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Syria unveils new national emblem marking post-Assad era
Hurriyet Daily News
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DAMASCUS Syria's interim President Ahmad Al-Sharaa delivers a speech during the unveiling of the "New Visual Identity of the Syrian Arab Republic" at the presidential palace in Damascus on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP) The Syrian...
Syria run by extremist ‘sheikhs’ under HTS regime: Report
Press TV
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Local sources say Syria is governed by extremist “sheikhs” under the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led regime rather than qualified statesmen. In a report on Thursday, The Cradle said Syria has been divided into regions and sub-regions “ruled by...
What Syria's new national emblem says about the post-Assad era
The New Arab
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July 4, 2025
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said the golden eagle represents 'strength, determination, speed, precision, and innovation'. [Getty] Syria's government on Thursday unveiled its new national insignia, marking a new chapter following the overthrow...
Keda holds a meeting with the President and members of the Arab Writers Union in Syria
SANA
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July 4, 2025
Damascus, SANA – Assistant Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic for Cabinet Affairs, Engineer Ali Keda, held a meeting Friday with the President of the Arab Writers Union in Syria, poet Muhammad Taha al-Othman, and members of the...
'I don't know who to trust anymore': Druze worry about being left behind in post-war Syria
BBC
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Lina SinjabBBC Middle East correspondent Reporting fromSyria ShareSave More than 100 people were killed in sectarian violence in a suburb south of Damascus in April When the gunfire started outside her home in the Damascus suburb of Ashrafiyat...
Inside the $300,000 maintenance of Syria’s iconic Umayyad Mosque
The New Arab
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July 4, 2025
Just a few days after the liberation of Syria, leading to the end of the Assad rule, in December last year, humanitarian worker Saadettin Muvakit fell upon a sorry sight: the neglected state of the symbolic heritage site of the Umayyad Mosque in...
Austria to deport convict to Syria in first for EU since Assad's fall
The National News
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Austria is preparing to deport a Syrian man whose asylum status was revoked due to a criminal conviction, in what is thought to be Europe's first forced deportation to Syria since the fall of President Bashar Al Assad. Rights groups are concerned...
You Could Not Make Up Trump’s Latest Horrifying Immigration Court Case
Slate Magazine
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July 4, 2025
Donald Trump won the presidency in part on promises to deport immigrants who have criminal records and lack permanent legal status. But his earliest executive orders—trying to undo birthright citizenship, suspending critical refugee programs—made...
Beyond the HeadlinesDoes the easing of US sanctions on Syria come with strings attached?
The National News
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During a visit to the Gulf in May, US President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement that he would lift sanctions on Syria. This week, he kept that promise. He signed an executive order on Monday to waive or review penalties, some of which...
Freed Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil seizes new public platform amid efforts to deport him
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 4, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when federal immigration agents arrested Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment building in New York in March....
Bangladeshis held in Malaysia for ‘funding IS in Syria, Bangladesh’
BDNews24
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Malaysia’s police chief says authorities in the country have dismantled a network among Bangladeshi expatriate workers in the country that used social media to spread extremist ideology and raise funds for the Islamic State militant group,...
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India.com
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July 4, 2025
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TIKA leads cybersecurity education for Syrian professionals
Sabah
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July 4, 2025
A graduation ceremony was held in Damascus, Syria, for participants who completed a basic cybersecurity training program organized through a collaboration between the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and Multi-Aid Programs...
The 23rd International Medical Conference Kicks Off at Damascus university
SANA
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July 4, 2025
Damascus, SANA – The 23rd International Medical Conference, organized by the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) in cooperation with the Ministries of Health and Higher Education and Scientific Research, started Friday at the auditorium of...
Freed from jail, activist Mahmoud Khalil seizes new public platform
BDNews24
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US President Donald Trump's fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when federal immigration agents arrested the Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment building in New York in March....
Syrians celebrate the launch of the state's new visual identity
Zaman Al Wsl
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July 3, 2025
The Syrian presidency launched the final version of the country's new visual identity on Thursday evening, accompanied by celebrations in central squares in the capital, Damascus, and other governorates. In a speech at a ceremony marking the...
Syria Launches New National Visual Identity
Enab Baladi
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July 3, 2025
The Syrian government has unveiled a new national visual identity, which includes a revised national emblem and changes to other sovereign visual symbols. The launch took place during a ceremony at the People’s Palace in Damascus on Thursday...
How Syrian singer-songwriter Ghaliaa found success without compromise
The National News
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As the Israeli military's bombardments of Gaza intensified in October 2023, Syrian singer Ghaliaa Chaker got on a plane and headed to the Jordanian capital Amman. There, she gathered with two dozen of her peers across the Arab world in a studio to...
Special reportInside the Syrian government's hunt for Assad military loyalists
The National News
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Former warlord Ghazwan Al Salmoni carved a niche in the Syrian civil war, commanding an abduction and extortion ring that specialised in ambushing lorry cargo traffic near his home in the centre of the country. He held absolute power as a...
The “Settlement Document”: Bureaucratized Injustice and Symbolic Punishment in Post-Assad Syria
The Syrian Observer
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July 3, 2025
What was once promised as a new beginning in Syria has, for many, become a symbolic shroud. The so-called “settlement document” no longer serves as a tool for reconciliation or reintegration. Instead, it has morphed into a delayed death...