Syrian Tycoon Linked to Former Regime Signs Agreement with New Government
AL-HAL
January 8, 2026
The agreement presents a critical test for the new government’s narrative of a “new phase”, al-Hal writes.
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.
The clashes come at a sensitive moment in relations between Damascus and the SDF
Efforts focused on Rural Damascus and Homs, near the Lebanese border, where numerous operational laboratories were uncovered.
Lawyer “A. Z.”, who requested anonymity, told Enab Baladi that lawyers are not permitted to attend interrogations conducted in security branches until detainees are transferred to court.
The Internal Security Command in Latakia announced on Sunday, October 19, the opening of a new complaints office in the city.
If the struggle for daily sustenance once diverted broad sectors of society from democratic concerns, the situation has since grown immeasurably worse as a result of the catastrophic war Syria has endured, Faisal Allouche argues.
The moral test of any new political order lies not in how it treats the majority, but in how it engages those with the least demographic weight, Wael Sawah writes for Daraj.
Lifting the Caesar Act should be seen not as a final achievement but as a phase in testing the Syrian government’s seriousness in building a capable state that is both internally and externally acceptable, Syria TV argues.
Public Prosecution Demands Eight-Year Sentence for Syrian Businessman Firas Tlass
The decisions shaping Syria’s future are being written from within.
The Ministry of Interior Spokesperson added that the Internal Security Command had issued “prior warnings” to partner forces within the International Coalition, alerting them to the potential threat of attacks by ISIS.
The suffocating deadlock in Suweida has cast a shadow over Syria’s national scene, Ali al-Abdallah writes in Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
