The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

The U.S. said it did not support recent Israeli strikes on Syria and had made clear its displeasure, while Syria's leader accused Israel of trying to fracture his country and promised to protect its Druze minority. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/world/us-displeasure-israel-syria-strikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #syria #israel #us #donaldtrump
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Powerful airstrikes shook Damascus on Wednesday, as Israel targeted the Syrian Defense Ministry vowing to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze communities in southern Syria and demanding they withdraw. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/society/israel-strikes-damascus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #israel #syria #lebanon #damascus #middleeast
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between al-Qaida and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/world/un-report-syria-al-qaida/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #alqaida #terrorism #islamicstate #syria #middleeast #un #us
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending U.S. sanctions on Syria, with the goal of boosting the nation’s struggling economy and supporting the new government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/world/politics/trump-syria-sanctions-new-government/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ahmedalsharaa #syria #middleeast #us #donaldtrump

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@zeppe@puntarella.party  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Syrian forces massacred 1,500 #Alawites. The chain of command led to Damascus. | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/syrian-forces-massacred-1500-alawites-chain-command-led-damascus-2025-06-30/

> A Reuters investigation found 40 distinct sites of killings, looting and arson during three days of sectarian massacres following an Assad loyalist insurgency. The chain of command led from the attackers directly to men serving alongside #Syria’s new leaders in Damascus. The killings now threaten Syria's fragile transition.