Topic - Syria

, it is the 56th-most populous and 87th-largest country. - Source: Wikipedia

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Atef Najib, former head of the Political Security Branch in the Daraa area during Bashar Assad's rule, sits in the defendants' cage during a trial session at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syria’s first public trial of Assad-era officials opens in Damascus

By Ghaith Alsayed - Associated Press

Protesters and relatives of victims of the killings known as the Tadamon massacre gather to demand the execution of Amjad Yousef, a former intelligence officer allegedly linked to the killings, after the Interior Ministry announced his arrest, in the Tadamon neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syrian authorities arrest ex-intelligence officer tied to a leaked video of a massacre

By Ghaith Alsayed - Associated Press

FILE -A boy steps over pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his late father, Hafez Assad, right, Salamiyah, east of Hama, Syria, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)

Trial of Syrian man accused of torture during Syria’s civil war begins in the Netherlands

By Molly Quell - Associated Press

U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a cellphone photo in a cafe in Baghdad, Iraq, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

U.S. and Iraqi officials say kidnapped journalist had been warned of threats

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, right, and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa attend a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German leader raises prospect of many Syrians returning home as the country’s president visits

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against against new alcohol restrictions that limit sales largely to Christian areas in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, March 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syrian authorities’ new limits on alcohol sales in Damascus spark backlash

By Omar Sanadiki - Associated Press

A convoy carrying U.S. Army vehicles drives away from the International Coalition's Qasrak Base, its largest base in northeastern Syria, heading toward Iraqi territory on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

China looks to expand economic footprint in developing Syria as Damascus turns to Washington, Riyadh

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow an end to legal protections for Syrian migrants

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

A vehicle pauses as a convoy of Syria's Interior Ministry forces passes through en route to the town of Qamishli, where the forces deploy under a ceasefire agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), near the village of Mazraat al-Nahar, northeastern Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) ** FILE **

U.S. troops pulling out of largest base in northeast Syria as withdrawal continues

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Family members of suspected Islamic State militants who are Australian nationals board a van heading to the airport in Damascus during the first repatriation operation of the year, at Roj Camp in eastern Syria, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Thirty-four Australian citizens from 11 families departed the camp. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Australia bans a citizen with alleged links to militant IS group from returning from Syria

By Rod McGuirk and Hogir Al Abdo - Associated Press

Family members of suspected Islamic State militants who are Australian nationals board a van heading to the airport in Damascus during the first repatriation operation of the year, at Roj Camp in eastern Syria, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Thirty-four Australian citizens from 11 families departed the camp. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Australian citizens with alleged IS ties depart Syria’s Roj camp for repatriation

By Hogir Al Abdo - Associated Press

A visitor looks through a book at a stall selling Islamic titles during the 57th Damascus International Book Fair in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, the first edition since the collapse of the Assad regime. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

The Damascus book fair draws crowds, with censorship eased in post-Assad Syria

By Omar Sanadiki and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A boy plays with a cat on a street of the Kurdish-majority neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud, in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A Kurdish-majority neighborhood in Syria recovers from clashes with hope for the future

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Women wait at a medical center in the al-Hol camp, one of the detention facilities holding thousands of Islamic State group members and their families, now under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Population at al-Hol camp dropped sharply as Syria moves to relocate remaining families, U.N. says

Associated Press

In this file photo, Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during a military operation to regain control of a village outside Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

U.S. forces complete transfers of ISIS fighters from Syria to more secure prisons in Iraq

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times