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Proposed changes to Syrian education system add to growing concerns over new regime
Members of the new security forces take part in an operation to detain, according to the state media, militiamen affiliated with ousted president Bashar Assad in Homs, Syria, January 2, 2025

PROPOSED changes to Syria’s school curriculum have added to growing concerns over the direction being taken by the new regime, with evolution among subjects that will no longer be taught.

The foreign ministers of France and Germany visited Damascus to court the new jihadist-led authorities.

On Thursday, the Education Ministry of Syria’s transitional government posted a new all-age-group curriculum on social media.

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