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Women take a selfie holding an independence-era flag at Aleppo's Saadallah al-Jabri Square as they take part in the "Liberation Festival", celebrating the fall of president Bashar Assad on December 21, 2024
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Syria

Syrian rebel groups have toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad, with the capital Damascus falling on December 8, 2024. Assad fled to Russia, where he has been given asylum.

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Members of the Syrian community hold Syrian and German flags in Berlin on December 8 to celebrate the end of the Assad regime

Allow Syrians to go back for short visits, EU activists say

Allow Syrians to go back for short visits, EU activists say

Activists are pushing for Syrians to be allowed to go back for visits, saying it will encourage voluntary returns.
MigrationJanuary 8, 2025
Supporters and members of Syrian community wave the Syrian opposition flag, also known as the revolution flag, and brandish a placard depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad with his eyes crossed

Assad is gone: Time to lift sanctions on Syria?

Assad is gone: Time to lift sanctions on Syria?

Syria is one of the world's most sanctioned countries. Experts say inherited sanctions imperil a peaceful transition.
PoliticsJanuary 7, 2025
Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad regime, waving flags, at the train station in Duisburg

German minister signals change to Syrian refugee policy

German minister signals change to Syrian refugee policy

Germany may soon be changing its policy toward the 1 million Syrians who have sought refuge from the Assad regime.
PoliticsJanuary 5, 202503:06 min
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (center) and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock (R) visit the notorious Saydnaya prison in Syria. Both wear protective facemasks.

European ministers make first visit to post-Assad Syria

European ministers make first visit to post-Assad Syria

Germany's Annalena Baerbock and France's Jean-Noel Barrot want to forge a new relationship between Syria and the EU.
PoliticsJanuary 3, 202502:32 min
Annalena Baerbock visits Syria with a group of security personnel

Germany says EU will not finance Islamist structures

Germany says EU will not finance Islamist structures

Together with her French counterpart, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock led an EU diplomatic mission to Syria.
PoliticsJanuary 3, 202506:47 min
An HTS fighter holds a bazooka in Damascus, Syria's capital, during a military parade on December 27

How fake news campaigns could push Syria back to civil war

How fake news campaigns could push Syria back to civil war

A deluge of false information about Syria has hit social media, with the potential to derail the country's transition.
ConflictsJanuary 3, 2025
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Bar owner Kifah Zainie is seen here standing close to woman at his bar in Damascus

Damascus bars dare to reopen after fall of Assad

Despite fears the future could see an end to personal freedom, some barkeeps have risked reopening their establishments.
SocietyDecember 31, 202403:44 min
This picture shows a monument depicting Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad that was covered with an independence-era flag on a highway at the entrance in Damascus on December 21, 2024.

Syria's Alawite community: Once feared, now living in fear?

Ousted dictator Bashar Assad used the fears and desires of this secretive religious minority to stay in power.
PoliticsDecember 28, 2024
Car repair shop owner Ghais Dayob behind a desk in his office

Will Syrian refugees stay in Germany?

There are currently 974,000 Syrian nationals living in Germany where they have built new lives after fleeing civil war.
BusinessDecember 23, 202403:00 min
Abu Mohamed al-Jolani, head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), poses for a selfie (file photo)

EU mulls relations with Syria's new leaders

With other actors being quick to try to exert influence, the EU must decide how to engage with those now in power.
PoliticsDecember 18, 202402:38 min
Syrian fighters watch Russian armored vehicles driving past near the Hmeimim Air Base, a Syrian air base currently operated by Russia, in the town of Hmeimim, southeast of Latakia.

Russian military: Moving from Syria to Libya?

Russian military bases in Syria appear to be being packed up and evacuated. But where is Russia going?
ConflictsDecember 18, 2024
Protestors carry Syrian opposition flags during a demonstration demanding for attention for the situation in Syria in The Hague on October 27, 2024.

Why EU plans for 'special envoy' to Syria sparked outrage

Syrian activists are enraged about EU plans to appoint a 'special envoy' to Syria, saying it whitewashes war crimes.
PoliticsNovember 27, 2024
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