A Syrian TV channel affiliated with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an armed opposition group now in control of the country also reported that the Israeli occupation army took control of Tell Ahmar in the town of Kudnah on the outskirts of Quneitra, one of the most important military sites in the region.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan preempted discussions with a Syrian government delegation in Ankara by announcing that the talks would focus on supporting Syria and reconstruction efforts. Addressing parliament on Wednesday,

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Palestinians poured into the streets to celebrate and return to the rubble of their bombed-out homes on Sunday, and Hamas released the first three hostages under a ceasefire deal that halted fighting in Gaza.

Even before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was fully in place Sunday, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the homes they had evacuated during the 15-month war.

The Middle East is witnessing widespread celebrations after the Gaza ceasefire announcement. In Iran, crowds filled Tehran and Tabriz, chanting for Gaza's resistance. Jordan's streets came alive with car parades and Palestinian flags.

Major airlines are planning to reinstate flights to the Middle East following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Over the last 15 months of conflict, several Western carriers pulled out of flights to Israel, Jordan and Lebanon as missile attacks closed skies over Iraq and Iran in unpredictable airspace.

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged Assad’s rule. Tens of thousands of people were killed by the government’s bombardment of the city. The chilling message stuck with Syrians for decades.

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a mukhabarat state

A meeting to discuss the implementation of the recent Gaza ceasefire agreement concluded in Cairo on a positive atmosphere Egypt Al-Qahera N

Students at the University of Aleppo sang in celebration after news broke of a ceasefire and hostage-release deal brokered between Israel and Hamas. Footage from Obada Jbara shows young men waving Palestinian flags and singing outside the faculty of medicine.

But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, representative, and Islamist it may be. The country’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Shara, is a former al Qaeda militant,