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Syrian court sentences two to death over 2025 coastal violence
Court rulings concern violence and killings during March 2025 uprising by pro-Assad forces and retaliatory attacks.
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Syria: Israeli army accused of arbitrary arrests and detention
The Israeli army has arrested more than 200 people in southern Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024, according to the Sijil Centre, which tracks Israeli activity in Syria. The Israeli military says it is targeting “suspected terrorists”. Witnesses, for their part, have denounced the arbitrary arrests, while former detainees and their loved ones have raised serious concerns over conditions in detention.
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Concerts of pro-Assad singers cancelled in Syria
The concerts of several singers accused of supporting the regime of deposed president Bashar al-Assad have been cancelled this summer in Syria. People in Homs ripped down posters advertising performances by artists Mohamad Iskandar and Hossam Jneed, denouncing their previous links with the regime. One of the musicians later publicly apologised.
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Pro-Assad Concerts Cancelled in Syria
In Syria, several artists' concerts accused of supporting the former regime of Bashar al-Assad were cancelled this summer. In Homs, people ripped off posters announcing the concerts of singers Mohamad Iskandar and Hossam Jneed, denouncing their past ties with the regime. One of the artists subsequently offered a public apology.
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Syrian embassy returns seized passport after 43 years
Syria's embassy in Berlin has returned the passport of a citizen that the former Assad government seized 43 years ago.
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Syrian Airlines unveils laser-sharp look for the future
Syrian Airlines unveils a new visual identity as it rebrands amid Syria’s post-Assad development.
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Syria removed from US arms export ban list
US has gradually loosened restrictions placed on Syria during the Assad era to aid country's recovery from conflict.
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Syria: An exclusive look at the integration of Uyghur fighters in armed forces
Several factions of foreign fighters are credited with helping topple Syria's Bashar al-Assad nearly two years ago - among them, the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim, Turkic ethnic minority spread across Central Asia - notably in China's Xinjiang region. They eventually became amongst the largest contingents of foreign fighters in Syria, though those who have stayed and built lives there are notoriously secretive. However, France 24's Wassim Nasr was recently in Syria and had exclusive access to Uyghur fighters there.
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Syria: Israeli army accused of arbitrary arrest and detention
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, more than 200 people have reportedly been arrested by the Israeli army in southern Syria during operations beyond the buffer zone between the two countries. Israel suspects them of "terrorism", witnesses report arbitrary arrests. The arrested persons are then detained under conditions also denounced by those who have been released and their relatives.
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Syrian man reunited with secret library hidden for 15 years
A Syrian man has been reunited with his collection of over 100 Islamic texts, science books and poems,15 years after sealing the collection behind a wall. Mustafa Khaled Alwan had built to conceal the library, which would likely have landed in prison, or worse, under Bashar al-Assad's rule.
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Syria: Investigation into Israeli arbitrary detentions
Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024, southern Syria has become the scene of many Israeli military operations. In a number of villages close to the area of separation between Syria and the Golan Heights, residents told France 24 that they had faced incursions, searches and arrests by Israeli soldiers.
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Syria: Opponent of Bashar al-Assad digs up his books 15 years after burying them
After living more than a decade in a refugee camp, Mustafa Khaled Alwan, a sympathizer of the Syrian branch of the Muslim brothers, was finally able to cut down the false wall he had erected at home in Homs, to hide his Islamist books from Bashar Al-Assad's forces.
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Abu Bilal Library: A History of Resistance to Bashar Al-Assad Regime
"15 years after leaving # Syria, Abu Bilal returned to his old home, where he hid a precious collection of books. With a hammer he was able to access the library he hid from the persecution of the Bashar al-Assad regime. The story that became viral this week was shared by his son on social media.
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Syria arrests five former al-Assad-era officers over strikes on civilians
Former air officers, including an air force general, were arrested in a series of operations.
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Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
Austin Tice’s abduction was approved by Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad, a source claims.