Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, May 27, 2025.© (photo credit: REUTERS/KHALIL ASHAWI) ...

After ousting Syria’s longtime dictator from power last year, ending more than a decade of brutal civil war, the country’s new interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has pledged to embrace human ...

A Syrian government investigation says more than 1,400 people died in sectarian violence along the coast earlier this year.

Syrian National Army (SNA) factions that fought the Assad government with backing from Türkiye continue to detain, mistreat, and extort civilians in northern Syria, Human Rights Watch said today.

Sectarian clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin militia began in the southern Syrian province about 10 days ago.

Syria’s interim government has demanded that the militia disarm, and join a unified national military force, as a condition of joining the dialogue.

Syria's new president pledged to disband all militias in this multi-ethnic, multi-sectarian country after the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December.

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 15, 2025, Section A, Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: Syria’s New Leaders Call on Kurdish-Led Militia to Back Down.

BUSRA AL-HARIR, Syria (AP) — Syria 's defense minister announced a ceasefire ... immediate legal action against anyone proven to have committed a transgression or abuse, regardless of their rank or ...