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Latest news from Syria as covered by the Guardian. News and stories about the country, people and politics

May 2024

  • COLOMBIA-CONFLICT-PERFORMANCE<br>People take part in a performance consisting in getting buried up to their waists and staying in that position as much as their bodies resist as part of the commemoration of the VII National Week of Remembrance, to support the dignity of victims of the armed conflict, symbolic reparation, resistance and social reconstruction that contribute to the construction of historical memory, at 13 Comuna shantytown in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on Octuber 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Raul ARBOLEDA (Photo credit should read RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

    Opinion
    From Colombia to Syria justice is possible for survivors of sexual violence in war

    Clara Sandoval
    For the first time Ukraine had the right conditions to make reparations to those subjected to crimes such as rape and sexual slavery. What would it take to replicate this globally?

April 2024

  • Reveries … Nezouh.

    Nezouh review – dreamlike story of life in Damascus during Syria’s civil war

  • Mourners react as people rebury the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel's military offensive in Khan Younis.

    Middle East crisis live
    Middle East crisis: More than 200 bodies recovered from temporary mass graves in Nasser hospital, local authorities say – as it happened

  • Lina Khatib

    Iran seems like it’s in escalation mode – but all-out war with Israel is the last thing it wants

    Lina Khatib
  • Troops kneel near oil equipment and military vehicle

    Iraq militant group says it is resuming attacks on US forces as base in Syria is targeted

  • Iranian air defence systems activated as Israel launches strikes – visual guide

  • US and UK complicit in detentions at Syrian camps where torture rife, says Amnesty

  • World leaders urge restraint in aftermath of Iran attack on Israel – what we know so far

  • Why Israel’s attack on Iranian consulate in Syria was a gamechanger

  • Cyprus calls for EU help to manage record Syrian migration from Lebanon

  • Roadside bomb kills seven children in southern Syria, says state media

  • Israel on high alert after Iran’s missile retaliation threat

  • Iran decides on response to Israeli strike that killed top commanders

  • Iran vows revenge after two generals killed in Israeli strike on Syria consulate

  • Middle East crisis live
    Middle East crisis: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps says two of its generals killed in Damascus consulate strike – as it happened

  • Iranian commander among dead after Israeli strike on Iran's consulate in Syria – video

March 2024

  • More than 20 reportedly injured after blast in shopping area in city of Azaz, which is held by pro-Turkish forces

    Syria: Chaos as emergency workers respond to deadly car bomb blast – video

  • Rescuers stand beside the twisted wreckage of a car

    Eight killed by car bomb in northern Syria, war monitor says

  • Israeli airstrike in Syria kills more than 40 people, says war monitor Strike near Aleppo weapons depot reportedly killed Hezbollah and Syrian troops, while civilians also said to be among dead

    Israeli airstrike in Syria kills more than 40 people, says war monitor

  • A scene from The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner.

    The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner review – tense mystery of a missing writer and a Nazi fugitive

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