Syria

• After the Assad Regime’s Fall, His Enforcers Are Lying Low and Living Large - A Times investigation into the whereabouts of top Syrian officials who fled after the regime’s fall shows many remain free — shielded by wealth and accommodating host nations.
• Hezbollah Is Down, but Not Out, as Lebanon Faces Pressure to Disarm It - The Lebanese militant group has resisted calls to lay down all its arms, risking a return to war with Israel.
• U.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President - The Syrian government did not comment directly on the extensive American strikes targeting the Islamic State on Friday, but said it was intensifying its own efforts to fight the group.
• U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria - American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.
• Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria - The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.
• Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria - The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.
• Israeli military raids in Syria raise tensions as they carve out a buffer zone - Qassim Hamadeh woke to the sounds of gunfire and explosions in his village of Beit Jin in southwestern Syria last month. The five were among 13 villagers killed that day by Israeli forces. Israeli troops had raided the village — not for t
• Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says - A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with th
• Deadly Attack in Syria on U.S. Troops Exposes Growing Challenges for Country’s Leader - The attacks further complicate President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s efforts to unify the country and rebuild relationships with the international community, analysts say.
• What lessons were learned after attack on US forces, civilians in Syria - Cooperation between the US and Syria must be based on professional operations, without letting extremists infiltrate, and with the objective of stopping reliance on former militias. An attack on US forces in Syria is a deadly reminder of th