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- <p style="text-align:center;">Syria is keeping its distance from the conflict in Lebanon while quietly supporting efforts to curb Hezbollah’s influence.</p>
  
  Syria unwilling to intervene in Lebanon ... for now
  
  As tensions escalate in Lebanon, Syria’s new leadership has adopted a policy of cautious non-intervention while quietly backing efforts to curb Hezbollah’s influence, signaling a major shift from decades of Syrian involvement in Lebanese affairs.
  
  March 14, 2026
- <p style="text-align:center;">Syria held its first elections since Assad’s fall, testing the interim government amid limited voting and low minority representation.</p>
  
  Historic vote in Syria tests new leadership amid ongoing challenges
  
  Syria held its first elections since Assad’s fall, testing the interim government amid limited voting and low minority representation.
  
  October 06, 2025
- <p style="text-align:center;">Lebanon is seizing the post-Assad transition in Syria to demand long-delayed accountability for political assassinations, from Bachir Gemayel in 1982 to Rafik Hariri in 2005, that shaped its modern history.</p>
  
  Lebanon pushes Damascus for answers on Assad-era political assassinations
  
  Lebanon is seizing the post-Assad transition in Syria to demand long-delayed accountability for political assassinations, from Bachir Gemayel in 1982 to Rafik Hariri in 2005, that shaped its modern history.
  
  October 04, 2025
- <p style="text-align:justify;">A fragile diplomatic opening raises hopes for peace with Syria and Lebanon, but mistrust and outside influence cloud its prospects.</p>
  
  Can talks with Syria and Lebanon turn Israel’s battlefield gains into lasting peace?
  
  A fragile diplomatic opening raises hopes for peace with Syria and Lebanon, but mistrust and outside influence cloud its prospects.
  
  September 25, 2025
- Faced with catastrophic drought and severe clashes, displaced Syrian farmers who returned from Lebanon struggle to survive, while others hesitate to take the journey home.
  
  Between exile and scorched land
  
  Only 500,000 of the 2 million Syrians exiled abroad have returned home, according to UNHCR figures.
  
  July 25, 2025