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Syrian security pact could pave way for peace deal with Israel, says al-Sharaa

However, the former jihadist insisted his country would not relinquish its claim to the Golan Heights

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Ed Miliband arrives at Downing Street for Keir Starmer's final cabinet meeting on July 15, 2026 (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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He enabled Corbyn, gave Assad butchery the green light – and now catastrophic Ed Miliband is our foreign secretary

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Russian security services foil synagogue arson terror plot

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Syria has stopped Iranian weapons reaching Hezbollah, claims Ahmed al-Sharaa

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Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa visits London for bilateral talks

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Synagogue lies hidden away off this side street in Old City of Damascus (Jotam Confino)

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Damascus synagogue reopened by rabbi who wants to revive Jewish community in Syria

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A UH-60 Black Hawk flies during a mission in the US Central Command area of operations within designated areas of Iraq and Syria (Picture: Maj. Karl R. Cain II/U.S. Army)

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US to transfer up to 7,000 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq

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The West stays silent as its Kurdish allies face attacks by Syria’s ‘reformed’ Islamist government

Without pressure, we may see the wholesale destruction of the forces and the authority that paid the highest price to defeat ISIS. It is also likely to result in the freeing of thousands of jailed jihadis

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Kurds fleeing a government advance arrive in the Kurdish Syrian city of Qamishli on January 19, 2026. (Image: Getty)

1500 Isis fighters escape prison camps as Syrian forces push north

Army officials and Kurdish leaders have each accused the other of orchestrating the release of terrorists as Damascus seeks to ‘unify’ the nation

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Syrian forces take Raqqa after new ceasefire with Kurdish militias

President al-Sharaa recently signed a declaration guaranteeing the embattled minority equal rights as part of an integration plan

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January 19, 2026 11:58

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces a presidential proclamation extending full legal equality to the Kurdish minority, reinstating the citizenship of stateless Syrian Kurds and enshrining Kurdish as a national language (X/RagipSoylu)

Syria announces ceasefire in Aleppo after clashes with Kurdish forces see thousands flee

Attempts by security forces to incorporate disparate militias into the state turned bloody, with Israel raising the alarm about ‘grave and dangerous’ attacks on ethnic minorities

By Jacob Jaffa

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January 9, 2026 10:25

Residents carry their belongings as they flee Aleppo's Ashrafieh Kurdish neighbourhood on January 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

US lays out plan for ‘Zermatt-style’ ski resort in Syria after security deal with Israel

Damascus and Jerusalem have agreed a ‘framework’ for greater cooperation, but Washington reportedly harbours plans for a ‘demilitarised economic zone’ featuring the ‘best ski mountain in the Middle East’

By Jacob Jaffa

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January 7, 2026 10:58

The Mount Hermon Observatory on the Golan Heights on September 21, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel-Syria security talks resume in Paris

US envoy Tom Barrack will mediate the new round of negotiations amid a stalemate over Israel’s ‘buffer zone’ to the east of the Golan Heights

By Amelie Botbol

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January 5, 2026 14:24

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (L) watches as US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack (R) prepares to sign a US and Jordanian-backed peace agreement in Damascus on September 16, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel remains skeptical al-Sharaa can eradicate Isis in Syria

In Jerusalem, it is believed that, as long as the Syrian leader attempts to wage a dual struggle against both the terror group and external actors like Iran, his ability to achieve a decisive victory on either front will remain limited.

By Yoni Ben Menachem

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December 31, 2025 15:16

A member of the Syrian pro-government forces holds an Islamic State flag after they entered the village of Dibsiafnan on the western outskirts of Raqa on June 11, 2017 (Getty Images)

US expands travel ban to Palestinian Authority passport holders

Those travelling from the West Bank will face significant entry restrictions, while other nations like Syria have been hit with a total prohibition

By Jacob Jaffa

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December 17, 2025 13:50

The Palestinian authority passport travel document, for Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories for the purpose of international travel, issued since April 1995 for people of Palestine

Syria gives green light to restoration of Jewish property seized under previous regimes

The Jewish Heritage in Syria Foundation hopes to make the country’s synagogue’s ‘accessible to all Jews in the world’ through the scheme

By Siam Goorwich

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December 11, 2025 13:26

Henry Hamra, pictured with his son Joseph, davens in Damascus’s al-Franj Synagogue where his father Yusuf was once the rabbi (Picture: Getty)

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Syria

Syrian security pact could pave way for peace deal with Israel, says al-Sharaa

He enabled Corbyn, gave Assad butchery the green light – and now catastrophic Ed Miliband is our foreign secretary

Russian security services foil synagogue arson terror plot

Syria has stopped Iranian weapons reaching Hezbollah, claims Ahmed al-Sharaa

Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa visits London for bilateral talks

Damascus synagogue reopened by rabbi who wants to revive Jewish community in Syria

US to transfer up to 7,000 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq

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