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## Syria


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf962882f4a01cba5/6a4ec0f021e4752f03473466/GettyImages-2285214878.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 8, 2026  
## [Trump Moves to Revoke Syria's Designation as State Sponsor of Terrorism](https://time.com/article/2026/07/08/trump-syria-state-sponsor-terrorism-list-sanctions/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Connor Greene
* ![SYRIA-CONFLICT-MUSEUM](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32e1a1660a6662e8/6998cb8b25f3ee3ffe6452c9/syria-museum-theft-jan8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 11, 2025  
## [Roman-Era Statues Taken During Brazen Museum Heist in Damascus](https://time.com/7332920/ancient-artefacts-stolen-heist-national-museum-damascus/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Callum Sutherland
* ![SYRIA-CONFLICT-ISRAEL-MINORITIES](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95112f9ef6dcadcb/6998c84ef1b0826e216f1869/GettyImages-2224686763.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 16, 2025  
## [Israel bombs Syria's Defense Ministry HQ](https://time.com/7302711/syria-israel-bomb-damascus-druze-suwayda/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Callum Sutherland
* ![People celebrate with anti-government fighters at Umayyad Square in Damascus on Dec. 8, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt091d24c76d9b304c/698b24a147ca3845613c5143/syria-conflict.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 11, 2024  
## [The Key Players Shaping Post-Assad Syria](https://time.com/7201451/syria-assad-hts-russia-israel-us-explainer/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![Mehdi*, 23, and Samir*, 24, originally from Aleppo and based in Gaziantep, Turkey, look out at Bursa, a city close to Istanbul where the two brothers found refuge after the Turkish government granted 60-days travel permission to Syrians under temporary protection, in April. \(Their names have been changed.\) The $500 provided by the government to all affected families also helped Mehdi and Samir to temporarily move away from their adopted city, while the aftershocks continued. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb386a37cf2fff28/698a3e08db2987589e2691b8/turkey-earthquake-syrian-refugees-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 20, 2023  
## [A Taste of Freedom After the Turkey Earthquake](https://time.com/6288547/turkey-earthquake-syrian-refugees/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Stefania D'Ignoti  
* ![Sara Mardini and Yusra Mardini attend the Opening Night Gala Premiere of "The Swimmers" during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on Sept. 08, 2022 in Toronto.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4a443935710dd39/698a383dd07533cb69e6d85e/sara-mardini-yusra-mardini-the-swimmers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 23, 2022  
## [The Inspiring Story Behind 'The Swimmers'](https://time.com/6236203/the-swimmers-true-story-netflix/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Armani Syed
* ![A field burns on the road between Al-Maabadah and Qamishli in June 2019. The dominating rumor among the Kurdish population was the fires were set by ISIS sleeper cells.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22209686b14f7c19/698a17ea16d8843570c3931f/syria-burning-field-olga-kravets.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 15, 2021  
## [How Syria's Decade-Long War Has Left a Toxic Environmental Legacy](https://time.com/5946800/syrian-war-environmental-impact/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![Russian airstrikes kill at least 10 civilians in Syriaâs Idlib](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt447e246c9903e029/698a17a822fb853e1be2bf97/GettyImages-1197609386.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 3, 2021  
## [How Syrian Medics Endured 10 Years of War](https://time.com/5943719/syria-medics-irc/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![TOPSHOT-SYRIA-US-POLITICS-RACE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25f2ad2399ff7394/698a0f0cb3fce31b480c6d17/GettyImages-1216630087.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 6, 2020  
## [How George Floyd's Death Spoke to a Syrian Artist](https://time.com/5849444/george-floyd-mural-idlib-syria/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![Refugees Awaiting Their Fate On A Bus Station In Edirne](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f6e60cb62ea3526/698a0b4e16d8842f7cc37d95/turkey-syria-border-conflict.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 8, 2020  
## [What Happens Next With Turkey's Refugee Crisis](https://time.com/5798139/what-happens-next-with-europes-latest-refugee-crisis/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ian Bremmer  
* ![Mideast Syria](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteab946d855b6a445/698a0b3c457a521396d63a63/syria-war-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 7, 2020  
## [I Found Refuge in Turkey After Suffering in Syria's War. Now I Feel Like I Have to Leave for Europe](https://time.com/5797911/syrian-refugees-turkey-greece-border/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mustafa Karali
* ![Displaced Syrians at a newly created camp in Idlib province on Feb. 22, 2020.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc20680982757ab01/698a0aa48fd2eebf27360ef7/idlib-refugees-turkey-syria-border-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 25, 2020  
## [Syrian Refugees Have Nowhere Left to Hide](https://time.com/5790278/syria-idlib-humanitarian-catastrophe-assad/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![A man rides in a truck as civilians flee](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0974b807b0c0b0be/698a0815457a52ec54d63538/Syrians-fleeing-truck.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 21, 2020  
## [Syrian Violence Stokes Fears of a ‘Bloodbath’](https://time.com/5788258/violence-in-syria-stokes-fears-of-a-coming-bloodbath-will-trump-act/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by W.J. Hennigan
* ![Syrian civilians flee Idlib on Feb. 13](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bbae072d17e7893/698a0a79db29876c81264f8f/angelina-jolie-syria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 20, 2020  
## [Angelina Jolie: The Cost of Inaction in Syria is Too High](https://time.com/5787438/angelina-jolie-syria/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Angelina Jolie
* ![the-cave-for-sama-diptych](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1f318844bf2d988/698a09bcb3fce3df2e0c647a/the-cave-for-sama-diptych.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 5, 2020  
## [A Century of War Movies Have Focused on the Courage of Men. These Oscar-Nominated Documentaries Turn the Lens on Women](https://time.com/5776917/2020-oscars-the-cave-for-sama/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Suyin Haynes

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