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Members of electoral colleges count votes, on the day they vote for candidates of the new Syrian Parliament since Bashar al-Assad's government was toppled, in Aleppo, Syria, October 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

First results for Syria's new parliament show low share for minorities, women

Sunday's vote saw around 6,000 members of regional electoral colleges choose candidates from pre-approved lists, part of a process to produce nearly two-thirds of the new 210-seat body....

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syrian electors cast ballots in indirect vote for first post-Assad parliament

Hejaz Railway. Photo: Collected

From relic to lifeline: What the Hejaz Railway’s return could mean for the Middle East

New Syrian leader at the UN. Photo: BSS/AFP

New Syria leader warns on Israel attacks on UN charm mission

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa waves as he attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, Syria May 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Sharaa to become first Syrian leader to attend UN meetings since 1967

File Photo: Reuters

Syria to hold parliamentary elections on 5 October

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani speaks during a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, July 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Pool/ File Photo

Syrian foreign minister to discuss lifting of US sanctions in Washington this week: Axios

An Israeli soldier stands on a vehicle as Israeli Druze cross the border to check on their family members in Syria, amid the ongoing conflict in the Druze areas in Syria, in Majdal Shams, near the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, July 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Under US pressure, Syria and Israel inch toward security deal

A member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard as Syrian Kurds attend a protest in solidarity with people in Sweida, after scores of people have been killed this week in violence in and around the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, pitting fighters from the Druze minority against government security forces and members of Bedouin tribes, in Qamishli, Syria July 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo

Sectarian violence risks dividing Syria despite Sharaa's diplomacy

A drone view shows crude oil tanker Nissos Christiana, first ship to transport oil from Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, anchored in the port of Tartus, Syria, September 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

Syria exports first crude oil shipment in 14 years: official

The logo of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is displayed at the agency's headquarters on the opening day of a quarterly meeting of its 35-nation Board of Governors in Vienna, Austria, June 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

IAEA finds uranium traces in Syria linked to site bombed by Israel

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/Pool/File Photo

Syria’s Sharaa hopes for Kurdish deal to prevent conflict

Members of the former rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stand guard on a street to monitor security and prevent crime in their districts after the ouster of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Foreign Islamists petition Syrian state for citizenship