A year after tyrant Assad’s fall, Syrians mark ‘liberation day’ with flags and fireworks
Crowds gathered in celebration, but questions remain over country’s future
Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s disappeared: Leak of Assad torture photographs reveals fate of thousands
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Returning home to Syria after 13 years: A writer reflects on her journey to Damascus after fall of Assad
A year on from the collapse of the Assad regime, Syrian-Irish writer Suad Aldarra reflects on her return to Damascus in 2025
Inside Assad’s surveillance state: leaked files show how spy network spread fear in Syria
Documents spanning decades reveal intelligence agencies monitored civilians, recorded personal details and used local officials to enforce compliance
Syria’s disappeared: leak of Assad torture photos reveals fate of thousands
More than 33,000 images of detainees reveal starvation, torture and death in Assad-era prisons
New detail emerges about President Catherine Connolly’s 2018 trip to Syria
Visit followed trip by Mick Wallace and Clare Daly in 2017 that was arranged by Irish activist who writes for sanctioned Russian website
‘The law applies to all’: Syria stages landmark trials as questions over justice loom
With hands zip-tied and heads bowed, Assad loyalists were among the first to face a public court in Aleppo
The Irish Times view on Syria’s leader: a long road to reconstruction
The international community must rally to support the country’s revival and reintegration into its ranks
Syrian Christians remain anxious almost a year after fall of Assad regime
Families remember lost loved ones while navigating fears under new governance
Catherine Connolly pictured with man linked to war crimes in Syria
Group accuses presidential candidate of ‘misleading’ statements over meeting ‘Palestinians’ on 2018 trip
Who is the pro-Assad militia leader Catherine Connolly was pictured with in Syria?
‘Let’s just say, we’ve all heard many stories about him’ says former neighbour of Al-Aal
Putin welcomes new Syrian leader while still harbouring the old one
Talks underscore Moscow’s efforts to safeguard military foothold in region and forge relations with new rulers in Damascus
Catherine Connolly rejects suggestion of misleading statement on Syria trip funding
Presidential candidate confirms taxpayer funded allowance was used, having previously said ‘I funded that trip’
About 1 million people have returned to Syria following overthrow of Assad, UN body says
UNHCR commissioner asks international community to offer support to returning Syrians
Catherine Connolly’s remarks on not trusting ‘US, UK, France’ were in ‘context of Gaza genocide’, she says
Independent TD’s bid for presidency won unanimous backing of People Before Profit party on Sunday
Druze want separatist homeland in Syria and urge international community to support them
Spiritual leader Hikmat Hijri speaks out against ‘recent ordeal that aimed to exterminate’ his community
A thoroughly engrossing account of the Iranian revolution and an essential read on post-Assad Syria
King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson & Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria
Clashes in Syria ‘have killed 1,200 and triggered humanitarian crisis’
Violence ‘exacerbated by Syrian government intervention and Israeli air strikes’, says Human Rights Watch
More than 30 killed as Syrian government struggles to contain sectarian violence
Troops sent in to de-escalate situation after fighting breaks out between Bedouin clans and Druze militias
Who is Catherine Connolly? The outspoken left-wing campaigner running for president
A critic of ‘warmongering’ and a Gaeilgeoir, Independent TD was not in the mix during Coalition talks
US revokes foreign terrorist designation for Syria’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
The group, also know as Al-Nusrah Front, took part in offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad
The origins of Israel’s conflicts with Iran, Hamas and Hizbullah
Almost eight decades of Arab-Israeli conflict explained
‘Everyone is digging for gold now’: Desperate Syrians resort to scouring ancient sites
Security vacuum after Assad downfall has led to plundering for Greek, Roman and Byzantine artefacts
Middle East in maps: Key territories in the current conflict
A map-based guide to understand wars and conflict in the Middle East
Islamic State suicide bombing in Damascus church kills 22 people
Sunday night attck was first major IS operation and suicide bombing in Syria since toppling of former president Bashar al-Assad in December
Demining in Syria: ‘People are desperate to go back to their houses... In their mind the main threat is gone’
There have been more than 900 mine-related injuries or fatalities in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime
Children play among bones as Syria faces ‘enormous challenge’ of what to do about mass graves
Six months after the fall of Syria’s Assad regime, mass burial sites of the war’s victims are still not cordoned off or protected
Iran fires missiles at Israel in response to attacks
Israel warns strikes are just start of its campaign, while Donald Trump says Iran could halt attacks by ending its nuclear programme
Exhibitions open in Damascus remembering suffering and sacrifice under Syrian regime
Hundreds attend the first gallery show openings since fall of Bashar al-Assad, honouring former detainees and disappeared people
‘KatKot’ chocolate and ‘Ugarit Cola’: What life in Syria was like under US sanctions
It felt like the more ways we learned to survive the sanctions regime, the more creative ways it found to punish us
US pushes former foes to lead Syria towards ‘normalisation’ after decades of enmity
Sanctions to be lifted as Washington urges Damascus to cut ties with Palestinian militants and to protect minorities
Celebrations in Damascus after Donald Trump’s sudden announcement of end to sanctions on Syria
Economic embargoes to be lifted as country struggles to rebuild after 13 years of war
Israeli strikes on Syria hit area near presidential palace in Damascus
Escalation indicates Israel’s preparedness to ramp up military action in name of Syria’s Druze minority
The ghosts of Khaldiyeh, a Homs neighbourhood devastated by Syria’s war
Khaldiyeh, in Syria’s third-largest city, is a former opposition stronghold once under siege during the country’s long war
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