Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies and other data for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept cookies
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
    Most Read
    • US senator Dianne Feinstein dies, aged 90
    • Eurozone inflation hits 2-year low as US price pressures ease
    • Putin appoints Wagner commander to lead Ukraine militia ops
    • ‘Princess of Uzbekistan’ indicted as crime syndicate boss
    • US on brink of shutdown as Republicans defeat last-minute funding bill
  • UK
    Sections
    • UK Home
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • Brexit
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
    Most Read
    • UK economy makes stronger recovery from pandemic than previously estimated
    • UK streamlines planning for £20bn plan to bring power from Morocco
    • UK fined by European Court of Justice in precedent-setting case
    • UK rural land risks being forested over in corporate ‘greenwashing’
    • Bank of England warns lenders over loan loss estimates
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • EY sets up six-way race to lead firm after break-up failure
    • Looney accused of promoting BP women with whom he had undisclosed relationships
    • The increasing absurdity of staying in Russia
    • Singapore’s GIC ditched Vista stake after founder’s tax scandal
    • HSBC executive to leave after criticising UK’s stance on China
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Cryptofinance
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    Most Read
    • News updates from September 29: BP’s top US executive to leave, Eurozone inflation falls
    • Eurozone inflation hits 2-year low as US price pressures ease
    • Top financial regulator seeks global clampdown on hedge fund borrowing
    • BP tells staff top US executive is leaving just weeks after CEO exit
    • European bond market hit by Italy’s plans for higher borrowing
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • What happened to the savings squirrelled away during the pandemic?
    • The price of shoplifting is getting dangerously high
    • Poll-driven politics does nobody any favours
    • How Ajay Banga can ‘stretch’ the World Bank’s balance sheet
    • The promise — and peril — of generative AI
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • Paternity leave in finance: ‘The more men do it, the less of a big deal it becomes’
    • Success is more complicated than one exceptional individual
    • The activist sued by Elon Musk: ‘We have to show we will not be cowed’
    • What Burberry taught me about the marketed mind
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • Tech entrepreneur Niklas Zennström: ‘Let’s break the Silicon Valley monopoly’
    • Why Linda Yaccarino took on the wildest job in Silicon Valley
    • My dad, the demigod
    • Return of the Caesars: the making of emperors and dictators
    • Sometimes, a random solution is best
  • HTSI
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • UK
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • HTSI
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

Syrian crisis

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
    Syria
    Syrian protesters call for Assad’s removal as economic crisis spirals

    Anti-regime demonstrators in Sweida say they are struggling to feed their families

    Protesters gather in the southern city of Sweida
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    UK politics
    UK under fresh pressure to bring home nationals held in Syria

    Relatives of Britons suspected of links to Isis call on government to step up repatriation efforts

    A woman walks through Camp Roj
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Syria
    ‘The day my breath stopped’: families await UN body to trace Syria’s missing

    Member states prepare to vote on institution to investigate the fate of 100,000 people who have disappeared

    Fadwa Mahmoud holds portraits of her son and husband, who disappeared in 2012, in Berlin, Germany
  • Monday, 19 June, 2023
    UK imposes sanctions on Syrian and Congolese officials accused of sexual violence

    Four men given travel bans and have assets frozen in effort to stamp out use of rape as a weapon of war

    Syria’s defence minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas
  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Syria’s president al-Assad welcomed back into fold at Arab League summit

    Countries to discuss initiative with leader to encourage millions of refugees to return

    Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, centre, arrives in Jeddah on Thursday ahead of the Arab League summit
  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The misguided re-engagement with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad

    Readmission to the Arab League sends a chilling message to regime’s victims

    Bashar al-Assad meets with Saudi’s ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sudairy, this week in Damascus
  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    COP28
    Syrian leader Assad invited to COP 28 climate summit in Dubai

    Move likely to cause disquiet among those expressing disdain for the pace of reconciliation with Damascus

    Bashar al-Assad
  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Arab League to readmit Syria after decade-long hiatus

    Damascus was banned from regional organisation following brutal crackdown against 2011 uprising

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    How far will the rehabilitation of Assad go?

    Syrian leader finds himself courted by Arab regimes eager to solve local problems

  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    Iran
    Iran’s president visits Syria as he seeks to bolster Tehran’s sway over ally

    Islamic republic pushes for ‘upper hand’ in war-torn country’s reconstruction

    Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during an open session of parliament
  • Monday, 1 May, 2023
    News in-depthMiddle Eastern politics & society
    Arab world weighs price for Assad’s rehabilitation

    Diplomats say Syria’s pariah leader will be expected to make concessions to enable his return to Arab League

    A montage of the Arab League and Syria flags and photos of Bashar al-Assad and Faisal bin Farhan
  • Monday, 1 May, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Erdoğan says Isis leader killed in operation by Turkish forces

    US has not confirmed Ankara’s strike on Islamist leader Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi

    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Kim Ghattas
    How far should the Arab world go in normalising Assad?

    Sudan holds a lesson for those heads of state now beating a path to Damascus

    Syrian president Bashar al-Assad (R) welcomes Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan to Damascus last week
  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
    Saudi foreign minister meets Assad in Damascus on first visit since 2011

    Some Arab countries have resisted normalising ties with Syria’s wartime president

  • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
    David McCloskey
    Russia’s myth-making in Syria was a template for the horrors in Ukraine

    Moscow’s support for Assad is a precedent for its scorched-earth strategy against Kyiv

    María Hergueta illustration of Putin and Assad side profiles on a war field fence made from barbed wire, drawn on a red background.
  • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
    Syria
    Foreign ministers undecided on readmitting Syria to Arab League

    Opponents of normalisation say Assad has done little to rehabilitate himself

    Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad, right, with Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry in Damascus in February
  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Saudi Arabia hosts Syrian foreign minister for first time since civil war

    Visit is the latest sign that Arab countries who once opposed regime are moving closer to embracing Damascus

    Deputy minister of the Saudi Foreign Ministry Waleed El Khereiji meets Syrian minister of foreign affairs and expatriates Faisal Mekdad in Jeddah
  • Monday, 10 April, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    The rising influence of Mrs Assad

    China corruption probes are going after financial executives for 'hedonism'

  • Saturday, 8 April, 2023
    Iraq
    Iraq demands Turkey apologise for drone strike on Syrian Kurdish leader

    Mazloum Abdi, a US ally against Isis, escaped the attack on an airport in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region

    A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces and US soldiers stand bay their armoured vehicles on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province last month
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Syria
    Two people killed in Israeli air strikes on Damascus suburb

    Attacks come days after Israel downed what it said was an Iranian drone that crossed into its territory from Syria

    Syrian air defence flares in the sky
  • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
    The Big Read
    Syria’s state capture: the rising influence of Mrs Assad

    The first lady now has a leading role in a regime that is plundering the wealth of its people

    Asma al-Assad in front of Damascus skyline, with currency bearing her husband’s face
  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Bashar al-Assad
    Assad cousins hit with sanctions over amphetamine trade that funds regime

    Captagon is estimated to be worth $57bn annually to the Syrian government

    Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine whose trade has become an economic lifeline for the regime
  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    US air strikes target Iran-backed militants in Syria

    Washington retaliates following drone attack that killed an American contractor

    Lloyd Austin
  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    News in-depthTurkey-Syria earthquake
    Spy chief’s daughter highlights UN’s tangled relations with Syrian regime

    Sanctioned figure’s daughter works for UN agency as quake exposes compromises in aid provision benefiting regime

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Syria
    Egyptian official meets Assad as Arab nations re-engage with Syria

    Rare visit by Cairo’s foreign minister is latest signal that regional leaders are moving beyond policy of isolation

Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday’s Newspaper (FT Digital Edition)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT CommunityFT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Board DirectorBoard Director Programme

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2023. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

UK Edition

Subscribe for full access
  • Switch to International Edition

Top sections

  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Australia & NZ
  • UK
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • Brexit
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Cryptofinance
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • HTSI
  • Special Reports

FT recommends

  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • Visual and data journalism
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Live Events
  • FT Forums
  • Board Director Programme
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today’s Newspaper (FT Digital Edition)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In