Latest news from Syria as covered by the Guardian. News and stories about the country, people and politics
September 2024
‘Indefinite torture’: Australian children held in Syrian camp feel abandoned as other countries repatriate citizens
Rights and freedom
‘This is a big chance for all of us’: Germany’s freedom hotel where exiled journalists take refuge
The long read
The cement company that paid millions to Isis: was Lafarge complicit in crimes against humanity?
Salim al-Hoss obituary
Footage shows destruction from deadly Israeli strikes in Syria – video
Israeli strikes in Syria kill at least 25, war monitor says
Middle East crisis live
Middle East crisis: Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least 25 people, war monitor says – as it happened
Brave words, Yvette Cooper – but refugees like me know Britain can’t stop people traffickers
Anonymous
August 2024
Biden calls for ‘immediate release’ of US journalist Austin Tice from Syria
Syria denies claims from US that Tice, who disappeared while reporting in Daraya 12 years ago, is being held captive
Judges have refused to save Shamima Begum. Labour should bring her back to the UK to face justice
Maya Foa
Stripping her of her citizenship was a political act. Keir Starmer’s government can right that wrong, says Maya Foa, director of the human rights charity Reprieve
Middle East crisis live
Middle East crisis: Israel confirms death of Hamas military chief who masterminded 7 October attack – as it happened
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July 2024
Israeli drones hit southern Lebanon as tensions mount over Golan Heights attack
‘It was indescribable’: Golan Heights town mourns 12 children killed in strike
Gaza conflict could fuel IS and al-Qaida revival, security experts warn
Syrian official who ran prison where detainees alleged torture arrested in US
June 2024
Government could repatriate Australian women and children from Syrian detention camps if it had ‘political will’, court says
‘It could have been us’: filming the devastation after the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes
May 2024
French court finds three Syrian officials guilty of crimes against humanity
Members of Assad regime sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment on Friday after landmark trial in Paris
Children and elderly people tortured at Syria military prison, Paris court told
Three top officers close to Bashar al-Assad are on trial in absentia over the deaths of a student and his father
Assad officials face landmark Paris trial over killing of student and father
Prosecution of three high-ranking Syrian officials to be tried in absentia could pave way for president’s case