Mazen Darwish on Justice, Memory, and the Future of Syria
KARAM SHAAR
January 14, 2026
““We have all found ourselves in the same boat. Either we survive together or we sink together”
““We have all found ourselves in the same boat. Either we survive together or we sink together”
Hijri expressed his gratitude to the Israeli occupation and to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as to the United States and the European Union, Syria TV reports.
The two men, identified as members of the Islamic State group, are accused of carrying out the bombing that struck the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque.
Investigations into the latest incident in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud district indicate that the fighter who threw the woman’s body “from a height” was not Syrian, but an Egyptian extremist, al-Modon writes.
The issue, then, is not whether Alawites will integrate into the new Syria, but whether Syria will succeed in becoming a state capable of integrating all its citizens, Enab Baladi argues.
This assault also lays bare the regime’s complete subservience to Turkey, Mohammad Dibo claims.
The seizure order confirms that Nizam’s network extends beyond business partners to include his immediate family.
KRI Prime Minister Masrour Barzani expressed “deep concern” over the assault on Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo, Utra Syria writes.
Yasser al-Shalati, director of investigative mechanisms at the Association of Free Syrian Lawyers, said the Hamsho deal falls under the Anti-Corruption Committee’s newly launched “voluntary disclosure program.”
The SDF’s General Command says the two neighbourhoods have been under a “complete siege” by government-aligned factions, according to Ultra Syria.
The Syrian revolution exposed longstanding dysfunctions within the rural economy, Taleb Al-Daghim writes in Syria TV.
The agreement presents a critical test for the new government’s narrative of a “new phase”, al-Hal writes.
A military source said the Syrian army began targeting the drone launch sites around Deir Hafer after identifying their point of origin.
The op-ed published by Syria’s Justice Minister raises more doubts than it resolves, Hussein Shishakly argues in Zaman al-Wasl.
The ministry said the networks it targeted operated under the supervision of officers from the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, and that the total number of detainees suspected of crimes against Syrians reached 6,331.
It is my responsibility to clarify that our aim has always been – and remains – to achieve justice, Syria’s Minister of Justice writes.
While courting external support is crucial to ending Syria’s isolation, this strategy has come at the expense of domestic affairs, Malek Wannous writes in Al-Modon.
Syrian Minister of Interior Anas Khattab has paid tribute to security officer Muhammad Massat, who was killed while confronting a suicide bomber in Aleppo.
The currency change has come without the level of national consultation that a decision of this magnitude requires, Wael Sawah argues.
Military source within the SDF downplayed the likelihood of a military solution.
