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Syria's new government: Come home – everyone is welcome

All religious communities will be allowed to exist and operate in Syria, promises the country's new government in a charm offensive. Syrians who fled the bloody war are being urged to return and participate in the reconstruction.

Syria's new government: Come home – everyone is welcome

US-backed Kurds forced back in Syria

Kurdish-led forces controlling a large part of northeastern Syria are being pushed back by Islamist rebel forces on several fronts. The USA, which has long armed the Kurdish self-government, says it is working on the situation.

US-backed Kurds forced back in Syria

After the Regime: Hope and Anxiety for Syrians in the EU

Ten years after the major refugee crisis, EU countries are hoping for a stream in the opposite direction. The regime's fall in Syria raises hopes that more will return – but also concern about what the new leadership really means.

After the Regime: Hope and Anxiety for Syrians in the EU

Reports: IS has killed over 50 fleeing soldiers

The terrorist group IS has killed more than 50 soldiers who tried to flee in the central Homs province in Syria, according to the UK-based conflict monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). .

Reports: IS has killed over 50 fleeing soldiers

Erdogan: Do not divide Syria - but "crush terror"

Syria will never again be "divided", says Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a speech, he expresses hope for an end to fighting and conflicts – but at the same time emphasizes that "terror groups like IS and PKK/PYD" must be crushed.

Erdogan: Do not divide Syria - but "crush terror"

Experts: If Putin pulls everything back, we'll notice

It is rumored that Russia's previously powerful forces are fleeing, more or less head over heels, during the latest dramatic week in Syria. But even if the development is a major setback for Vladimir Putin, the final word has not been said.

Experts: If Putin pulls everything back, we'll notice

Hunt for secret chemical weapons after Assad's fall

Since the Assad regime was ousted, there are many questions about what will happen in Syria. One of them is what awaits for the country's chemical weapons.

Hunt for secret chemical weapons after Assad's fall

Rapid Political Shifts in Damascus

Discussions about the practical takeover of power in Syria are underway in Damascus, where many former supporters of dictator Bashar al-Assad are quickly switching sides. .

Rapid Political Shifts in Damascus

Syrians: Didn't dare to talk for 55 years – not even at home

Syrians wake up from a nightmare that has lasted half a century. In many places, people are going out of their houses to celebrate that the al-Assad family's regime is over.

Syrians: Didn't dare to talk for 55 years – not even at home

Asylum Processing Paused After Regime's Fall

Germany, Denmark and several other countries in Europe are pausing their asylum processing of Syrians following the regime's fall. .

Asylum Processing Paused After Regime's Fall

He is to temporarily take power in Syria

Syria is to get a transitional government after the dictator's fall. It will, according to media reports, be led by the man who has been the face of the jihadist rebels' rule in the northwest.

He is to temporarily take power in Syria

Experts: New groups may want to flee Syria

The fall of the Assad regime could trigger new waves of refugees from Syria, according to Middle East expert Aron Lund. Even if some people will be able to return, it will also drive new refugee groups to leave Syria, he says.

Experts: New groups may want to flee Syria

Alarm: Thousands trapped in the regime's torture prison

It has been called a "human slaughterhouse". After the fall of the Assad regime, a race against time is now underway to reach prisoners reportedly locked in cells deep beneath the notorious Saydnaya prison.

Alarm: Thousands trapped in the regime's torture prison

Al-Assad has Russian asylum - but is still not seen

Syria's deposed leader Bashar al-Assad has been granted asylum in Russia, confirms the Kremlin. But nothing is said about where he is.

Al-Assad has Russian asylum - but is still not seen

Civilians killed in Turkish attack in northern Syria

Eleven civilians have been killed in a Turkish drone attack in northern Syria, according to a conflict monitor. Six of the victims are said to have been children.

Civilians killed in Turkish attack in northern Syria

Israel: Attacked suspected chemical weapons in Syria

Israel has attacked sites in Syria where suspected chemical weapons and long-range missiles were stored, according to the country's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. .

Israel: Attacked suspected chemical weapons in Syria

Electrolux winner on quiet stock market

The Stockholm stock exchange revolved around zero on the first day of the trading week. The broad OMXS index closed at minus 0.

Electrolux winner on quiet stock market

The Political Map is Being Redrawn in the Region

Russia and Iran are the big losers when the Assad regime fell in Syria. Analyst Alexander Atarodi sees significant regional changes when Islamist groups took power in Damascus.

The Political Map is Being Redrawn in the Region

Russian Media: al-Assad is in Moscow

Syria's deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow, Russia's capital. This is reported by the Russian state-controlled news agencies Tass and RIA, citing a source in the Kremlin.

Russian Media: al-Assad is in Moscow

Reports: Israeli air raids against Damascus

Israel has carried out air raids against Syrian arms depots near the military airbase Mazzeh on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. This is reported by the Syrian Human Rights Observatory (SOHR) in the UK.

Reports: Israeli air raids against Damascus

Trump: Zelensky "wants a deal"

President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to reach an agreement to put an end to the "madness", writes USA's future president Donald Trump about the Ukraine war. Trump claims that Ukraine has lost 400,000 soldiers in Russia's war of aggression – something Zelensky denies with the lower figure of 43,000 dead.

Trump: Zelensky "wants a deal"

Kurdish-dominated SDF: "Historic moments"

The commander of the Kurdish-dominated SDF alliance in Syria praises Bashar al-Assad's fall and calls it a historic moment. .

Kurdish-dominated SDF: "Historic moments"

Who is HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani?

Despite his background in the al-Qaeda network's branch in Syria, the rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani has sought to portray himself as a more modern and moderate leader. I think it's primarily about good politics, says Middle East analyst Aron Lund.

Who is HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani?

The mystery of al-Assad: Granted asylum in Russia

The deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad has left Syria and is in Moscow, the capital of Russia, writes the Russian state-controlled news agencies Tass and RIA, citing a source in the Kremlin. After the regime's fall, there has been speculation about his whereabouts – and whether he is even alive.

The mystery of al-Assad: Granted asylum in Russia