Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some critics say is an Islamist slant to teaching.

The Facebook page of the transitional government's education ministry has posted the new curriculum for all age groups, which will take on a more Islamic slant, as well as dropping any reference to the Assad era across all subjects.

Israel's military said on Thursday its special forces raided an underground missile production site in Syria in September that it said was primed to produce hundreds of precision missiles for use against Israel by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that dozens of its troops were flown into Syria in September to destroy an underground missile factory funded by Iran.

Elite Air Force unit breached underground facility 200 kilometers from Israel, laid explosives and escaped unscathed after 2.5 hours, in one of the most complex operations to date The post 120 commandos deep inside Syria: IDF reveals daring raid on Iranian missile factory appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he was preparing to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria, less than a month after the overthrow of the Russia-backed government in Damascus.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks addresses a media conference during an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

Protesters in Syria have held a sit-in demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and whose fate remains one of the most haunting mysteries of the country’s 13-year civ

A few dozen protesters gathered in the Syrian city of Douma on Wednesday demanding answers about the fate of four prominent activists abducted more than a decade ago.Protesting was unthinkable just a month ago in Douma,

The Saudi trip comes amid a wider reset of ties since last month’s overthrow of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad, whose rule was marked in later years by heavy dependence on Riyadh’s regional rival,

Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al Shibani has travelled to Saudi Arabia on the interim government's first international trip, as it seeks to build alliances and bolster its regional standing during a crucial transition period Countries in the region and beyond have reached out to the administration led by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham leader Ahmad Al Shara