Syria Poll is back with new survey results for the month of June. We asked 900 people in Damascus, Rural Damascus, and Homs about government performance, the new People’s Assembly, accountability for...

The European Parliament has signalled conditional and partial support for Syria’s post-war reconstruction and political transition, stressing the need for

HASAKAH, Syria — As part of efforts to integrate the security, military, civil, and service institutions of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of the Region of North and East Syria (DAARNES) into Syrian government institutions under the 29 January Agreement, the Syrian Ministry of Defense opened a center in the Ghweran neighborhood of Hasakah on Tuesday to serve as a headquarters for the military police.

MOSUL, Iraq — The churches of the Syriac Orthodox Diocese of Mor Mattai Monastery held their sixth annual youth festival on the evening of Tuesday under the theme, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.” The festival was held under the patronage of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Mor Mattai Monastery Metropolitan Timotheus Mousa al-Shamani. It was attended by Patriarchal Vicar for Youth and Christian Education Mor Andrawos Bahhi and Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Mosul and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) Mor Nicodemus Daoud Matti Sharaf.

DARAMSUQ — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres concluded a two-day visit to Syria, during which he voiced strong support for the country's transitional phase while urging the international community to back political commitments with sustained economic and humanitarian assistance. During the visit, Guterres said the Syrian people "have shown exceptional resilience through years of suffering" and "should not bear the burden of recovery alone," calling on the international community to translate political support into economic engagement and long-term practical assistance.

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BRUSSELS — Suroye (Syriac–Aramean–Assyrian–Chaldean) Christians in Syria are not asking to be protected as a vulnerable remnant of the past. They are demanding constitutional guarantees that would make them equal citizens with a meaningful role in deciding Syria’s future, the European Syriac Union’s (ESU) foreign relations head Metin Rhawi said after a conference at the European Parliament two weeks ago.

DARAMSUQ — The daughter of Suleiman Khalil, the former mayor of the predominantly Syriac Christian town of Sadad, has appealed to US President Donald Trump to intervene in her father’s case, saying he has spent 19 months in detention without being formally charged or given access to a lawyer. Natalie Khalil made the appeal in a letter to Trump and during a 14 September…

By Aday Hawro Recently, various readings and assessments have emerged regarding the political developments taking place in Syria. In particular, some circles seek to portray the ongoing process, starting from the future of the Kurds and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and in definitive terms, as a “defeat,” “surrender,” or an “imperialist project,” or as evidence of the complete collapse of everything that had been put forward over the years.

WASHINGTON, D.C. / DARAMSUQ — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Tuesday, discussing regional security, growing bilateral cooperation, and the integration of Syria’s minority communities. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said Rubio “stressed the importance of ongoing integration of all of Syria’s minority groups” and praised Syria’s progress in cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

By Metin Rhawi | Head of Foreign Affairs for the European Syriac Union On 8 September 2026, a conference on the future of Christians in Syria was held at the European Parliament in Brussels. The central issue was not only how Christian communities can be protected, but a broader question: what political and legal order does Syria need so that people of different religions, ethnic backgrounds and cultural identities can live in the country permanently and on equal terms?

European policymakers, Church leaders, and representatives of Syria’s Christian communities called for a new constitutional and political framework based on equal citizenship, religious freedom, and meaningful political participation at a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on 8 September. Speakers, including representatives from the Syriac Union Party (SUP), Assyrian Democratic Party (ADP), and Levantine National Council (LNC), stressed that protecting Christians should go beyond physical security or symbolic representation and include legal protections, property rights, accountability for abuses, political inclusion, and safe return for displaced communities.

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DARAMSUQ — Syria’s Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Hind Kabawat said the country’s new constitution must guarantee equality before the law for all Syrians and ensure the participation of religious and ethnic groups in political life. She said such provisions would be crucial to rebuilding trust in state institutions and curbing emigration, particularly among Christians. Speaking to Agence France-Presse (AFP) in remarks carried by…

BRUSSELS — The future of Syria’s Christian communities will come under international scrutiny next month at The Future of Christians in Syria conference to held at the European Parliament in Brussels on 8 September. The conference will bring together representatives of Christian organizations and European civil society to discuss the challenges facing one of the Middle East’s oldest Christian populations.

DARAMSUQ — Ahmad BaderAddin Hassoun, the Grand Mufti under the regime of Bashar al-Assad, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday after being convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against Syrians. Hassoun, who is over 70, appeared before the Fourth Criminal Court in Daramsuq (Damascus) on 25 June 2026, after being arrested at Damascus International Airport in late March 2025.

DARAMSUQ — The election of constitutional scholar Abdul Hamid Aqil al-Awak as Speaker of Syria's transitional People's Assembly is more than the first major parliamentary decision of the post-Assad era. It offers an early glimpse into a broader transformation unfolding inside Syria's new state institutions — one in which Turkey has quietly emerged as an important incubator of the country's next political generation.

DARAMSUQ — Syria’s new People’s Assembly has been presented as the institutional face of a post-Assad order. Beneath the language of transition, however, lies something more complex and less settled — not the construction of a representative legislature in the classical sense, but the consolidation of a political architecture built from wartime networks, executive appointments, and carefully calibrated inclusion. President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s decision to appoint 70 of the 210 members did more than adjust the balance of representation.

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Asaad Al-Shaibani, foreign minister of Syria, visited Chatham House for an interview and discussion on 13 November 2025, his first public event in the United Kingdom. He discussed Syria’s transition since the fall of President Bashar Al-Assad, and the country’s international reengagement and priorities as it navigates a shifting regional and global order. Watch the full discussion here: https://tinyurl.com/bd9eucn2 #SyriaDiplomacy #SyriaTransition #SyriaForeignPolicy #InternationalRelations #shorts