18+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1166+ words) Protests swept through several Syrian governorates on Sunday after the government raised fuel prices by up to forty per cent, intensifying public anxiety over the cost of living and exposing the deeper structural weaknesses of the country’s energy sector. Demonstrations…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (233+ words) In a statement published on its official Facebook page, the administration declared: “In the interest of our students, and following a thorough and transparent review of the Freedom Institute’s operations, male and female students have been separated, with dedicated classrooms…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (585+ words) The Syrian Observer U.S. Pivot on Suweida: Is Washington Moving from Containment to Pressure? Recent remarks by Tom Barrack, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Syria and Iraq, suggest a possible recalibration in Washington’s approach to the fast-moving developments in Syria’s Suweida…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (509+ words) Elections are scheduled to take place in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, while elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will be held on September 20. This follows elections in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate held on March 22. The AfD is expected to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (542+ words) The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Monday declaring December 19 an International Day for Women Searching for the Disappeared, marking the first draft resolution submitted by Syria to the General Assembly since the ouster of ousted President Bashar al-Assad....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (577+ words) What links the attacks now directed at Roula al-Roukbi to those previously aimed at Fidaa al-Hourani? And what lies beneath the swagger of the men driving both campaigns? But the attacks on these two women have gone far beyond disagreement....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (400+ words) The breakthrough was confirmed on Tuesday at the People’s Palace in Damascus, where SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi declared the dissolution of the SDF as an independent military entity and the winding down of the Autonomous Administration. Under the agreement reached…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (935+ words) The Syrian Observer Beyond Abu al-Duhur: The Regional Power Struggle Over Syria and Paths to Survival The fall of the Assad regime and the abrupt end of Iranian influence in Syria—developments unfolding in parallel with the ongoing U.S. war…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (398+ words) Japan is preparing to lift economic sanctions on 16 Syrian entities in September, a move that signals a new phase in Tokyo’s gradual easing of restrictions on Damascus and its growing interest in supporting Syria’s reconstruction and economic recovery. The information…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (428+ words) The move comes at a moment when Turkish security priorities intersect with Damascus’s efforts to restore full state sovereignty, and as the SDF continues its gradual integration into Syrian national institutions after years of de facto autonomy in the northeast....