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Lebanon hands Assad-era general to Syria in first such transfer since Assad’s fall

The ministry said Issa was wanted under an arrest warrant on charges including intentional homicide, facilitating a felony, killing more than two people, and more.

Assad-era general, Adel Issa, was detained in Lebanon and transferred to Syria.
Taken before his appointment as Mossad Chief, Roman Gofman attends a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle of the 7th Armored Brigade at the National Library in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025.

Mossad director, Syria foreign minister discussed Turkish military presence before strikes

Daily life is gradually returning to parts of Homs as Syria begins to emerge from years of war, with easing US restrictions raising hopes for renewed investment and economic recovery.PremiumPremium

'People are now happy': Syria emerges from isolation on the road to recovery

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa receives UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the People's Palace in Damascus, July 25, 2026

Golan Heights 'are Syrian territory,' UN chief Guterres stresses during Damascus visit


Syrian rebels gather momentum as Assad tries to shore up defense

The pace of events has stunned Arab capitals, Western officials say, raising their fears of a fresh wave of regional instability.

People gather as a person holds the Syrian opposition flag, after rebels led by HTS have sought to capitalize on their swift takeover of Aleppo in the north and Hama in west-central Syria by pressing onwards to Homs, in Hama, Syria December 6, 2024.

Syrian rebel leader claims group wants to end Assad regime, see foreign forces withdraw - interview

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the rebel leader of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), told CNN rebels responsible for abusing dissidents had already been dealt with.

 A poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is placed on a building in Damascus, after last week's rebel seizure of Aleppo marked the biggest offensive for years, Syria December 5, 2024.

Only one nation can help Syria recover: The Arabs - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The civil war’s victors wasted all six years in which they could have rebuilt the land they had destroyed.

RESIDENTS OF Aleppo, Syria, line up to receive bread on Tuesday.

The toppling of Assad's regime in Syria may be bad news for Israel - analysis

A weakened Syrian regime under Assad, therefore, is in Israel’s interest. But here’s the rub: Israel would like to see Assad weakened, but not overmuch, and not toppled.

THE SYRIAN civil war flared anew on November 27 with an offensive by an alliance of hardcore Sunni jihadists. Here, Iranians protest earlier this week in front of the Turkish Embassy in Tehran against Turkey’s support of the rebel alliance battling the regime in Syria.

Syrian rebels say they have reached the city limits of Homs, taken over Daraa

The rebels captured the cities of Hama and Aleppo within a week and even released prisoners from Hama's central prison.

 A view from Hama city as anti-regime armed groups have captured the city, seizing the city center, solidifying control, and forcing regime forces to concede the city on December 5, 2024

Syria rebels say they reached Aleppo city in surprise sweep

Russian and Syrian warplanes bombed the area near the border with Turkey on Thursday to try to push back an insurgent offensive that has captured territory for the first time in years.

 Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

With regional eyes distracted, rebel groups advance against Syrian regime - analysis

Videos from Syria shows the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham inside a Syrian regime base of the 46th Regiment.

 Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

Syrian and Russian jets bomb rebel-held northwest Syria

Damascus says it is waging a war against al Qaeda-inspired terrorists and denies targeting civilians indiscriminately.

A rebel fighter takes away a flag that belonged to Islamic State militants in Akhtarin village, after rebel fighters advanced in the area, in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 7, 2016

Israel, Hezbollah war disrupts Syria's lucrative Captagon trade

Syria's reliance on Captagon smuggling faces new challenges as the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah threatens to undermine critical revenues for the Assad regime

 Greek authorities present confiscated guns, money and Captagon amphetamine pills after dismantling a criminal ring near Elefsina, south west of Athens, Greece, March 6, 2017.

Turkey-Syria ties in spotlight as Assad meets Putin

Assad had recently said that he saw Russia’s growing role in the world has helpful to maintain a multi-polar world order.

 President Assad meets President Putin in Moscow, July 25, 2024