle East

Syria, once home to a large Jewish community, takes steps to return property to Jews

A Jewish heritage foundation has set out to help restore private property appropriated after Syrian Jews left the country.

February 04, 2026
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By:
  • Jane Arraf and
  • Jawad Rizkallah
Women and children, relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters, sit near a wall inside al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on Wednesday.

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  • Middle East

A vast Syrian camp for ISIS families faces an uncertain fate after a security handover

The huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years has posed an intractable problem — a destitute and increasingly dangerous detention site where ISIS ideology lives on.

January 22, 2026
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By:
  • Jane Arraf
Residents topple a statue of a female Kurdish fighter after the takeover of the town by Syrian government forces from U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Tabqa, eastern Syria, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Syrian government announces a ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

Syria's new leaders, since toppling Bashar Assad in December 2024, have struggled to assert their full authority over the war-torn country.

January 18, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a U.S. Airman preparing an A-10 Thunderbolt II for flight from a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike.

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  • World

US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush

The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State in Syria. This follows last month's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter.

January 10, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A police vehicle of the interim Syrian government moves through a street in Palmyra in central Syria on Feb. 7. On Saturday, two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were killed in Palmyra after an ambush by an ISIS gunman, U.S. officials said.

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  • Middle East

2 U.S. service members and 1 civilian are killed in ISIS attack in Syria

The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra, comes a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the lifting of U.S. sanctions.

December 13, 2025
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By:
  • Lydia Calitri
A man lights a flare during celebrations marking the first anniversary of the ousting of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Clock Square, Homs, western Syria, Monday.

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  • Middle East

A momentous week as Syria celebrates lifting U.S. sanctions and a year without Assad

As they mark the first anniversary of toppling Bashar al-Assad's regime, Syrians also celebrate another coming milestone: the lifting of sanctions, which could help give the country a new start.

December 13, 2025
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  • Jane Arraf
Army helicopters fly overhead during a parade by the new Syrian army marking the first anniversary of the ousting of the Bashar Assad regime in Damascus, Syria, Monday.

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  • Middle East

Syria marks a year since Assad fled, but struggles to heal

Syria is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty's repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left the country battered and divided.

December 08, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus.

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  • World

Israeli forces kill at least 10 in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say

Syria's foreign ministry said in a statement Friday that the attack was "a horrific massacre" and said women and children were among those killed.

November 28, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The historically Christian village of Al Ghassaniyeh, seen from olive groves at its foothills. After the old regime was ousted last December, displaced residents who returned to the village found strangers living in their homes.

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  • World

Syrians displaced by war are returning to find homes occupied by foreign fighters

Fighters have settled across northern Syria, surprising displaced Syrians who've tried to return to their homes. Nearly a year after the war's end, sorting out property ownership remains a pressing issue.

November 25, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • Jawad Rizkallah
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa waves as he greets supporters outside of the White House, Monday, in Washington, following a meeting with President Trump.

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  • World

Syrian President Sharaa makes the 1st White House visit by a Syrian head of state

President Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, welcoming the once-pariah state into a U.S.-led global coalition to fight the Islamic State group.

November 10, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Syrian electoral college members line up to cast their ballots in a parliamentary election at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.

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  • Middle East

What to expect as Syria holds first parliamentary elections since Assad's ouster

Syria is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country's longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December.

October 05, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Syria President Ahmad Al-Sharaa speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday at U.N. headquarters.

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  • World

For the first time in nearly 6 decades, a Syrian president steps up to speak at the U.N.

Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa addressed the U.N. General Assembly, marking the first time any president from his country has done so in almost 60 years.

September 24, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A Syrian security checkpoint is seen as forces deploy in Mazraa village on the outskirts of Sweida city, in southern Syria.

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  • Middle East

Fresh clashes break out in Syria as the interim government struggles to ease tensions

The Syrian government under interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has been struggling to consolidate control since he led a surprise insurgency that ousted former President Bashar Assad in December.

August 04, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Druze wait near the border fence in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights village of Majdal Shams, as Syrian Druze who'd crossed over the day before return to Syria following days of sectarian bloodshed in the southern Syrian region of Sweida, July 17.

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  • World

In the Golan Heights, Druze are loyal to Syria. But that loyalty is now severely tested

Sectarian violence in recent weeks in Syria's Sweida region has left more than 1,000 people dead. Druze in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights say they feel betrayed by Syria's interim government.

July 31, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng
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