- Despite the monumental challenges ahead, the mood in Syria is optimistic and hopeful, says International Crisis Group’s Nanar Hawach - Reconstruction on a massive scale cannot happen until US sanctions on Syria are lifted, says Hawach - ‘There is this declared commitment to re-establish...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed Syria's political future and economic reconstruction in his first phone call with the country's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday. “The chancellor congratulated the Syrian people on their success in ending the Assad regime's reign of terror,”...

Al Jazeera has aired an exclusive interview with 'Caesar,' the Syrian whistleblower, who exposed systematic torture and human rights abuses in Syrian prisons. The interview reveals new details about his motives for leaking thousands of photos and the horrific violations he witnessed while...

The transitional government’s troops carried out mop-up operations in the settlements of Akkum, Bizaah, Haveiq, El Jurud and El Fadiliyah, where armed gangs are active  Syria’s new authorities conducted an operation against smugglers and supporters of the previous government, the...