Syria

APTOPIX Syria Kurds Clashes
Residents topple a statue of a female Kurdish fighter after the takeover of the town by Syrian government forces from U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Tabqa, eastern Syria, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Conflict

Visuals lead coverage of fast-moving conflict and aftermath in Syria

JAN. 30, 2026

Syria Investigating War Crimes
Ussama Uthman poses during an interview with the Associated Press on Sept. 19, 2025, in northern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Human rights

AP lands exceptional interview with long-underground Syrian whistleblower

NOV. 21, 2025

FILE - Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, looks on during a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
FILE - Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, looks on during a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

International news

Syria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy

MARCH 14, 2025

A family drives past tanks that belonged to the Assad government, in Nawa, near Daraa, Syria, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
A family drives past tanks that belonged to the Assad government, in Nawa, near Daraa, Syria, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Army

Southern rebels loom large as Syria’s new rulers try to form a national army

JAN. 22, 2025

Abdullah Zahra demonstrates how he was tortured in a cell at Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence during Bashar Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Abdullah Zahra demonstrates how he was tortured in a cell at Branch 215, a detention facility run by military intelligence during Bashar Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syria

Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad

JAN. 7, 2025

Syria Fall of Assad Photo Gallery
Syrian opposition fighters ride in a truck in Talhiya, Idlib province, Syria, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Palestinians

AP swift to the story when Bashar Assad’s government falls 

DEC. 20, 2024

Syria
In this photo provided by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, American Travis Timmerman, right, sits with Mosaed al-Rifai, center, who found him in the Syrian desert, and the owner of the house where he took refuge, left, name not available, in Damascus, Syria on Thursday Dec. 12, 2024. (Syrian Emergency Task Force via AP)

Americans

American found after Syrian imprisonment 

DEC. 20, 2024

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, visits Israeli forces in a buffer zone inside Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (Israel Government Press Office via AP)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, visits Israeli forces in a buffer zone inside Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (Israel Government Press Office via AP)

Israel

Israel’s borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again

DEC. 18, 2024

An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Army

Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

DEC. 10, 2024

Israeli soldiers stand next to armored vehicles parked near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Israeli soldiers stand next to armored vehicles parked near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Conflict

As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity

DEC. 9, 2024

Syrian citizens stand on a government forces tank, that was left on a street, as they are celebrating during the second day of the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Syrian citizens stand on a government forces tank, that was left on a street, as they are celebrating during the second day of the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Government

Syrian government services come to a ‘complete halt’ as state workers stay home after rebel takeover

DEC. 9, 2024

Security officers and rescuers gather at a destroyed building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Security officers and rescuers gather at a destroyed building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Airstrikes

Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Lebanese rescuers and 15 people in Syria

NOV. 14, 2024

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