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‘It raised our spirits’: Palestinian refugees in Syria on the ceasefire in Gaza

Yarmouk camp residents lived through fighting and starvation in the Syrian civil war and feel intimately connected to the suffering in the Gaza Strip

After 15 months of watching their relatives suffer…

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Hundreds protest in Christian areas of Syrian capital after Christmas tree burned

Demonstrations flare after video spread on social media showing hooded fighters setting fire to tree

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Christian areas of Damascus early on Tuesday to pr…

Syria’s disappeared: one woman’s search for her missing father

Uncertainty over the disappeared is forcing many to confront the brutal reality of Assad’s military prisons

The last time Alaa Qasar saw her father, in 2013, he studied her face as if he was trying to…

US lifts $10m bounty on HTS leader after talks in Syrian capital

In face-to-face meeting, Ahmed al-Sharaa gave assurances IS would not be allowed to operate in Syria, US official says

The US has lifted a $10m bounty on Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al…

Syria has always been an Israeli obsession. Now it has unexpectedly given Netanyahu his coveted image of victory | Aluf Benn

Faced with the devastation in Gaza, Israelis tend to look away. The victories after the fall of Assad are a far easier focus

  • Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz

Wars are remembered by their ic…

Iran scrambles to build ties with Syrian leaders as regional influence wanes

Loss of authority in Syria after fall of Bashar al-Assad adds to domestic and international crises facing Iranian leaders

The Iranian government is attempting to salvage some influence with Syria’s ne…

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