28 May 2026. Sixteen months after Assad’s flight and the civil war’s end, Syria is pursuing thousands of former officials for torture, while thousands more remain at large. Transitional authorities face pressure to deliver justice as legal institutions, students, and international experts support the growing warcrimes trials.Read more at: SYRIAN OBSERVER
18 May 2026. Syria’s television authority has begun filming ‘The Way Back,’ a seven episode series that portrays the effects of mass displacement and camp life during the revolution. It will utilize personal experiences and dramatic storytelling to convey the emotional and psychological impacts of violence and siege.Read more at: LEVANT 24
10 May 2026. A criminal court in Damascus stripped Bashar and Maher al-Assad of their civil rights, placing their sizeable assets under state administration. The court issued similar rulings against other figures in the former regime, as part of the transitional justice process.Read more at: ENAB BALADI
3 May 2026. On World Press Freedom Day, journalists observed that freedom of expression in Syria has improved noticeably since the fall of the deposed regime, enabling them to report the truth in an environment free of intimidation or coercion. They said that the government had met their hopes.Read more at: SANA
28 April 2026. Sentenced to death for publicly repudiating judicial abuse under Assad, Judge Fakhruddin al-Arian now heads a criminal court that will prosecute former regime figures. The proceedings will aim to deliver justice for years of criminal abuse. A victim of Assad called the judge’s reinstatement “a correction of history’s course.”Read more at: LEVANT 24
25 April 2026. Justice Minister al-Wais said Syria is ready to launch the first transitional justice trials, committed to revealing truth about the old regime’s abuses and establishing accountability. The trials will begin in Daraa, where the first sparks of the uprising against tyranny were ignited in March 2011.Read more at: SANA
Everywhere you look in Syria, people have tears in their eyes. This widespread, visceral crying witnessed across the Syrian population following the liberation from the Assad regime is more than just a reaction to a political shift; it is a profound sociological and psychological phenomenon. Read more at: Line (Lyn) Khatib, Radio Free Syria…
It is tempting to read what is emerging in Damascus as a straightforward turn toward religious governance; as if Syria is finally resolving a long tension between secularism and Islam in favor of the latter. But this reading misses the deep entanglement between the secular and the religious in Syria, not over the past 50 years, but for too many centuries. What the new Syrian government is constructing is not the defeat of the secular by the religious. It is, rather, the latest iteration of that entanglement — and perhaps the first authentic one in decades. Read More at: Line (Lyn) Khatib, Radio Free Syria…
Once scattered and safeguarded abroad, Syria’s native seeds are taking root once more, part of an organic revival aimed at restoring the country’s agricultural heritage. “A hundred years ago, our grandparents used to save seeds from their own crops and replant them the next season, generation after generation. This concept has always existed—we’re just reviving it. It’s our way of responding to crisis and heading towards food sovereignty,” seed farmer, Ibrahim al-Youssef, explained.Read More at: Philippe Pernot, Syria Direct…
14 April 2026. Recognized for their heroism and self-sacrifice in Syria’s war, voluntarily rescuing people from the rubble of bombings, their role expanded to meet other emergencies. Now, as part of the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management in June 2025, they are helping rebuild the country.Read more at: SANA
1 April 2026. Building on a history of support for Syria’s liberation, the British government is restoring relations with Syria on multiple levels. Business investors, encouraged by Syria’s reforms to meet urgent reconstruction needs, also find interest in its potential as a land bridge between the Mediterranean and the heart of Asia.Read more at: SYRIANOBSERVER
23 March 2026. During decades of dictatorship, Eid had become a marker of loss—a time of mourning for joyful family and communal celebrations. Since the regime’s fall in 2024, it has become an occasion for reclaiming social and cultural identity and a symbol of resilience.Read more at: SANA
15 March 2026. Peaceful protests against decades of tyranny, corruption and humiliation, beginning in Daraa in 2011, led to a popular uprising and civil war, ending in Syria’s rebirth. The revolution’s ideals of freedom, dignity, justice, and accountability became signposts of the new Syria.Read more at: SANA
13 January 2026. “I do not want condolences, only congratulations, for I am the mother of martyrs,” said Hajja Wasila Abu Nuqta, revered for her faith that the sacrifices of Syrian families for the nation’s freedom and dignity would result in victory for the revolution.Read more at: SANA
12 January 2026. “Spring Sonata” celebrates the peoples’ spirit of resilience during the revolution. The actor, Mazen al-Natour, described the play as a reflection of Syrians’ collective suffering, remarking “It comes from an internal cry shared by all Syrians.”Read more at: SANA
1 January 2026. In a New Year’s message, the president’s media advisor spoke of the remarkable state-building achievements of 2025, while noting that Assad’s fall was not a military victory alone but required the will of the people.Read more at: SANA
22 December 2025. In the past year, Syria’s authorities have shut down factories and storage sites of the addictive drug Captagon, a major source of income for the previous regime. The UN report notes how political will and cooperation can quickly disrupt even complex drug networks.Read more at: ALJAZEERA
19 December 2025. The Economist named Syria ‘country of the year’ for 2025, viewing its progress as the greatest improvement by any nation by economic, political, and broader national indicators. It said Syria stood out for the scale of change after more than 13 years of conflict and dictatorship.Read more at: LEVANT24
5 December 2025. A major celebration took place at al-Koum Secondary School, where the anniversary was commemorated with music, theater, and artistic performances which celebrated resilience, unity, and national belonging. Education officials sought to instill the meaning of the victory.Read more at: SANA
There is no rational explanation for what has occurred. A despotic regime backed by a military superpower was deposed in a bloodless coup by a band of revolutionaries in eleven days. The coup was orchestrated by a militia leader who seamlessly assumed the role of head of state, rapidly gaining respect at home and abroad. A despondent people, living in fear and despair for many decades, experienced the ecstatic joy of liberation, unleashing a flood of creative energy for rebuilding homes, schools and hospitals, drawing millions of Syrians to return from exile. A country in ruins quickly became a vast construction site.
20 November 2025. The Syrian Interior Ministry has lifted five million travel bans imposed on citizens by the former regime, restoring citizens’ freedom of movement and strengthening trust in state institutions.Read more at: ENABBALADI
19 November 2025. The Dutch organization Kids Rights and the Global Childhood Forum nominated Bana al-Abed for raising global awareness of the suffering of Syrian children under the former regime.Read more at: SANA
6 November 2025. Syria’s Missing Persons Commission announced a formal agreement with three major international organizations to discover the fate of hundreds of thousands of missing and forcibly disappeared people, which remains a deep wound to families and to the nation.Read more at: LEVANT24
8 September 2025. Wendy Pearlman, a Harvard-trained scholar and professor at Chicago’s Northwestern University, spent 14 years studying the Syrian revolution through testimonies of refugees, migrants, and members of the global Syrian community. She published two books documenting the experiences of revolution, exile, and displacement. Visiting Syria to amplify her research following Assad’s removal, she highlights the beauty of the people, their rich culture and hospitality.Read more at: SANA
31 August 2025. Darayya, one of the areas that suffered most from Assad regime violence, was the site of a national event marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Families and officials came together to honor the missing and affirm the families’ rights to truth and justice. The National Commission for the Missing and other national bodies pledged continued efforts to uncover truth, ensure reparations, and enforce accountability for war crimes.Read more at: SANA
