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أكتوبر 15, 2026

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Demonstrators ride through a street while waving Syrian flags

Analysis

لماذا تتبنى سوريا والعراق نهجين مختلفين تجاه الجماعات المسلحة؟

Shelly Kittleson

بواسطة Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

A view of the Great Umayyad Mosque during the reopening ceremony, Oct. 8, 2026.

Culture

أعادت سوريا فتح الجامع الأموي الكبير في حلب، الذي يعود تاريخه إلى 1300 عام، بعد 13 عاماً

تعمل السلطات السورية على ترميم المعالم الثقافية والمواقع الأثرية التي تضررت أو دُمرت خلال الحرب الأهلية.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Oct. 6, 2026.

Analysis

لماذا يُعد إرسال سوريا قوات إلى اليمن رهانًا محفوفًا بالمخاطر بالنسبة لشرع؟

تصر سوريا على أنها لن ترسل قوات لمحاربة الحوثيين إلى جانب السعودية، لكن اعتمادها الاقتصادي على الرياض قد يعقد مقاومة دمشق للفكرة.

Amberin Zaman

بواسطة Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Youths play the daf, an Iranian frame drum, during a protest demanding the right to education in the Kurdish language in Al-Qamishli, Syria, on September 22, 2026. The demonstrations follow a decision by the Syrian Interim Government to allocate only Kurdish language classes in schools. (Photo by Amjad Kurdo / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Culture

يجد الأكراد والعرب في سوريا قضية مشتركة في معركتهم من أجل الحقوق اللغوية

في ظل احتجاجات الطلاب الأكراد على القيود اللغوية، تظهر تحالفات غير متوقعة بين الأكراد والعرب في سوريا.

Latest News

شرع سوريا في الرياض مع تعرض المطارات السعودية لهجمات الحوثيين: ما يجب معرفته

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Oct. 6, 2026.

الإمارات وسوريا تمضيان قدماً في مشاريع تطوير عقاري ضخمة بقيمة 20 مليار دولار

A view of a traffic roundabout in central Latakia, Syria on June 12, 2025. The city's road network converges near the coast, forming one of the busiest urban intersections in the province. (Photo by Omar Albaw / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by OMAR ALBAW/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

سوريا تنفي لقاءها مع حزب الله اللبناني في تركيا: ما يجب معرفته

لبنان يسعى للحصول على مساعدة تركيا للانضمام إلى خط السكك الحديدية بين سوريا والسعودية: ما يجب معرفته

A picture taken on May 1, 2019 shows a railroad of Mar Mikhael neighborhood in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

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

إسرائيل تدرس ثمن التصعيد في غزّة

يتكبّد سكّان غزّة تكاليف الحرب؛ تدرس إسرائيل خياراتها مع حماس؛ يجري "المونيتور" مقابلات مع زعماء سياسيّين عراقيّين؛ الحرب المنسيّة في سوريا.

Money changers count Syrian pound notes and U.S dollars at a currency exchange shop in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr district, September 9, 2013. Picture taken September 9, 2013. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT BUSINESS) - RTX13FMH

مكتب للحوالات بين دولتي حلب

A general view of the presidential palace is seen during a farewell ceremony for Outgoing Lebanese President Michel Sleiman in Baabda, near Beirut, May 24, 2014.
REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3QNB0

اللبنانيّون: إنّها نهاية العالم!

Militant Islamist fighters travel in a vehicle as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. The fighters held the parade to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after the group captured territory in neighbouring Iraq, a monitoring service said. The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot previously known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), posted pictures online on Sunday of people waving black flags from cars and holding

"البعث" يصف "داعش" بـ"الإرهابيّ"... لكنّه لن يقاتله!

A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. There had previously been reports on social media that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would make his first public appearance since his Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) changed its name to the Islamic S

نوستولوجيا الخلافة الإسلامية .. هل أصبحت واقع؟

Shiite volunteers from Hezbollah Iraq, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), gather together in Baghdad, July 6, 2014. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition should withdraw its support for his bid for a third term and pick another candidate, Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged, amid parliamentary deadlock over the formation of a new government. Maliki has come under mounting pressur

هل أرسل حزب الله مقاتليه إلى العراق لحماية المقامات الدينية؟

Turkish trucks and tankers, shuttling between Turkey and Iraq, queue on a road leading to the Habur border gate in southeastern Turkey, before crossing into Iraq with their goods, February 23, 2008. Turkey's exports to Iraq jumped nine percent last year to $2.8 billion and its influence can be felt across northern Iraq in the form of supermarkets, consumer goods, construction firms and traders from all over Turkey. To match feature TURKEY-IRAQ/CONFLICT REUTERS/Fatih Saribas (TURKEY) - RTR1XKEF

سائقو الشاحنات الأتراك يحاولون العودة إلى السير

مع المخاطر والصعوبات التي باتت مرتبطة بالعبور في كل من العراق وسوريا، يبحث قطاع النقل التركي اليوم عن مسالك بديلة إلى أسواق الشرق الأوسط.

Residents watch Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on a screen during his televised speech at a festival celebrating Resistance and Liberation Day, in Bint Jbeil May 25, 2014. The event commemorates the 14th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTR3QT8E

لهذه الأسباب حزب الله في أعلى درجات الاستنفار

Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stand during a military-style training in Najaf June 20, 2014. Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to send military advisers to stiffen government resistance. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR3UW3C

هل أنقذت الفتوى الشيعية بغداد من "الدولة الإسلامية"؟

يرصّ الشيعة العراقيون صفوفهم لإنقاذ العاصمة من "الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام" (داعش)، من دون ظهور واضح للمقاتلين الإيرانيين.

Russian soldiers unload a Russian Sukhoi SU-25 plane in al-Muthanna Iraqi military base at Baghdad airport in Baghdad, June 28, 2014. The first batch of Russian fighter jets arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to help Iraqi forces battle Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters in the country's north. Picture taken June 28, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY TRANSPORT CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR3W9NZ

محاولة روسيا العسكريّة في العراق

تنتهز موسكو فرصة مفتوحة أمامها بإرسال طائرات مقاتلة إلى العراق.

Members of the Iraqi security forces fire artillery during the clashes with the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the town of Dalli Abbas in Diyala province, June 28, 2014. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the most influential Shi'ite cleric in Iraq, called on the country's leaders on Friday to choose a prime minister within the next four days, a dramatic political intervention that could hasten the end of Nuri al-Maliki's eight year rule. Picture take

الدعم في سوريا يتناقض مع السياسة الأميركية العراقية

ترحب العراق بالغارات الجوية السورية على داعش؛ أزمة المياه في حلب.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with a German newspaper in Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA, June 17, 2013 . Europe will "pay the price" if it delivers arms to rebel forces in Syria, Assad said. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters (SYRIA - Tags: 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 DISTRIBUTED E

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