سورية - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Palmyra

سورية

أبريل 23, 2026

Damascus 3:57 ص

13°C

President of Syria Ahmed al-Shara arrives for the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at UN Headquarters on Sept. 23, 2025 in New York City.

Analysis

هل الأمر يستحق كل هذا العناء؟ تواجه الفنانة السورية شارة ردود فعل عنيفة بسبب أدائها لأغنية ميسي إليوت.

اندلعت ردود فعل عنيفة بعد أن قدم الراقصون عرضاً على أنغام أغنية "Work It" لميسي إليوت، مما كشف عن التوازن الدقيق بين انفتاح شارة على الغرب والضغط من قاعدته الإسلامية.

Amberin Zaman

بواسطة Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives ahead of a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street in central London on March 31, 2026.

يقوم شرع، رئيس الوزراء السوري، بزيارته الرابعة إلى السعودية، والأولى منذ الحرب مع إيران: ما يجب معرفته

تأتي هذه الزيارة في ضوء تعميق العلاقات الاقتصادية بين سوريا والمملكة العربية السعودية في أعقاب سقوط الأسد.

Members of Iraq's security forces stand guard on the the al-Rabia border crossing with Syria on April 20, 2026.

كيف يُعيد فتح سوريا لحدودها مع العراق تعريف التوازن بين تركيا والأكراد

بعد سنوات من الإغلاق، فإن إعادة فتح معبر اليعربية تعيد رسم النفوذ الاقتصادي الكردي وتفرض إعادة معايرة استراتيجية تركيا الإقليمية.

Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images

الاتحاد الأوروبي يعيد تفعيل اتفاقية التعاون بشأن سوريا قبل محادثات مايو: ما يجب معرفته

اقترح الاتحاد الأوروبي استئناف العمل الكامل باتفاقية التعاون القائمة منذ عقود مع سوريا قبل المحادثات رفيعة المستوى المقرر عقدها الشهر المقبل.

Latest News

شرع يسعى إلى النأي بنفسه عن الحرب مع إيران، ويقول إن المحادثات مع إسرائيل جارية لكنها "صعبة": ما يجب معرفته

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish Presient Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey April 17, 2026.

Analysis

هل تستعد جبهة التحرير السورية لتجاوز تركيا في إضفاء الطابع الرسمي على المكاسب التي حققها الأكراد؟

Kurdish people waving Kurdistan flags gather to celebrate Nowruz on the hill of Urkesh in the countryside of Amuda in northeastern Syria on March 18, 2026. Nowruz, meaning "new day," is an ancient festival that marks the start of spring and the new year on the vernal equinox, which usually falls on March 20 or 21. It is celebrated by more than 300 million people worldwide and has been observed for over 3,000 years across regions including the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucasus and parts of Eastern Euro

Amberin Zaman

بواسطة Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Analysis

كيف يمكن للحرب مع إيران أن تساعد سوريا في إدارة شؤون تركيا ومنافسيها الإقليميين

This handout photograph provided by the Turkish Foreign Ministry press service shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) meeting with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (R) in Damascus on Dec. 22, 2025.

Amberin Zaman

بواسطة Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

أعادت سوريا فتح معبر رئيسي بعد 11 عاماً، مما ساعد صادرات النفط العراقية وسط الحرب

A member of the Popular Mobilization Forces patrols along a concrete wall at the Iraqi-Syrian border in Al-Qaim, west of Iraq, on Jan. 23, 2026.

آمبرین زمان

Chief Correspondent

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

علي هاشم

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

علي هاشم

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

A banner of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen at a Yabroud town square in the Damascus countryside, after the soldiers loyal to Assad took control of it from the rebel fighters, in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA on March 17, 2014. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT ) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUT

انتصار يبرود ومكافحة الإرهاب

A piece of wreckage from a vehicle is seen at the site of Sunday's explosion in Nabi Osmane in the Bekaa Valley March 17, 2014. At least three people were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sunday in an apparent response to the fall of a rebel-held town to government forces across the border in Syria. A security source said two of the dead from the blast in Nabi Osmane were members of the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah whose fighters

سقطت يبرود.. فمتى ينفجر الوضع في عرسال؟؟

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) shakes hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov before their meeting at Winfield House, the home of the U.S. ambassador in London March 14, 2014. The United States and Russia will find it formidably difficult to make progress on Ukraine at talks in London today, British Foreign Minister William Hague said on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3H3AB

نبض الكونغرس عبر موقع المونيتور يوسّع تغطيته للشؤون السورية والروسية

"نبض الكونغرس" وTrendlines يتعمّقان في دراسة تداعيات الأحداث في أوكرانيا على السياسة الأميركية في الشرق الأوسط.

Future Movement campaign posters featuring members of the "March 14" Alliance are displayed on the walls of a tent in the Bekka Valley village of Qabb Elias June 5, 2009. Lebanese vote on June 7 in a parliamentary election that pits the powerful Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies against an anti-Syrian alliance that won a 2005 poll. The vote will determine the shape of parliament and government until 2013. REUTERS/Steve Crisp (LEBANON ELECTIONS POLITICS) - RTR24BIR

الذكرى التاسعة..

A Syrian woman waits for the opening of Cilvegozu border gate near the town of Reyhanli at the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province February 13, 2013. A Syrian minibus exploded at a crossing on Turkey's border with Syria near the Turkish town of Reyhanli on Monday, killing 14 people including Turkish citizens and wounding dozens more, Turkish officials said. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT) - RTR3DQC1

اللاجئات السوريات ضحية الإذلال والاستغلال في تركيا

تواجه لاجئات سوريات كثيرات في تركيا التحرّش الجنسي والاستغلال على أيدي أصحاب العمل وأزواج المستقبل وأقربائهن الرجال.

A Ukrainian soldier climbs a flag pole at the base A2904 shortly before the Ukrainian command lost control over it to armed men in the Crimean town of Bakhchisaray March 10, 2014. Russian forces consolidated their hold on Ukraine's Crimea peninsula on Monday, taking over a military hospital and a missile base as officials geared up for a referendum on the region's future. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR3GFVD

تغيّرات مرجوّة!

A participant hold images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during an anti-war protest organised by the Communist party near the U.S. embassy in Moscow September 12, 2013. The banner in the background reads, "Mother Russia against war." REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX13IXF

رسائل الأسد إلى موسكو وواشنطن: مستعدّ للمبادرة ولتلقيها؟!

A damaged armoured carrier that belonged to forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad are seen along a deserted street in Homs March 8, 2014 REUTERS/Thaer Al Khalidiya (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR3G99W

آثار الأزمة الأوكرانيّة على الشرق الأوسط

سيناقش "المونيتور" و"بي بي أس نيوز آور" آثار الأزمة في أوكرانيا على الشرق الأوسط

قطر بين التمايز وسياسة التوتّر العالي

Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (L) and Parliament speaker Nabih Berri (3rd L) look on as Hezbollah's deputy leader Sheikh Naim Kassem (C) greets released Lebanese prisoner Maher Qorani at Beirut airport July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese freed from captivity in Israel were flown to a heroes' welcome in Beirut on Wednesday after Hezbollah returned the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized in a cross-border raid in 2006. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON) - RTX7ZV4

الحملة المتجدّدة ضدّ الرئيس سليمان

Israeli soldiers stand atop an armoured personnel carrier (APC) positioned near the Lebanese border, close to the northern Israeli town of Shlomi February 27, 2014. Israel's northern region near Lebanon was tense on Thursday and the military ordered farmers away from fields abutting the border, a day after the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatened to respond to an Israeli air strike that hit one of its bases on the border with Syria earlier in the week. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)

غارة واحدة وأربعة إحراجات

A Muslim (R) and a Christian Iraqi living in Jordan hold up their ink-stained index fingers after casting their ballot at a polling station at a government school in Amman March 5, 2010. Iraqis in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan started early voting ahead of the country's March 7 parliamentary election that will test Iraq's prospects for stability as U.S. troops prepare to leave. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR2B98I

الاتحاد الأوروبي يدعم المجتمع المدني في العراق وسوريا.. في مواجهة الطائفيّة