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Syria

Syria sends thousands of troops to Lebanon border, sources say

Syrians living in Lebanon wait at the Ministry of Interior Immigration and Passports Department, at the Syrian-Lebanese border, as they return to Syria due to ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Jdaydet Yabous, Syria, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar
Syrians living in Lebanon wait at the Ministry of Interior Immigration and Passports Department, at the Syrian-Lebanese border, as they return to Syria due to ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Jdaydet Yabous, Syria, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar

Four people killed in Syria after an Iranian missile falls on building, state media reports

United Nations peacekeepers and civilians standing near the wreckage of an Iranian rocket that was reportedly intercepted by Israeli forces, in the southern Syrian countryside of Quneitra, near the Golan Heights, close to the town of Ghadir al-Bustan.
United Nations peacekeepers and civilians standing near the wreckage of an Iranian rocket that was reportedly intercepted by Israeli forces, in the southern Syrian countryside of Quneitra, near the Golan Heights, close to the town of Ghadir al-Bustan.

UN Security Council lifts sanctions on Syria’s HTS rebel group

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall in Damascus, on Dec 8, 2025
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall in Damascus, on Dec 8, 2025

Former Tunisian PM Larayedh jailed for 24 years in Syria jihadist case

FILE PHOTO: Ali Larayedh, senior official of Tunisia's Islamist opposition party Ennahda and former prime minister, gestures while surrounded by his supporters, upon his arrival for questioning by anti-terrorism police, in Tunis,Tunisia September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Ali Larayedh, senior official of Tunisia's Islamist opposition party Ennahda and former prime minister, gestures while surrounded by his supporters, upon his arrival for questioning by anti-terrorism police, in Tunis,Tunisia September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo

Washington presses Syria to shift from Chinese telecom systems

Trump asks US Supreme Court to end protections for Syrian immigrants

U.S. President Donald Trump seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 22, 2025. REUTERS/Craig Hudson
U.S. President Donald Trump seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 22, 2025. REUTERS/Craig Hudson

Syria confirms mass escape of jihadist relatives from Al-Hol camp

After the Kurdish forces withdrew, thousands of women and children fled the camp to parts unknown.
After the Kurdish forces withdrew, thousands of women and children fled the camp to parts unknown.

Islamic State kills four security personnel in Syria, state news agency says

Iraq says Ankara agrees to take back Turkish citizens among IS detainees moved from Syria

FILE PHOTO: U.S. military vehicles move ahead of buses transporting Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq, according to a security source from the Syrian Democratic Forces, in Qamishli, Syria, February 8, 2026. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. military vehicles move ahead of buses transporting Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq, according to a security source from the Syrian Democratic Forces, in Qamishli, Syria, February 8, 2026. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo

US military begins withdrawing from main base in northeast Syria, Syrian sources say

An armoured U.S. military vehicle moves towards the Iraqi Kurdistan region as U.S. troops withdraw from Qasrak military base in northeastern Syria, in Qamishli, Syria, February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
An armoured U.S. military vehicle moves towards the Iraqi Kurdistan region as U.S. troops withdraw from Qasrak military base in northeastern Syria, in Qamishli, Syria, February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.