Turkey
![Syria: Families in Tabqa search for missing relatives after pro-Turkish offensive](https://s.france24.com/media/display/2d4b158e-c04b-11ef-9148-005056a97e36/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"6a649cff6967e386d1cbdc102f25121f3db370c6f42d1777cb1c1b7f55032cef","title":"Families%20in%20Tabqa%20search%20for%20missing%20relatives","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241222_100915_101108_CS.webp)
Tête à tête
Middle East
![TÊTE À TÊTE](https://s.france24.com/media/display/800d3b3e-beee-11ef-87a5-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"TURKISH%20FM%20FIDAN","hash":"f7429a39d34dfe2f56907d069527e145bbae4e4476c2926f8fdb3d37b9ecbbb7","title":"'We%20cannot%20characterise%20what%20happened%20in%20Syria%20as%20Turkey's%20doing'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/Extrait%20T%C3%AAte%20%C3%A0%20t%C3%AAte%20-%20Hakan%20Fidan%20-%20We%20are%20not%20in%20favor%20of%20any%20foreign%20troups%20basis%20remaining%20in%20Syria.webp)
!['World has history of once-radical rebel leaders having to moderate to face realities of governance'](https://s.france24.com/media/display/34ff0012-bf04-11ef-a6f5-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA%20AND%20'GOOD%20GOVERNANCE'","hash":"b8f2a1951d1cfc2318bd38e16eff550fe67a7959019074c7374cc9fdf9a08b6b","title":"US-HTS%3A%20Focus%20on%20representation%20or%20'imposing%20Western%20framework'%3F","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241220_180139_181738_CS.webp)
![Syrians wave the independence-era flag after midday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on December 20, 2024.](https://s.france24.com/media/display/ed0aeca4-bee4-11ef-998b-005056a97e36/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"8d56e5c8f2e650c4a6669d7c1af5a88a2f8e51f5717bf396e8213622ecca2033","title":"First%20official%20talks%250Awith%20US","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/5d7aac298a4e90bed0ff8ef4a9e893852e601bbb.webp)
Analysis
Middle East
![Syria ex-rebel military chief says to dissolve armed wing](https://s.france24.com/media/display/4ec9723a-bcab-11ef-a56b-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"FALL%20OF%20ASSAD%20REGIME","hash":"a57592cf6d7d611e33bfbc3258a8936d8da3b7457156230a388eb2b03f423920","title":"Former%20rebel%20military%20chief%20says%20to%20dissolve%20armed%20wing","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241217_200820_201246_CS.webp)
!['Syria one of the most underfunded humanitarian catastrophes in years'](https://s.france24.com/media/display/f26e321c-bbad-11ef-b4ff-005056a97e36/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"LONG%20JOURNEY%20BACK","hash":"478f6a29908e4efe93bc9f5cfd8160650edff89774a0ea602e84907e31e02fe3","title":"'Syrians%20need%20to%20feel%20safe%3A%20Not%20just%20on%20street%20but%20also%20in%20their%20minds'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241216_080524_081217_CS.webp)
!['Iran becoming more & more isolated': Erdogan believes he has 'more say in Arab world' than Khamenei](https://s.france24.com/media/display/dc5875aa-bb9e-11ef-92d1-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"IRAN'S%20LOSS%2C%20TURKEY'S%20GAIN","hash":"52fea5c6665dcc57cae8416adcc92e551ac1bc91eb5bfd6bc4c1668776a4cfcf","title":"US%20welcomes%20'conflict%20between%20Turkey%20%26%20Iran%2C%20at%20least%20rhetoric'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241212_180832_181848_CS.webp)
As it happened
Middle East
![Celebrations in central Damascus on first night without curfew](https://s.france24.com/media/display/2f1664e4-b7f5-11ef-9ac2-005056bf30b7/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"FALL%20OF%20ASSAD%20REGIME","hash":"356170b47e9453b3156aa3e73302841ac671a12e9632e29d5728900b0ffd3d20","title":"Syrians%20celebrate%20in%20central%20Damascus%20as%20night%20curfew%20lifted","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241211_201153_201756_CS.webp)
!['Unprecedented' in history of UN: An institution 'dedicated to determining fate of missing Syrians'](https://s.france24.com/media/display/51327042-b7e9-11ef-b714-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"100%2C000%20SYRIANS%20MISSING","hash":"9f509d0bb1f0ed4aa5781607c6bab8d6c56438c30739f4d74f16285419f468d1","title":"'Holding%20Jolani%20accountable'%3A%20UN%20entity%20seeks%20'access%20immediately'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241211_130428_131225_CS.webp)
![Any decision to force people to return to Syria would be very premature: migration policy analyst](https://s.france24.com/media/display/069c5eae-b734-11ef-9ade-005056a97e36/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"FALL%20OF%20ASSAD%20REGIME","hash":"fc2c0b2480266666efbb76126bbb8c1674435f2988fa02b16844ccf63d1f7f08","title":"Any%20talk%20of%20ending%20refugee%20status%20'premature'%2C%20migration%20policy%20analyst%20says","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241210_210234_211317_CS.webp)
Interview
Middle East
!['HTS wants one thing: Stability in Syria, it does not want to fight the Kurds'](https://s.france24.com/media/display/39db2e06-b71d-11ef-a379-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"'US%20must%20play%20important%20role'","hash":"44867d1ed9de497b131a9be983d9643b7ad16bb8d21fd2fb808075d380e2a2a7","title":"Turkey%20wants%20to%20'prevent%20deal%20between%20Damascus%2C%20Syrian%20Kurds'","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241210_150347_151203_CS.webp)
![Syrian refugees gather on Turkish border, desperate to return home](https://s.france24.com/media/display/3a0b4564-b6fa-11ef-a15a-005056a90284/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"1bbc61adc4410c0879811663c6fc60429674a90684160874e3f102d5ed3ba02c","title":"Refugees%20in%20Turkey%20desperate%250Ato%20return%20home","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241210_130904_131226_CS.webp)
![Global inaction for fourteen years 'biggest trauma': former Syrian political prisoner](https://s.france24.com/media/display/f5e80e58-b663-11ef-ae38-005056bfb2b6/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"FALL%20OF%20ASSAD%20REGIME","hash":"2102c16779f54c48553a65e1ec526da0854049a952b095a6ee3dd1a6a9c66c2b","title":"World%20inaction%20for%20fourteen%20years%20was%20'biggest%20trauma'%2C%20former%20Assad%20political%20prisoner%20says","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241209_201500_202135_CS.webp)
![Turkish-backed forces launch offensive in a Kurdish-held area of Northern Syria](https://s.france24.com/media/display/a389f160-b651-11ef-9011-005056a90284/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"6a7282b50bf23840b81339e9a184ab2cfa5386ff9169d5f68f28b19eaf9b8eec","title":"Turkish-backed%20forces%20launch%20offensive","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241209_180348_180724_CS.webp)