Trends - Syria Conflict

Watchdog calls for probing use of chemical weapons in Syria

US sees Assad’s fall as chance to destroy chemical arsenal "once and for all".

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 01:28pm

New Syrian govt suspends constitution and parliament

Blinken, Jordan king agree on need for a secure state; US "working to bring home" citizen found in Syria.

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 11:16am

In pictures: Conflict in the Middle East in 2024

In 2024, conflict escalated in the Middle East as multiple countries were ravaged by conflict.

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 12:15am

Those responsible for torture in Syria to be punished: Golani

Commander rules out pardon for Assad’s supporters; interim leader vows to rebuild Syria but faces cash crunch.

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 10:20am

New Syria leader Mohammad al-Bashir calls for ‘stability and calm’

US calls for "credible, inclusive, non-sectarian” future govt; 350 stranded Pakistanis evacuated to Lebanon for repatriation.

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 02:27pm

A geopolitical cauldron

Transition will not be easy in a divided country that has just evicted a decades-old dictatorship.

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:17am

With rebels’ backing Bashir takes over as Syria’s interim PM

New leader was in charge of small pocket in northwest; Israeli strikes target Syria’s military bases.

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:31am

79 Pakistani pilgrims evacuated to Beirut as head of Syrian transitional govt announced

Syria rebel leader vows to pursue former officials for torture, war crimes; war monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall.

Updated 10 Dec, 2024 07:36pm

Straws in the Syrian whirlwind

Significantly, although the storm did rock the boat for Iran and Russia, their boats still remain tethered to the Syrian jetty.

Updated 10 Dec, 2024 09:01am

Syria’s future

Today, HTS — a ‘reformed’ radical outfit once associated with Al Qaeda — is in a position to be the leading power broker in Syria.

Updated 10 Dec, 2024 08:46am

Concern in West as Syria starts transition

Rebel leader holds talks to form new govt; Israel launches over 100 airstrikes; Europe stops processing Syrians’ asylum pleas.

Published 10 Dec, 2024 07:38am

PM Shehbaz orders safe evacuation of Pakistanis from Syria as ‘top priority’

Says around 200-250 Pakistanis are stranded in Damascus, orders officials to utilise all available resources for evacuation purpose.

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:58pm

Israel, US carry out air strikes in Damascus after regime change

Imposes curfew in 5 towns of demilitarised buffer zone between Israel and Syria.

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:31am

Al-Golani: The man who led overthrow of Syria’s President Assad

Despite spending 5 years in US custody, the commander of Al Qaeda’s franchise found himself on the "right side" of Washington’s military alliance.

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 03:21pm

Syrians stroll through Assad’s looted palaces

Revellers on the streets celebrate end of five decades of rule by the Alawi dynasty.

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:06am

Bewildered, elated prisoners pour out as jails flung open in Syria

Families weep as they reunite with loved ones who vanished years ago into impregnable gulag of Assad dynasty’s five-decade rule.

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:49am

Damascus is free?

Depending on one’s inclination, Damascus has either fallen, or is free. In truth, both descriptions are accurate.

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 12:46pm

Iron-fisted Assad never quelled the Syrian rebels who came back to topple him

Statues of Assad’s father and brother were toppled in cities taken by the rebels, while pictures of him on billboards and govt offices were torn down, stamped on, burned or riddled with bullets.

Updated 08 Dec, 2024 01:08pm

Ousted Assad, his family in Moscow after rebel forces capture Syria’s capital

Assad family flees to Russia while PM seeks free elections as Damascus falls to rebel forces, with globally designated terrorist group HTS seemingly set for influence in new admin.

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:44am