On Thursday, January 30, 2025, Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived at Damascus International Airport, marking the first visit by a head of state to Syria since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad's regime. This significant event was reported by Al Jazeera, which noted the Emir's arrival ...
On January 12, 2024, Saudi Arabia will host an important meeting to discuss the situation in Syria, with participation from Arab and international representatives. Assad al-Shaibani, the Foreign Minister of the new Syrian administration, has arrived in Riyadh to join the talks. There will be tw...
A leaked audio recording attributed to a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard general has shed light on the final days of Bashar al-Assad's regime, suggesting that its downfall was due to "Russian betrayal" and internal corruption. In the recording, General Behruz Ittabati, who prev...
DAMASCUS, Syria — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barot arrived in Damascus on Friday, January 3, 2025, marking a significant diplomatic engagement as he is followed by his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock. This visit is notable as it represents the first high-level delegation fr...
TEHRAN — On January 1, 2025, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Saudi ambassador in Tehran to deliver a strong protest against Saudi Arabia's execution of six Iranian citizens convicted of drug trafficking. In a statement released by the official IRNA news agency, Iranian Consu...
On December 31, 2024, Syrian Foreign Minister Asad Al-Shaibani announced that he received a phone call from Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Al-Shaibani noted that the conversation emphasized the importance of both countries in fostering stability and pr...
On December 28, 2024, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Lebanese authorities have transferred approximately 70 Syrians, including several officers from the former regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, to military operations management in the rural area of Tartus, Syria. ...
On December 27, 2024, Syrian state television reported that Lebanese authorities detained the wife and daughter of Dureid Rifaat Assad at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut after discovering they were carrying forged Syrian passports. Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar noted that the detaine...
On December 27, 2024, Syrian media reported that security forces in Latakia province arrested a former official in the Assad regime, accused of committing numerous serious crimes against Syrians. This arrest follows the capture of Major General Mohammed Kanjou Al-Hassan, known as “The Butche...
In a dramatic turn of events, Syria's Military Operations Administration announced the arrest of Major General Mohammed Kanjou Hassan, infamously known as the "Psycho of Saydnaya," in the village of Kharbat al-Ma'za in southern Tartus on Thursday. Kanjou Hassan, a former high-ran...
On December 19, 2024, the Iraqi Security Media Cell announced that authorities would begin repatriating Syrian soldiers who fled to Iraq after the recent overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8. In a statement, Major General Muqdad Miri, spokesperson for the Ministry of Interi...
On December 17, 2024, Rashad Al-Alimi, President of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, welcomed ambassadors from the P3+2 group, which includes representatives from Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, France, and the United Kingdom. According to the official Yem...
In his first comments since the fall of his regime, ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stated that he did not leave Syria "as part of a planned strategy" nor did he seek asylum in Russia. He asserted, "I remained in Damascus fulfilling my responsibilities until the early hours ...
The Financial Times reported that the ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's regime transferred approximately $250 million in cash to Moscow between 2018 and 2019, while his family secretly acquired assets in Russia. According to an analysis of banking records, the funds were delivered t...
Six days after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and his subsequent flight to Moscow, sources have disclosed the fate of his brother, Maher Assad, who was left behind. Maher, who commanded the Fourth Division of the Syrian Army and held significant influence within the st...
On December 14, 2024, Ahmad al-Shar'a, the leader of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, emphasized the necessity of shifting from a revolutionary mindset to a state-oriented approach in order to rebuild Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. In an exclusive interview with the non-go...
On December 14, 2024, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan disclosed intriguing details regarding Turkey's involvement in the downfall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. In an interview with Turkish channel NTV, Fidan stated that Turkey successfully persuaded both Russia and Iran not to...
On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, the British newspaper "Daily Mail" reported that the family of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad purchased at least 20 apartments in Moscow, Russia, worth over £30 million in recent years, highlighting Russia's role as a safe haven for the...
On December 11, 2024, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced plans to reopen its embassy in Syria "soon," just days after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad and the establishment of a transitional government in the country. According to the Qatari News Agency, spokespe...
In less than two weeks, Syrian opposition forces managed to reach the capital, Damascus, and topple President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which crumbled entirely before the opposition's advances. Many attributed the rapid fall of Assad's regime to Iran's abandonment of its key all...