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Syria: The man behind the mission to heal decade-old wounds in the Sunni majority

Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...

2dFrance 24Politics

Kurdish granted national language status in Syria

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days. The decre...

19hFrance 24Politics

Syria: No end to conflict between Kurds, central government

The past week's fighting between the Syrian army and Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries shows how difficult the military integration of the two will be to achieve....

3dDeutsche WellePolitics

Civilians flee Kurdish-held region in northern Syria ahead of army deadline

Civilians fled a Kurdish-held region of northern Syria on Friday before a deadline set by the army, which seeks to expand its control over the area after driving Kurdish forces from Aleppo. The govern...

1dFrance 24Politics

In 3rd attack in Syria, US kills leader linked to ISIS ambush: CENTCOM

The U.S. military launched a third round of retaliatory strikes in Syria on Friday, killing a leader with ties to an ambush attack by an ISIS gunman, officials said....

7hABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Syrian army enters northern towns after Kurdish fighters withdraw

Syrian government forces entered two northern towns Saturday morning after the command of Kurdish-led fighters said it would evacuate the area in an apparent move to avoid conflict. Two soldiers were ...

15hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Syrian army enters areas east of Aleppo as Kurds withdraw

The Syrian army announced that it had taken control of Deir Hafer, a town previously under Kurdish control located east of Aleppo....

20hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

'A lot of contradictory information': Syrian and Kurdish forces clash along the Euphrates River

As the Syrian army and Kurdish-led forces trade accusations of breaking a troop withdrawal agreement in the country's north, FRANCE 24 Damascus correspondent Dana Alboz breaks down how the Syrian mili...

7hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

'The goal is to destroy the Syrian Democratic Forces': Clashes break out between army and Kurds

Joshua Landis, the director of the University of Oklahoma's Centre for Middle East Studies, talks about how the Syrian military's advance across the country's north aims to end years of autonomy won b...

7hFrance 24PoliticsImpact