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Syrian government’s control of energy reserves from SDF has raised hopes of return to pre-war production levels.
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Why the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is America’s energy anchor in post-war Syria
President of the KRI Nechirvan Barzani’s quiet diplomacy could secure Syria’s northeast, protect US energy interests, and prevent regional spillover. Since the rapid twelve-day offensive that took over Damascus in late 2024,
Over a million Syrian refugees have now returned since the fall of Assad, but the country's education system is struggling with a third of schools unusable.
US forces completed their withdrawal from Ain al Assad Airbase, the Iraqi government said on January 18, fulfilling a US agreement with Iraqi authorities going back to 2024. The withdrawal took place as Syrian government forces pushed back the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria.
In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.
As Berlin pressures Syrian refugees to pursue “voluntary return,” it overlooks Syria’s fragile recovery and shifts focus away from Germany’s own structural decline.
ALEPPO: Kurdish fighters were evacuated from a contested neighborhood in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, officials said early on Sunday, a move that could brin
President Donald Trump declared in his first term that the Islamic State group was defeated and that U.S. troops would leave Syria. This weekend, a gunman linked to the Islamic State group killed two Iowa National Guardsmen and an American translator in Syria.
BEIRUT (AP) — Top officials from the European Union visited Syria for the first time Friday and met with Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in another sign of the country’s improving relations with the West. The visit by European Commission ...