The Latest Breaking News from Syria

French journalist Edith Bouvier has welcomed arrest warrants issued by Paris for Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad and six of his senior officials, more than a decade after a bombing in Homs killed two of her colleagues and left her badly injured.

Government denies organising return as critics warn of security risks and aid groups urge action

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog reports finding traces of uranium at a site in Syria

Turkey’s peace process is advancing. In August 2025, three months after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – commonly known as the PKK – announced its formal disbandment, a Turkish parliamentary committee overseeing reforms as part of the process met. It followed a symbolic disarmament ceremony in northern Iraq, during which Kurdish…

Arjun Malaviya set off from his home in California on his 17th birthday with the aim of ‘seeing the world alone, before turning 20.’ He spoke to US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill about his epic odyssey and how his time in Afghanistan yielded ‘the most surprisingly positive experiences’

Residents in the al-Sumaria neighbourhood Euronews spoke to say the Syrian government has done little to protect them.

Before 2010, when the protests against Bashar al-Assad led to a civil war in the country, oil provided more than half of Syria's income.

Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to survive

US envoy Barrack proposed the zone, but analysts say locals don’t trust Israel or the US’s ability to control it.

An official with the U.N. reguee agency UNHCR says that since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December, some 850,000 Syrian refugees have returned home from neighboring countries

Many of Syria's Alawite minority are leaving a Damascus suburb after a pro-government armed faction raided the area