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The latest news, updates, and features on Syria, a country in the Middle East. The country borders Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. Syria's capital city is Damascus.

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TOPSHOT - Syrian army soldiers use detectors to find and clear landmines in a field at a pistachio orchard in the village of Maan, north of Hama in west-central Syria on June 24, 2020. - Pistachio farmers in central Syria are hoping that reduced violence will help revive cultivation of what was once one of the country's top exports. Maan, famed for its pistachio production, was controlled for years by jihadists and their rebel allies but it fell to the government at the start of the year following a months-long offensive. Although battles have died down, farmers in Hama are now grappling with landmines left behind by rebels and jihadists. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Play Video DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 31: People dressed as Santa Claus (Father Christmas) pose for a selfie while a man holding a weapon stands guard on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Syria is transitioning after the fall of the Baath regime and the Assad family's rule, with a temporary administration now in place in Damascus and Aleppo. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Syrians celebrate their first New Year no longer under dictator Assad's thumb

Channel: World World December 31, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Balkis Press/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock (14981305a) ? Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACA. 40868-14. London-UK, 17/12/2002. Before their departure from UK, Syrian president Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma meet with Duke Michael of Kent and his wife Alexandra during a cocktail party at the Dorchester Hotel. 40868 16 - 08 Dec 2024

Assad's British wife 'blocked from returning to UK for cancer treatment'

Channel: UK UK December 29, 2024 By Jen Mills
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma visit a group of young athletes of special needs gathered at a hotel in Damascus late on September 5, 2010, ahead of the opening of the annual Middle East and North Africa Special Needs Olympics later this month. Participants from 23 countries, including Iran, will take part in the one-week tournament first launched in 1993 as of September 25, 2010. AFP PHOTO/ LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

British wife of ex-Syrian dictator given '50/50' chance of survival from cancer

Channel: World World December 25, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

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Channel: World World December 23, 2024 By Tom Sanders
Francois Zankih (left) is seen standing solemnly and looking into the camera wearing a white shirt. On the right, Syrian rebels are seen waving the flag of the nation in a dusk-filled sky

'I was tortured in Syria for being gay — now I'm terrified what the future will bring'

Channel: World World January 10, 2025 By Luke Alsford
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Channel: World World December 18, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video A drone view shows the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, according to residents, after the ousting of al-Assad, in Al Qutayfah, Syria, December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Brits 'among thousands of bodies found in mass graves' in Syria

Channel: World World December 18, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
FILE - In this photo provided Nov. 9, 2019, by the official Syrian news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. (SANA via AP, File)

Bashar al-Assad describes dying moments of his dictatorship with defiant tone

Channel: World World December 16, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
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Channel: World World December 16, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

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Channel: World World December 14, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

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Channel: World World December 11, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
People hold a large Syrian opposition flag at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 9, 2024. Syrians flocked to the main square of the capital city Damascus on December 9 to mark what many regard as a long-awaited new dawn after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad. Assad fled to Russia the day before after a lightning offensive spearheaded by Islamist rebels ousted him from power, opening a new chapter in Syria's history after five decades of rule by his clan. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Map shows which countries have paused Syrian refugee decisions after Assad's fall

Channel: World World December 11, 2024 By Craig Munro

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Channel: World World December 10, 2024 By Gethin Hicks

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