Wednesday, 1 January, 2025 , 02:22 AFP — Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13 years of civil war.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 22:56 AFP — Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with "hope" following 13 years of civil war.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 19:16 AFP — Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met with senior Christian clerics on Tuesday, amid calls on the Islamist chief to guarantee minority rights after seizing power earlier this month.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 16:53 AFP — Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has held talks with delegates of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an official told AFP on Tuesday, adding that they had been "positive".

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 15:47 AFP — Turkish-backed fighters killed three pro-Kurdish security personnel in Aleppo on Tuesday in the first such attack in Syria's second city since rebels seized power in early December, a war monitor said.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 14:00 AFP — Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of Kurdish militant group the PKK, is hailed by many Kurds as an icon, but within wider Turkish society many see him as a terrorist who deserves to die.

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 , 11:24 AFP — Syria's new authorities announced on Tuesday that the military chief of the Islamist group that spearheaded the offensive that toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad had been appointed defence minister in the transitional government.

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025 , 19:35 AFP — Duty Editor: Asad Hashim

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025 , 10:21 AFP — A Syria war monitor said 31 combatants had been killed since Sunday in ongoing battles between Turkey-backed groups and Kurdish-led forces.

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025 , 05:03 AFP — Duty Editor: Hui Min Neo