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On Friday, U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters began withdrawing from two key neighborhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, marking a pivotal development in Syria’s ongoing political transformation. This move comes as part of a broader agreement between the Kurdish-led authority in northeastern Syria and the Damascus-based central government, which is steadily reasserting its authority across the country. The fighters pulled …

Israel’s military launched an airstrike targeting a residential building on the outskirts of Damascus, claiming it was a command center for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group. The military stated that the facility had been used to orchestrate attacks against Israel and warned of further military action against Palestinian factions operating within Syria. The attack took place in Dummar, a …

Syrian intelligence under the country’s new leadership has reportedly foiled a plot by the Islamic State (IS) to bomb the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab in a Damascus suburb. State media announced the arrests of individuals involved in the plan, attributing the information to an unnamed official from the General Intelligence Service. According to the official, the intelligence agency is …

U.S. diplomats met Syria’s newly appointed leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Friday, marking the first official contact since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad. This meeting comes amid international concerns over the direction of Syria’s leadership, with many powers seeking assurances that the country’s new authorities will be moderate and inclusive, particularly in regard to the rights of minorities, women, …

A rebel group was deployed to a village in southeastern Damascus to combat looters who had overrun a residential complex, stealing items and setting several apartments on fire. This action took place a week after the rebels launched a swift offensive on the Syrian capital, leading to the flight of President Bashar Assad and the end of his family’s decades-long …

At Damascus International Airport, the new head of security, a former rebel who had marched across Syria to the capital, arrived with his team. The few maintenance workers who reported to work gathered around Maj Hamza al-Ahmed, eager to learn about the changes ahead. They quickly shared grievances that had been silenced during President Bashar Assad’s rule, which now, surprisingly, …

A Syrian war monitor reported that early on Saturday, Israel conducted airstrikes targeting military sites in Damascus and its surrounding areas. These strikes are the latest in a series following the fall of Bashar al-Assad almost a week ago. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, stated that the Israeli airstrikes destroyed a scientific institute and other military …

In recent developments, Israel has reportedly targeted multiple Syrian arms depots near Damascus, focusing on sites that could potentially serve hostile forces in the region. These airstrikes, attributed to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), are part of Israel’s ongoing efforts to neutralize military threats from Syria, particularly as the country grapples with instability amidst the collapse of Assad’s regime. The …