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Syria's new leader makes his first visit to the United Arab Emirates

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Published on Apr 13, 2025 11:34 PM IST

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Families of disappeared in Syria want the search to continue on conflict's 14th anniversary

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Published on Mar 16, 2025 10:25 PM IST

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Syrians mark anniversary of civil war by celebrating the ouster of Bashar Assad

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Published on Mar 15, 2025 09:04 PM IST

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2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead

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Published on Mar 08, 2025 08:19 PM IST

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Syrian government forces clash with Assad loyalists, more than 200 killed

In addition to around 140 killed in apparent revenge attacks, the dead include at least 50 from government forces and 45 fighters loyal to Assad.

Syrian army personnel gather as they head towards Latakia to join the fight against the fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, Syria.(REUTERS)

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Published on Mar 08, 2025 06:16 AM IST

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48 killed in ‘most violent’ clashes between Syrian forces and ‘Assad loyalists’

Syria's security forces have launched operations to remove former president Bashar al-Assad's loyalists from their strongholds

A member of Syria's new authorities security forces fires his weapon in Sanamayn, in the southern province of Daraa, during a reported large scale military campaign on March 5, 2025. Syria has seen clashes and shootings in a number of areas, often blamed on Assad supporters, with the new authorities announcing campaigns targeting

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Updated on Mar 07, 2025 04:28 AM IST

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Iran receives messages from new Syrian government after Assad's ouster

Iran has received messages from Syria's new government following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad.

Iran announced on Saturday that it has received communications from the new Damascus administration after former President Bashar al-Assad, its long-time friend in Syria, was overthrown.(AFP)

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Published on Feb 15, 2025 05:37 PM IST

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US-backed commander says his Kurdish-led group wants a secular and civil state in post-Assad Syria

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Published on Feb 02, 2025 11:50 PM IST

AP |

Syria's interim president visits Saudi Arabia, signaling shift away from Iran

Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was once aligned with al-Qaida, travelled to Riyadh alongside his government's foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani.

FILE - (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)(AP)

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Published on Feb 02, 2025 02:28 PM IST

PTI |

Regime change in Syria has Iraqi factions backtracking on push for US withdrawal

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Published on Jan 31, 2025 09:30 PM IST

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The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad's legacy of horror

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Published on Jan 29, 2025 01:51 AM IST

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Saudi minister visits Syria for first time since Assad's ouster

Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan is set to meet with new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is eyeing investments from wealthy Gulf states.

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat landed in Syria on Friday, an AFP correspondent reported, in his first visit to Damascus since Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad last month(AFP)

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Published on Jan 24, 2025 06:03 PM IST

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Rebuilding hope: Syrian family struggles to restore home amid economic crisis

Al-Baghdadi is rebuilding his family home in Qaboun, Syria, after years of civil war left it in ruins.

Samir al-Baghdad is restoring his family's destroyed home in the Qaboun neighbourhood close to the Syrian capital, Damascus.
(AP/Omar Sanadiki/ representative)

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Published on Jan 24, 2025 01:19 PM IST

PTI |

‘Death was least bad thing’: Syrians recall ‘torture’ during Assad regime

The insurgents who swept Assad out of power opened detention facilities, releasing prisoners and allowing the public to bear witness.

Members of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad's army step on his portrait as they line up to register with newly formed Syrian government as part of an

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Published on Jan 07, 2025 11:00 PM IST

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Damascus Airport welcomes first international flight since Assad's ouster

International flights resumed at Damascus airport for the first time since last month's regime change

Tuesday was the first time international flights have returned to Syria's major airport in Damascus since President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown last month by Islamist-led rebels.( LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

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Published on Jan 07, 2025 04:41 PM IST

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Syrian leaders struggle to hold national talks weeks after Bashar Assad's ouster

Holding the landmark national dialogue conference has been a key pledge of the rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power after ousting Bashar al Assad after over five decades.(via REUTERS)

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Updated on Jan 04, 2025 07:16 AM IST

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In Syrian military housing, former rebels take the homes of Assad's officers

The military is being restructured around the former rebel forces, with Assad-era officers demobilised.

Families of former soldiers and officers of Assad's regime army board a truck with their belongings as they leave their homes in officer housing on the outskirts of Damascus following evacuation orders from factions of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Syria, December 29, 2024.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Dec 31, 2024 04:12 PM IST

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Syrians demand end of Baath party as members hand over weapons

An official with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said no official decision has been made on what to do with the Baath party.

In a dramatic turnabout for the political party that has dominated Syria for more than 60 years, President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath party announced it was suspending its operations a few days after rebels ousted him.(PTI/representational)

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Published on Dec 30, 2024 01:01 PM IST

PTI |

Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say

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Published on Dec 27, 2024 09:31 PM IST

AP |

Clashes in Syria kill 6 Islamic fighters amid power struggle post-Assad's ouster

Clashes between Islamists and supporters of ousted President Assad resulted in six Islamic fighters killed while attempting to arrest a former Assad official.

Six Islamic militants were killed and several were injured Wednesday in clashes between the Islamists who seized control of Syria and supporters of the regime of former President Bashar Assad(Representational Photo/Reuters )

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Published on Dec 26, 2024 05:52 AM IST

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Ousted Syrian first lady Asma Assad battling leukaemia, survival chance 50/50

Asma Assad, wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad, is critically ill with leukaemia and has a 50/50 chance of survival.

Asma Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is battling Leukaemia (REUTERS)

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Updated on Dec 26, 2024 05:50 AM IST

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UN team says Syria's new regime `very receptive' to probe of Assad war crimes

The IIIM did not disclose which officials in the new government it met with or the site that Robert Petit visited afterward.

A portrait of toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad adorns the 4th Division barracks of the toppled Syrian army, in the town of Dummar near Damascus,(AFP)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2024 07:08 AM IST

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UK-born wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad seeks divorce: Reports

As per reports, Asma al-Assad has expressed “dissatisfaction” with their life in Russia's Moscow, where they are living after Bashar al-Assad's ouster.

(FILES) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma arrive for a dinner at the Petit Palais, after attending Paris' Union for the Mediterranean founding summit on July 13, 2008 in Paris. (Photo by Gerard CERLES / AFP)

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Updated on Dec 23, 2024 11:33 AM IST

ByHT News Desk, New Delhi

Iran's supreme leader says Syrian youth will resist incoming government

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Published on Dec 22, 2024 04:35 PM IST

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US drops $10mn terrorism bounty offered for capture of Syrian rebel leader

The US said it has decided not to pursue a $10mn reward it had offered for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader whose forces led the ouster of Bashar Assad.

The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Ahmad al-Sharaa, (Abu Mohammed al-Golani), right, as he meets with United Nations' special envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, in Damascus, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. AP/PTI(AP12_16_2024_000257A)(AP)

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Published on Dec 21, 2024 07:05 PM IST

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Iran to reopen embassy in Syria once security conditions are met

Iran's embassy in Syria will reopen when security conditions are satisfied, following its vandalism post-Assad's ouster

Iran's embassy in Syria was vandalised when Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, but the foreign ministry announced Tuesday that it would reopen provided the

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Published on Dec 17, 2024 02:50 PM IST

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HTS leader calls for disbanding rebel factions, unity in post-Assad Syria

HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani announced the disbandment of rebel factions in Syria, with fighters integrated into the defence ministry

On Monday, the head of the Islamist organisation that overthrew Bashar al-Assad declared that rebel groups in Syria would be

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Published on Dec 17, 2024 08:25 AM IST

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All Indians who wished to return from Syria evacuated, says MEA

We have evacuated all Indian nationals in Syria who wished to return home following recent developments in that country, the MEA said on Friday.

A man carries a suitcase on his shoulders while walking towards the Lebanese border, at the Masnaa Border Crossing, Syria, December 12, 2024. (REUTERS)

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Published on Dec 13, 2024 07:42 PM IST

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Freed Syrian prisoners return to their 'death dormitory'

Freed prisoners Basim Faiz Mawat and Mohammed Hanania revisit the brutal Damascus prison, recalling horrific conditions

Blankets and food from the last days of incarceration of prisoners lie in one cell room at underground prison

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Published on Dec 13, 2024 05:06 PM IST

Reuters |

American released from Syria prison after rebel takeover calls it a 'blessing'

'American Travis Timmerman released from Syrian prison after seven months, calls it a blessing.

Travis Timmerman, 29, said he had gone to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage (AP)

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Published on Dec 13, 2024 10:11 AM IST

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Syria's new leader makes his first visit to the United Arab Emirates

Families of disappeared in Syria want the search to continue on conflict's 14th anniversary

Syrians mark anniversary of civil war by celebrating the ouster of Bashar Assad

2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead

In addition to around 140 killed in apparent revenge attacks, the dead include at least 50 from government forces and 45 fighters loyal to Assad.

Syria's security forces have launched operations to remove former president Bashar al-Assad's loyalists from their strongholds

Iran has received messages from Syria's new government following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad.

US-backed commander says his Kurdish-led group wants a secular and civil state in post-Assad Syria

Ahmad al-Sharaa, who was once aligned with al-Qaida, travelled to Riyadh alongside his government's foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani.

Regime change in Syria has Iraqi factions backtracking on push for US withdrawal

The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad's legacy of horror

Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan is set to meet with new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is eyeing investments from wealthy Gulf states.

Al-Baghdadi is rebuilding his family home in Qaboun, Syria, after years of civil war left it in ruins.

The insurgents who swept Assad out of power opened detention facilities, releasing prisoners and allowing the public to bear witness.

International flights resumed at Damascus airport for the first time since last month's regime change

Holding the landmark national dialogue conference has been a key pledge of the rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

The military is being restructured around the former rebel forces, with Assad-era officers demobilised.

An official with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said no official decision has been made on what to do with the Baath party.

Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say

Clashes between Islamists and supporters of ousted President Assad resulted in six Islamic fighters killed while attempting to arrest a former Assad official.

Asma Assad, wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad, is critically ill with leukaemia and has a 50/50 chance of survival.

The IIIM did not disclose which officials in the new government it met with or the site that Robert Petit visited afterward.

As per reports, Asma al-Assad has expressed “dissatisfaction” with their life in Russia's Moscow, where they are living after Bashar al-Assad's ouster.

Iran's supreme leader says Syrian youth will resist incoming government

The US said it has decided not to pursue a $10mn reward it had offered for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader whose forces led the ouster of Bashar Assad.

Iran's embassy in Syria will reopen when security conditions are satisfied, following its vandalism post-Assad's ouster

HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani announced the disbandment of rebel factions in Syria, with fighters integrated into the defence ministry

We have evacuated all Indian nationals in Syria who wished to return home following recent developments in that country, the MEA said on Friday.

Freed prisoners Basim Faiz Mawat and Mohammed Hanania revisit the brutal Damascus prison, recalling horrific conditions

'American Travis Timmerman released from Syrian prison after seven months, calls it a blessing.

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