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“For an Inclusive and Sustainable Future”—Syria’s first national conference on disability. (L24)
“For an Inclusive and Sustainable Future”—Syria’s first national conference on disability. (L24)

Landmark disability conference in Damascus highlights inclusion and empowerment

    18 September 2025.  The conference, focusing on the major challenges facing disabled people, was jointly sponsored by two ministries—Social Affairs and Labor and Emergency and Disaster Management—with the involvement of additional ministries and state agencies all working to promote the needs and rights of disabled people and integrate them into society. Minister Hind Kabawat called the issue of disability a developmental and social priority for the new government.Read more at:  LEVANT24

    Abdulbasit Abdulatif, head of the National Transitional Justice Commission. (SANA)
    Abdulbasit Abdulatif, head of the National Transitional Justice Commission. (SANA)

    Government reaches out to civil society to help achieve justice and reconciliation

      9 September 2025.  Syria’s Transitional Justice Commission was given the mandate of “uncovering the truth about the gross violations committed by the former regime, holding those responsible accountable, redressing the harm suffered by the victims, and consolidating the principles of non-repetition and national reconciliation.” Seeking civil society cooperation, the Chairman met with the Syrian Network for Human Rights, which praised the commission’s openness and offered access to a database of abuses kept since 2011.Read more at: LEVANT24

      A Memoir of Syria

        The Home that Was Our Country is a deeply insightful and engaging memoir that interweaves the textures of Syrian history, during the time of the author’s great-grandfather, with her personal experience of Syria in the years following the Arab Spring. Born in the US, she decided to move to Damascus in 2011 when hopes of freedom filled the air, to reclaim the apartment of her grandmother that was lost to the family during the first Assad regime.

        UK organizes emergency medical teams for Southern Syria with UN help. (Suwayda Governorate - Telegram)
        UK organizes emergency medical teams for Southern Syria with UN help. (Suwayda Governorate - Telegram)

        British Government provides urgently needed aid for Suwayda victims

          6 August 2025.  The UK pledged £1.7 million ($2.2 million) in emergency aid for over 85,000 Syrians displaced by violence in Suwayda. Mobile medical teams will be deployed to affected towns and remote villages, through UK partnerships with humanitarian organizations, including the UN, which will supply medicines, food, and clean water. With the official resumption of UK-Syria diplomatic ties in July, the UK committed large sums to Syria’s recovery.Read more at: ENAB BALADI

          Representatives from Syrian civil society meet in a “Damascus Spring” session on 25 April 2025. (Enab Baladi:Anas al-Khouli)
          Representatives from Syrian civil society meet in a “Damascus Spring” session on 25 April 2025. (Enab Baladi:Anas al-Khouli)

          The new Syrian government welcomes the resurgence of civil society

            24 June 2025. Since the fall of Assad, civil society in Syria has flourished. Renewed energy is empowering progress in fields of justice, education, health, and women’s rights. The new government embraces NGOs as essential partners in national renewal, registering over 600 hundred organizations since January. Advocates of the new relationship between society and state report growing trust, open dialogue, transparency, inclusivity and a shared commitment to building a unified Syria.Read more at: ENAB BALADI

            Jordan’s Foreign Minister, in Berlin, urges joint international efforts to aid Syria. (Photo: SANA)

            Jordan calls for cooperative efforts of all countries to help rebuild Syria

              18 June 2025. Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, speaking in Berlin alongside his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, emphasized the need for global cooperation to support Syria’s reconstruction and safeguard its sovereignty and citizens’ rights. He praised Syria’s efforts toward rebuilding a free, independent nation and welcomed the Syrian-German agreement to form an economic cooperation council, calling it a vital step in improving the lives of Syrians after years of conflict.Read more at: SANA

              Rebuilding Syria

                For peacefully protesting against the dictatorship, the Syrian people lived in terror of endless war and repression… and its population became increasingly impoverished, with large sections of cities destroyed and lying in ruins… The new leaders quickly began to establish the rule of law and an environment of freedom for all Syrian peoples… demonstrating a strong will to reconstruct the nation as a democratic state that respects human rights, seeks unity among the diversity of peoples, and is committed to the common good.