On Sheikh Osama Al-Rifai’s Fatwa on Agrarian Reform Lands
THE SYRIAN OBSERVER
February 25, 2026
Syria faces dozens of urgent priorities. Revisiting agrarian reform is not one of them, Samir Seifan writes.
Syria faces dozens of urgent priorities. Revisiting agrarian reform is not one of them, Samir Seifan writes.
Michel Shammas is a Lawyer, Writer, and Human Rights Activist.
A political confrontation is sharpening in Berlin over the future of Syrian refugees, as conservative lawmakers in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s governing bloc press for rapid deportations—directly rebuffing a recent appeal from Damascus to slow the process.
Europe’s maneuver in Munich is not only about Syria — it is also a pointed message to Washington, Firas Faham writes in Syria TV.
In remarks to the German newspaper Focus, Mohammad Yaqoub al-Omar, Director of the Consular Department at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appealed for what he described as “patience and understanding” from Berlin as Syria struggles to rebuild after years of conflict.
The Syrian delegation, which arrived in Munich on Friday, immediately entered a series of intensive meetings with American and European officials, Al-Thawra writes.
The battered Iranian-made taxis that rattle through the streets remain a visible relic of the so-called era of resistance, Youssef Bezzi writes in Al-Modon.
The trial in Koblenz coincides with ongoing operations by security agencies to disrupt modern-day recruitment and militant travel, Ultra Syria writes.
The proposal follows a three-day tour of Israel, Cyprus, and Lebanon by Jens Spahn, the parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Union, al-Hal writes.
“We are not yet at a stage of stability in Syria that would allow for large-scale deportations,” EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner told the German Press Agency.
According to previous Syria TV reports, Syria currently operates 54 diplomatic and consular missions abroad across various continents.
The postponement comes amid heightened tensions in eastern Syria, Syria TV writes.
Sharaa has managed to gain international confidence abroad, a development that matters greatly for reconstruction and Syria’s return to the world
The Central Bank of Syria denied, on Thursday, the existence of counterfeit notes of the new Syrian currency, following rumors circulated on social media platforms.
Drawing on Acemoglu and Robinson’s The Narrow Corridor, Wael Sawah argues that freedom survives only when state power and social constraint advance in tandem
““We have all found ourselves in the same boat. Either we survive together or we sink together”
The outreach comes as Germany debates asylum policy with renewed intensity, and as several European capitals cautiously test a reopening toward Damascus after years of political estrangement.
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.
Discussions surrounding a Syrian–European partnership within the Euro-Mediterranean framework are resurfacing, according to al-Thawra.
The decisions shaping Syria’s future are being written from within.
