Global Forecast as of 12:00 GMT Friday, January 31, 2025

Global Forecast as of 12:00 GMT Friday, January 31, 2025

Calls for Syria’s new authorities to guarantee equality and safety for Syria’s ethnic and religious minorities have been loud, locally and internationally, since the start of Operation Deterring Aggression last November and the fall of the Assad regime 11 days later.

It already appears evident that the days of Russia serving as its leading arms supplier have come to an ignominious end.

According to the Israeli diplomat, Israel will see to it that Syria’s new authorities "don’t let Syria’s territory be used as a springboard for aggression against Israel"

A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, his father Hafez al-Assad, the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl, a Shiite village seized by rebels, in rural Aleppo, Syria, Dec. 11, 2024.

The story of my family’s flight to Lebanon and then Mexico more than half a century ago.

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north and provided the only safe access route to Idlib, where HTS was based. Even so,

Za'bir, a senior operative of Al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group Hurras al-Din, was killed in a US airstrike in northwest Syria.

Ahmed al Sharaa was declared the new president of Syria in the transitional government that came into power after the collapse of the Assad regime on December 8. This declaration led to congratulations from several Arab states in the region,

Hastily abandoned documents show how the fallen government’s vast intelligence apparatus struggled to comprehend and stop the rapid rebel advance.

President Donald Trump’s new administration is looking ahead to key Senate hearings this week for three of his most controversial nominees.