With 188 total participants in a poll conducted by Wael Sawah, Ayman Asfari emerged as the clear front-runner, securing 118 votes—over 62% of the total. At first glance, Syria’s current political ...

Sharaa is seen as a stabilising figure in a chaotic transition, someone who filled the post-Assad vacuum when no other credible authority could The View from Damascus – Syria’s Evolving Political ...

In moments of profound national trauma, silence is not neutrality—it is complicity. At a time when Syria faces one of its most painful reckonings, a group of prominent Syrian intellectuals, writers, ...

Through this participation, Damascus aims to reassert its presence within international financial institutions and explore opportunities for economic cooperation with potential partners. Syrian ...

The Kurdish leader underscored the importance of recognising the Kurds as a fundamental component of the country, along with the rights to mother-tongue education, political participation, and the ...

Although the Presidential Office issued a statement clarifying that Jamal al-Sharqa holds no official position within the state and that his presence was strictly personal, the announcement failed to ...

The meeting reflected a shared willingness by both Damascus and Erbil to recalibrate their bilateral relations and open direct lines of communication, 963 writes. Sharaa and Barzani in Antalya: A New ...

The Syrian government on Wednesday held talks with a delegation from the United Nations’ International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in ...

Lebanon’s ministerial committee on Syrian refugees announced the government’s readiness to develop a comprehensive plan—jointly with Syrian authorities and international organisations—for the safe, ...

The list of U.S. demands calls for Damascus to issue a formal public statement banning all Palestinian political factions and activities on Syrian soil. A senior official in U.S. President Donald ...

Mohammed Afif Nayfeh was a civil servant in Damascus Municipality prior to the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011. His life was upended when security officers arrived at his office and ordered ...