Unlike bullets or bombs, the Assad regime opted for sarin nerve gas—a silent, insidious weapon that suffocates without sound. In the early hours of 21 August 2013, forces loyal to the deposed Syrian ...

Hijri inherited the title of Sheikh al-‘Aql, or chief Druze religious leader, under unusual circumstances following the death of his brother in a car accident As the southern Syrian province of ...

Barzani and Abdi emphasized the importance of Kurdish participation—as well as that of all Syrian communities—in shaping the country’s future governance. Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian ...

The formation of the Supreme Legal Committee has sparked concerns about the emergence of parallel governance structures in Suweida, SANA notes. The Syrian Ministry of Justice has referred six judges ...

Shakeeb Ajud Nasr, a former head of the Political Security Branch in Tartus under the Assad regime, was appointed by Hijri as the head of internal security for Suweida province The Supreme Legal ...

The Higher Committee for People’s Council Elections announced on Saturday that polling would be delayed in the three regions due to “security challenges.” The Autonomous Administration of North and ...

Shibani stated that the Syrian government has drawn up a detailed plan to ensure justice, protect rights, promote community reconciliation, Ultra Syria reports. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad ...

The fall of the regime has spurred political and social realignment across Syrian expatriate communities, especially among Alawites, Daraj writes. In the wake of Bashar al-Assad’s fall in December ...

Syria’s Minister of Education, Mohamed Abdel Rahman Turqu, met today with Paolo Fontani, Regional Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to discuss ...

The two foreign ministers agreed to form a Supreme Coordination Council tasked with overseeing cooperation across key sectors. Syrian Interim Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra received a high-level ...

Prominent lawyer Michel Shammas called the decree “null and void,” asserting: “The constitutional declaration is clear: the president has no legislative authority.” Two controversial decrees recently ...

Brigadier General Ahmad asserted that “the hand of justice will continue to reach those whose hands are stained with the blood of the innocent.” Brigadier General Abdul Aziz Hilal Al-Ahmad, commander ...