(2025-09-24). Syria: For families of the missing, it is answers, not time, that will heal the pain. icrc.org
(2025-09-24). Supporting Syrian Families of the Missing. icrc.org
(2025-09-24). Syria rejects US preconditions for lifting Caesar sanctions. newarab.com 
(2025-09-24). Israeli soldier severely wounded in northern Gaza combat, IDF says. haaretz.com
(2025-09-24). Syria and Israel close to agreement, U.S. envoy says. haaretz.com U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said the agreement would serve as the first step towards a security deal with Israel. Talks between Syrian and Israeli officials are taking place amid IDF strikes and reported ground operations in southern Syrian territory…
(2025-09-23). Syria: March Atrocities Demand Senior Level Accountability. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Syrian government forces in the western city of Latakia, Syria, on March 9, 2025. | © 2025 OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images | The Syrian transitional government has promised accountability for March 2025 violence, but it has provided little transparency on whether its investigation has examined the role of senior military or civilian leaders, or what steps it will take to hold those with command authority to account.Failing to hold accountable any commanders and officials responsible for deploying and directing abusive forces leaves the door open to further reprisals and atroci…
(2025-09-23). How would an Israel-Syria security deal impact the Middle East. newarab.com 
Israel and Syria may be on the verge of signing a If signed, the deal would give Israel a For the US, it would be a diplomatic win, while Syria's new government
(2025-09-23). Take It From a Syrian: Here's How Informant Culture Rots Your Society. theintercept.com 
A government building shows a defaced picture of former President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, on Dec. 1, 2024. Photo: Karam Almasri/NurPhoto via Getty Images | Authoritarianism does not begin with prisons or torture chambers. It begins with suspicion — when loyalty is measured not by what you believe but by whom you are willing to expose. In East Germany, the Stasi turned neighbors into watchmen. In Chile under Pinochet, a whisper in a café could summon the police. In Iraq under Saddam, cousins betrayed cousins, sons betrayed fathers. And in Syria, where I grew up, even the walls were said to…
(2025-09-23). At UN, Al-Sharaa calls for Syria unity amid divisive Israel deal. newarab.com 
Sharaa said that the government faces an array of challenges since the fall of the Assad regime in December, and that he hopes Syria will thrive again. | "The importance of their role (Syrians) in conveying the true image of…
(2025-09-23). US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China. geo.tv 
US Representative Adam Smith, flanked by US Ambassador to China David Perdue and Michael Baumgartner, Republican member of House Foreign Affairs Committee during a press conference at the US embassy in Beijing, September 23, 2025. — AFP
(2025-09-23). Pakistan urges dialogue, restraint to end Ukraine conflict. tribune.com.pk 
Pakistan has urged dialogue and restraint to avert escalation after reported Russian incursions into Polish and Romanian airspace, warning that diplomacy remains the "only path" to sustainable peace. | Addressing an emergency UN Security Council session on Monday, Pakistan's Permanent Representative Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad reaffirmed Islamabad's support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all member states. He said the conflict in Ukraine, now entering its fourth year, continues to threaten regional and global stability. | "Pakistan has repeatedly drawn attention to the negative consequence…