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    • Explained: Will Syria’s first post-Assad elections ensure real political participation?

      Syria will hold its first parliamentary elections since Bashar Assad’s fall, with most seats chosen by electoral colleges and one-third appointed, raising concerns over inclusivity, minority representation, and genuine political participation.

    • Prominent Lebanese figure visits Syria, hoping for post-Assad reset in troubled relations

      Druze leader Walid Jumblatt was a longtime critic of Syria's involvement in Lebanon and blamed Assad's father, former President Hafez Assad, for the assassination of his own father decades ago

    • What has Assad's fall revealed about the Captagon drug trade in Syria?

      Syria's nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the production of the drug.

    • Jaishankar speaks to Israeli counterpart, discusses situation in West Asia

      The two foreign ministers understood to have also discussed the situation in Syria following the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime 11 days back.

    • Obama meets with King Salman at start of Saudi Arabia visit

      The visit for a Persian Gulf summit comes against the backdrop of increasingly strained US relations with the Saudis, who remain deeply opposed to his outreach to Iran and skeptical of his approach to Syria.

    • Syria faces growing pressure to halt bloodshed

      Jordan's King Abdullah told Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday he should step down and the European Union added pressure with more sanctions after the Arab League's surprise decision to suspend Damascus for its violent crackdown on protests.

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