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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrives for the EU Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 24, 2026
Middle East / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026
People wait for the Louvre museum to open as employees at the Louvre Museum vote to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum, Dec. 18, 2025 in Paris
Round-up / 13 February 2026
13 February 2026
People gather in front of a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ain Qana village, south Lebanon, February 2, 2026
Round-up / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa pose for a photo during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, January 28, 2026
Middle East / 29 January 2026
29 January 2026
Kurdish fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are cheered by local residents ahead of the end of a four-day truce with the Syrian government in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, January 24, 2026
Middle East / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026
Members of Syrian government forces deploy on the streets as they take over the Achrafieh neighborhood from Kurdish fighters during ongoing clashes that erupted Tuesday in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, January 8, 2026
Syria / 9 January 2026
9 January 2026
The body of one of the victims of an Israeli forces raid in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jin is brought to Al-Mowasat Hospital in Damascus, November 28, 2025
Middle East / 28 November 2025
28 November 2025
Syrian women walk past a fence of the National Museum of Syria in Damascus, Syria, November 12, 2025
Middle East / 18 November 2025
18 November 2025
Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa
Middle East / 7 November 2025
7 November 2025
Syrian electoral college members line up to cast their ballots in a parliamentary election at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, October 5, 2025
Middle East / 7 October 2025
7 October 2025
Syrian bathers swim as the sun sets at a beach resort in Wadi Qandil, north of the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, September 5, 2025
Syria / 9 September 2025
9 September 2025
SUMMARY EVICTIONS: A house door is seen marked with
Features / 5 September 2025
5 September 2025

Since Ahmad al-Sharaa came to power in Syria, the Damascus government has been given carte blanche to use maximum force against any threat to its continued rule, writes VIJAY PRASHAD    

Pedestrians walk on the Zocalo in the Historic Center of Mexico City, August 19, 2023
Round-up / 14 August 2025
14 August 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa meets with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani and Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People's Assembly Elections in Damascus, Syria, July 27, 2025. Photo: SANA via AP
Syria / 28 July 2025
28 July 2025
Environmental activist Paul Watson smiles as he arrives at Charles de Gaulle's airport in Roissy, north of Paris, December 20, 2025
Round-Up / 22 July 2025
22 July 2025
Syrian Bedouin families ride in a convoy led by Red Crescent vehicles in Busra al-Harir, heading to Daraa after being evacuated from Sweida following more than a week of violent clashes, July 21, 2025
Syria / 21 July 2025
21 July 2025
Bedouin fighters stand in front a burned shop at Mazraa village on the outskirts of Sweida city, during clashes between the Bedouin clans and Druze militias, southern Syria, July 18, 2025
Middle East / 18 July 2025
18 July 2025
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Syrian Defence Ministry, in Damascus, Syria, July 16, 2025. Photo: SANA via AP
Syria / 16 July 2025
16 July 2025
Smoke rise from clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze militias in Sweida city, southern Syria, July 15, 2025
Syria / 15 July 2025
15 July 2025
People use umbrellas in hot weather to shelter from the sun while walking past the Colosseum, in Rome, Monday, June 30, 2025
Round-up / 1 July 2025
1 July 2025
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, right, speaks during a joint press conference with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Damascus, Syria, May 31, 2025
Middle East / 1 June 2025
1 June 2025
First responders carry a body at the site of a mass grave in Raqqa, Syria, the city that served as the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, Sept. 7, 2019
World / 12 May 2025
12 May 2025
Cardinals adjust their mitre hats during a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter's Basilica before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025
Round-up / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025
A Syrian government security forces gunman stand guards on a checkpoint at one of Jaramana suburb entrances, April 30, 2025
Middle East / 30 April 2025
30 April 2025
Workers prepare a crane on the third day of rescue efforts a
World / 10 April 2025
10 April 2025
Trade union federation / 5 April 2025
5 April 2025
World / 5 April 2025
5 April 2025
Snippets of news from around the globe
Debris is scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on a mi
World / 3 April 2025
3 April 2025
Confetti and flowers are dropped from a military helicopter
Opinion / 1 April 2025
1 April 2025
The transformation of a stable secular state into a fractured ruin largely ruled by Western-backed fundamentalists exposes the hollow nature of ‘multipolarity’ and the absence of principled anti-imperialism today, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
People stroll, March 21, 2025 in La Defense business distric
World / 30 March 2025
30 March 2025
Visitors check the China made BYD ATTO 3 at the IAA motor sh
World / 25 March 2025
25 March 2025
Burnt cars remain in the middle of a street following the re
Features / 22 March 2025
22 March 2025
Ben Chacko asks NIZAR TRABULSI of the now banned Syrian Communist Party (Unified) to explain the country's turbulent, and violent, post-Assad scene
In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Hel
World / 16 March 2025
16 March 2025
Mourners gather in 2019 to mark the fifth anniversary of the
Editorial: / 14 March 2025
14 March 2025
Syria's interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa (right) leaves the
World / 25 February 2025
25 February 2025
A statue depicting the late Syrian President Hafez Assad is
World / 13 February 2025
13 February 2025