As a lightning government offensive leaves the Kurdish-dominated SDF reeling, the political horizon needs attention as well as security
In little more than a fortnight, a dramatic Syrian government of…
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Rapid rollback of Kurdish-led forces reshapes Sharaa's Syria ⊕
The retreat of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the north-east marks the biggest change of control in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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Europe has lost all credibility in the Middle East. The way to regain it lies in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon | Nathalie Tocci ⊖⊖
Sidelined by Trump, preoccupied with Ukraine and damaged by its immoral stance on Gaza, Europe can still help stabilise its eastern Mediterranean neighbours
A year after the overthrow of Syria’s dict…
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Can Syria’s president turn wave of global goodwill into tangible results at home? ○
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Sanctions, instability and external meddling are still problems for Ahmed al-Sharaa, one year after Assad’s fall
Ddivided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violence
The fall of the house of Assad – in…
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Syria’s President Sharaa set for historic White House meeting with Trump ○
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Former jihadi detained by US in Iraq 20 years ago over al-Qaeda ties to be welcomed by American president
Syrian president to hold talks with Trump at White House ⊖
Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected to push for full lifting of remaining sanctions imposed during 13-year civil war
Syria’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will on Monday hold talks with Donald Trump at the Whit…
Syria's Sharaa arrives in US for Trump talks after sanctions lifted ⊕
The Syrian leader will meet the US President at the White House on Monday for security talks.
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Trump envoy praises new Syrian president for ‘counter-ISIS measures’ ○
Thomas Barrack also stresses temporary lifting of sanctions for first time since 1979 after meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa
Donald Trump’s old friend Thomas Barrack, now serving as the US ambassador to T…
‘Now my kids have a future’: Syrians dare to dream again after years as a pariah state ○
Promise to lift US sanctions brings closer the opportunity for fresh start that began with toppling of Bashar al-Assad
In 2006, Ahmed al-Sharaa was sitting in a US prison in Iraq, then an al-Qaida fig…
Why have Israeli attacks on Syria surged since the fall of Assad? – video explainer ○
Just two days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria last December, Israel launched a sweeping offensive, seizing the Golan Heights and carrying out hundreds of airstrikes across the cou…