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civil war
26/12/2024
‘Nobody was spared’: Damascus suburbs still haunted by Assad regime’s chemical attacks
On the ground
Middle East
24/12/2024
Hundreds of Christians protest in Syrian capital after Christmas tree burned
Middle East
20/12/2024
'World has history of once-radical rebel leaders having to moderate to face realities of governance'
20/12/2024
US holds first official talks with Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham representatives
20/12/2024
US scraps terrorist bounty for Syria’s HTS leader after first official talks
Middle East
20/12/2024
UAE tells US it won't arm Sudan paramilitaries as civil war prolongs humanitarian disaster
Africa
18/12/2024
Migration a global 'megatrend of this century': 281 million migrants, 117 million forcibly displaced
16/12/2024
'Syria one of the most underfunded humanitarian catastrophes in years'
16/12/2024
'Iran becoming more & more isolated': Erdogan believes he has 'more say in Arab world' than Khamenei
11/12/2024
'Unprecedented' in history of UN: An institution 'dedicated to determining fate of missing Syrians'
10/12/2024
'HTS wants one thing: Stability in Syria, it does not want to fight the Kurds'
10/12/2024
Syria: Mohammed al-Bashir becomes caretaker prime minister
Middle East
10/12/2024
Israel airstrikes target over 250 strategic sites in Syria
Middle East
10/12/2024
Rebel-backed figure takes charge as Syria's interim prime minister
Middle East
10/12/2024
Syrian Oscar-nominated filmmaker who survived civil war, Waad al-Kateab, speaks to FRANCE 24
Middle East
10/12/2024
UN urges patience as several EU countries suspend Syrian asylum bids
Middle East
10/12/2024
Syria rebels name Mohammed al-Bashir head of transitional government
Middle East
10/12/2024
Syrian refugees gather on Turkish border, desperate to return home
Middle East
10/12/2024
European countries put Syrian asylum bids on hold after Assad's fall
Middle East
10/12/2024
Power vacuum in Syria: key players jockey for influence
Middle East
10/12/2024
Syria begins transfer of power, Assad's prime minister hands reins to rebel leaders
Middle East
10/12/2024
The road to Damascus: Syrian exiles return home to celebrate the fall of Assad
Middle East
09/12/2024
European countries suspend Syrian asylum bids following Assad's fall
Europe
09/12/2024
Turkish-backed forces launch offensive in a Kurdish-held area of Northern Syria
Middle East
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![Christian worshippers stage a demonstration in the Mariamite Church in Damascus early on December 24, 2024.](https://s.france24.com/media/display/d853248c-c1ca-11ef-923b-005056a97e36/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"6ba06baf04981965c4d39969d9cc8050f446e76fb7ef37890764665dd2a3dc42","title":"Hundreds%20of%20Christians%20protest%20after%20Christmas%20tree%20burned","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/000_36RD9AH.webp)
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![The road to Damascus: Syrian exiles return home to celebrate the fall of Assad](https://s.france24.com/media/display/0a938faa-b6da-11ef-9ec3-005056bf30b7/w:720/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"SYRIA","hash":"3af4be18cf3544eec86e34d70583db7dd3d1429d73d9f25164a7a4c1adc487f8","title":"Assad%20toppled%3A%20the%20road%20to%20Damascus","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20241210_100341_100652_CS.webp)
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