• December 9 2024
  FT live news

  Syria crisis - as it happened

  
• December 9 2024
  Syrian crisis

  Syrian rebels seek to consolidate control

  HTS issues amnesty for conscripted military but Israel grabs territory on border

  
• December 9 2024
  Syrian crisis

  Several EU nations and the UK pause asylum claims from Syrians

  Fall of Assad regime prompts immigration rethink in Europe

  
• December 9 2024
  News in-depthSyrian crisis

  Inside the Syrian prison at the heart of Assad’s police state

  On the outskirts of Damascus, Saydnaya holds the secrets to the fate of thousands who disappeared under the dictator

  
• December 9 2024
  Syrian crisis

  Israel draws furious reaction from Egypt after taking more Syrian territory

  Netanyahu has justified the incursion as a temporary move to protect Israeli citizens

  
• December 9 2024
  Syrian crisis

  ‘Terrorist’ label of Syria’s new rulers will need to be reconsidered, says UN envoy

  Geir Pedersen warns there is ‘no way to exclude’ Islamist group that led offensive against Assad regime

  
• December 9 2024
  Gideon Rachman

  The west should not succumb to cynical regret over Syria

  Lots could still go wrong but the demise of one of the world’s most cruel dictators is welcome

  
• December 9 2024
  Europe Express

  Europe scrambles to adjust to the fall of Assad’s brutal regime in Syria Premium content

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• December 9 2024
  News in-depthSyrian crisis

  How Bashar al-Assad’s regime crumbled

  Syria’s strongman was feted in Riyadh three weeks ago. Now he is an asylum seeker in Moscow

  
• December 9 2024
  News in-depthSyrian crisis

  Turkey: will Erdoğan emerge as the big winner of the Syria crisis?

  A decade of backing Syria’s armed opposition could pay off while reshaping the region’s balance of power

  
• December 9 2024
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  Syrian rebels topple Assad regime

  Overthrowing of regime marks culmination of lightning offensive by rebel groups

  
• December 8 2024
  FT live news

  Syrian crisis - as it happened

  
• December 8 2024
  Syrian crisis

  Assad flees Syria for Moscow as rebels seize Damascus

  Deposed leader arrives in Russian capital, according to state newswire, after regime toppled

  
• December 8 2024
  News in-depthSyrian crisis

  Inside the fallen stronghold: Damascus erupts in joy as regime is swept away

  But euphoria is tempered by chaos as people overrun symbols of the former regime

  
• December 8 2024
  News in-depthSyrian crisis

  How the Assad family built an empire of fear in Syria

  Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country’s descent into kleptocracy

  
• December 8 2024
  Syrian crisis

  Iran ‘lost faith’ in Assad before his ousting

  Insider says Tehran declined to provide more military support for now-deposed Syrian leader

  
• December 8 2024
  Syrian crisis

  Assad flees Syria as rebels seize Damascus

  Toppling of regime marks culmination of lightning offensive by rebel groups led by HTS

  
• December 8 2024
  ExplainerSyrian crisis

  A short guide to Syria’s long war

  Assad’s fall concludes the arc of ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings that reshaped the region

  
• December 8 2024
  Ammar Azzouz

  Now Syria can dream of a future again

  The walls of fear have been destroyed — there is a new landscape of hope that has been hard to even dare to imagine

  
• December 8 2024
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  A welcome end to a brutal Middle East dynasty

  Collapse of Syria’s Assad regime brings hope — and fear — to a beleaguered nation

  
• December 8 2024
  Syrian crisis

  The 7 days that ended 50 years of Assad rule — in maps

  How a lightning rebel advance toppled a family dynasty in a week

  
• December 8 2024
  Global InsightAndrew England

  What is next for Syria after Assad’s fall?

  The real test for the country and Middle East will come when triumphant but disparate rebel factions divide the spoils — and whether they can share power

  
• December 8 2024
  Person in the News

  Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the Syrian rebel leader who overthrew the Assad regime

  The offensive by his Islamist group has marked a turning point in the country’s bloody 13-year civil war

  
• December 7 2024
  Syrian crisis

  Syrian rebels push towards Damascus as Assad’s grip on power wanes

  Government forces withdraw from strategic cities and US envoy says Iran ‘pulling out’

  
• December 6 2024
  Syrian crisis

  Russia warns citizens they may need to leave Syria

  Rapid rebel advance deepens crisis for Moscow-allied Assad regime as insurgents approach strategic city of Homs