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High-ranking US diplomats meet HTS leader

High American diplomats visit Syria for the first time since the dictator Bashar al-Assad was ousted at the beginning of December. There, they have met the HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa – and now announce that the reward for his capture is being scrapped.

High-ranking US diplomats meet HTS leader

Syrian soldiers on the run are sent home

Iraq is to send back Syrian soldiers who fled during the rebel-led lightning offensive that ended with the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to the country's Interior Ministry. .

Syrian soldiers on the run are sent home

The Government wants to help Syrians return

The Migration Agency is to map out what support may be needed if a large number of Syrians further ahead want to return to their home country. It's a very large number who have come to Sweden and we must always be prepared, says Minister for Migration Johan Forssell (The Moderate Party).

The Government wants to help Syrians return

Putin: Don't know when we'll control Kursk again

Russia's president Vladimir Putin acknowledges that he does not know when the country can regain full control over the border region of Kursk, where Ukraine launched an offensive in August. During his annual press conference, Putin takes the opportunity to challenge the USA to a robot duel.

Putin: Don't know when we'll control Kursk again

Samar Yazbek Returns – Wants to Live in Damascus

Syria's future stands and weighs. Samar Yazbek wants to return to build up the country – while exile poet Raafat Hekmat tries to influence from exile.

Samar Yazbek Returns – Wants to Live in Damascus

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have been executed, tortured or starved to death in Assad's regime's notorious prisons. For the relatives, the wait for answers is unbearable.

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

The UN wants free and fair elections in Syria

The UN Security Council demands that an "inclusive and Syrian-led" political process be implemented in the country, following the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad. The UN envoy Geir Pedersen urges the country to hold free and fair elections.

The UN wants free and fair elections in Syria

Turkish search effort in notorious prison yields nothing

Turkish rescue workers who searched through the notorious Saydnaya prison north of Damascus are ending the search. No prisoners have been found alive.

Turkish search effort in notorious prison yields nothing

Netanyahu provokes with meeting on the Golan Heights

Israel has held a provocative security meeting on occupied Golan Heights. The UN envoy to Syria urges Israel not to expand its territory on occupied Syrian territory.

Netanyahu provokes with meeting on the Golan Heights

Iran's leader: Syria's resistance is not over

Iran's highest leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says that the "resistance" in Syria is not over despite the former leader Bashar al-Assad's fall. .

Iran's leader: Syria's resistance is not over

UN: Hundreds of Thousands of Syrians Believed to Return

One million Syrians may return home during the first half of 2025, after President Bashar al-Assad's regime has collapsed, according to the UN. .

UN: Hundreds of Thousands of Syrians Believed to Return

Syria's notorious prisons – a cash cow for the regime

Syria's prisons were not only a tool for brutal oppression against the regime's opponents. They are also believed to have generated billions of kronor for dictator Bashar al-Assad and his supporters.

Syria's notorious prisons – a cash cow for the regime

Assad: I didn't want to flee - Russia evacuated me

Syria's deposed dictator has broken the silence from his exile in Russia. Bashar al-Assad claims that Syria is now in the hands of terrorists – and that he did not flee voluntarily.

Assad: I didn't want to flee - Russia evacuated me

Kurds in Syria want an end to the fighting

The Kurdish self-government in Syria's northeastern parts calls for an end to the fighting in the country and invites the country's new government to dialogue. The call for "a stop to military operations across the entire Syrian territory to initiate a constructive, comprehensive national dialogue" comes on Monday at a press conference in Raqqa, just over a week after jihadist militia groups overthrew dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Kurds in Syria want an end to the fighting

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Disappeared"

In prisons and morgues, Syrians desperately search for husbands, brothers, and sons. Nameless bodies bear witness to the regime's brutality.

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Disappeared"

Israeli attacks on robot warehouses in Syria

Israel has directed attacks against robot warehouses in Syria, according to information from the conflict observer Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR), which calls the attacks the most violent since 2012. Since the dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, Israel has attacked locations in Syria with the intention of destroying the former regime's military equipment.

Israeli attacks on robot warehouses in Syria

Israel wants to increase settlements in occupied Golan

Israel's government has given the green light to expand the Israeli settlements on the occupied Golan Heights, which according to international law belong to Syria, several media outlets report. .

Israel wants to increase settlements in occupied Golan

The UN Envoy has met Syria's new leader

The UN's special envoy to Syria, Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen, has met with Syria's new leader. .

The UN Envoy has met Syria's new leader

Warning to Assad Loyalists: If You Come Here, You Will Be Prosecuted

Supporters of Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad are not welcome in Germany. .

Warning to Assad Loyalists: If You Come Here, You Will Be Prosecuted

Dozens of Israeli attacks on Syria

Israel's military has carried out new intensive attacks on locations in Syria. Dozens of air strikes took place within a few hours on Saturday evening, according to the UK-based conflict monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

Dozens of Israeli attacks on Syria

IS attack in Syrian desert – six dead

IS has killed six shepherds in an area in the Syrian desert notorious for extremist attacks, according to the UK-based conflict monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). .

IS attack in Syrian desert – six dead

So the attack that toppled Assad was planned

For several years, the Islamist movement HTS planned how they would overthrow the Assad regime. The only thing they were waiting for was the right moment, according to the military chief Abu Hassan al-Hamwi.

So the attack that toppled Assad was planned

Tons of medical equipment to be flown to Syria

50 tons of medical equipment will be flown to Syria via Turkey, announces the EU Commission. .

Tons of medical equipment to be flown to Syria

Tens of thousands celebrate al-Assad's fall in Syria

Tens of thousands of people have gathered at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus to celebrate. It is the first Friday prayer since the dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown and also elsewhere in the country, thousands of people have gathered.

Tens of thousands celebrate al-Assad's fall in Syria