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Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria
ByAbdi Latif Dahir and Reham Mourshed December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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Europe has lost all credibility in the Middle East. The way to regain it lies in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon | Nathalie Tocci
ByNathalie Tocci December 19, 2025

Sidelined by Trump, preoccupied with Ukraine and damaged by its immoral stance on Gaza, Europe can still help stabilise its eastern Mediterranean neighbours A year after the overthrow of Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, the former jihadi fighter turn…

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Syrian home town of Ahmed al-Ahmed rallies around the Bondi hero, amid the rubble of civil war
ByAhmad Fallaha in Nayrab, William Christou in Beirut and Ben Doherty in Sydney December 18, 2025

In Nayrab, a town near the Syrian city of Idlib, the family of Ahmed al-Ahmed have been overwhelmed by the global response to his act of braveryIt has been almost 20 years since Ahmed al-Ahmed left Nayrab in the countryside near the north-western Syria…

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Bondi Beach Shooting Is a Reminder of ISIS’s Power to Inspire Attacks
ByAdam Goldman, Eric Schmitt and Lizzie Dearden December 17, 2025December 18, 2025

ISIS is too weakened to seize territory, experts said, but its ability to churn out propaganda aimed at provoking violence against the West persists.

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Syrian relatives of Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed say his home country is proud of him – video
ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian December 17, 2025

As Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years unfolded, a Sydney shop owner was captured on camera charging at one of the gunmen and disarming him. Halfway around the world in Syria, a group of men watching the footage recognised a f…

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‘Source of pride for Syria’: man who disarmed Bondi shooter lauded in home town
ByWilliam Christou and agencies December 16, 2025

News of Ahmed al-Ahmed’s selfless act quickly reached al-Nayrab, where locals say it proves religion or birthplace no barrier to heroismA man who risked his life to wrestle a gun from a shooter in the Bondi beach terror attack on Sunday has become a he…

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Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’
ByWilliam Christou and Pjotr Sauer December 15, 2025

Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive householdIn 2011, a group of teenage boys spray-painted a warning on to a wall in their school playground: “It’s your turn, Doctor.” Th…

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Syrian Who Killed U.S. Soldiers Was Member of Security Forces, Officials Say
ByEuan Ward and Eric Schmitt December 14, 2025December 14, 2025

The gunman who killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter had been set to be dismissed from the security forces over his extremist views, U.S. and Syrian officials said.

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Deadly Attack on U.S. Troops Poses Growing Challenge for Syria’s Leader
ByAbdi Latif Dahir December 14, 2025December 15, 2025

The attack further complicates President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s efforts to unify the country and rebuild relationships with the international community, analysts say.

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Three Americans killed in Syria by suspected Islamic State gunman, Pentagon says
ByAssociated Press December 13, 2025December 13, 2025

US Central Command reports an ambush on Saturday, the first attack to inflict US casualties since fall of Bashar al-AssadTwo US army soldiers and one American civilian interpreter have been killed and several other people wounded in an ambush on Saturd…

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