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Women in Damascus, Syria, celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa shakes hands with US President Donald Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025.
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ISIS claims first attacks against forces loyal to new government in Syria
People celebrate in Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on May 13, following US President Donald Trump's decision to lift sanctions in Syria.
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US moves to ease sanctions on Syria after Trump pledge
US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025.
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Officials across US government scramble to implement Trump’s surprise Syria announcement
TOPSHOT - Yousif al-Obaidli, (R) the director-general of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, accompanies US President Donald Trump on a tour of the mosque in Abu Dhabi on May 15, 2025. The United Arab Emirates is the third leg of Trump's visit to the region, which has already taken him to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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GOLAN HEIGHTS, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 10: A view of the Syrian-Israeli border in the Majdal Shams region in Golan Heights as Israeli army reinforces its ground forces while military mobility continues in Golan Heights, Israel on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Samir Abdalhade/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Israeli and Syrian official hold rare direct talks, Israeli source says
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in Doha, Qatar, May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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President Donald Trump attends the Saudi-US Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13.
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Trump announces plan to lift punishing sanctions on Syria
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‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town
Mar 17, 2025
TOPSHOT - A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul. Iraqi forces launched a major push on February 19 to recapture the west of Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, retaking the airport and then advancing north. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
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US and Iraqi forces kill ISIS chief of global operations, officials say
Mar 15, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz visit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on December 8.
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In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain
Mar 14, 2025
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is pictured at the presidential palace in Damascus on March 10.
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Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group’s rule for 5 years
Mar 14, 2025

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<p>Flying cars moved a step closer to reality in Oman, OceanQuest debuted at the UN Ocean Conference, and it was announced that Syria will soon reconnect to the Swift payment system.</p>
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Jun 9, 2025
<p>It has been six months since Syria broke free from 53 years of repressive rule. Now a former al Qaeda militant, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, is running the country. Fareed talks with David Miliband, the former British foreign secretary and current head of the International Rescue Committee, about his recent trip to Syria, where he met with Al-Sharaa.</p>
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