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Syria's transitional government under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa faces the difficult task of rebuilding the Middle Eastern country after 14 years of civil war.

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A Syrian woman takes a selfie, holding the new Syrian flag

A Syrian woman takes a selfie, holding the new Syrian flag

Syria's Druze, Kurds criticize exclusion from upcoming vote

Syria's Druze, Kurds criticize exclusion from upcoming vote

Syria's election will exclude Druze and Kurdish areas. Can it restore trust in the new government without these votes?

A Syrian refugee sprinkles spices onto some food as he works in a Syrian restaurant in the German capital, Berlin.

A Syrian refugee sprinkles spices onto some food as he works in a Syrian restaurant in the German capital, Berlin.

How well have 2015 refugees integrated in German job market?

How well have 2015 refugees integrated in German job market?

A study shows 64% of refugees who arrived in Germany in 2015 are now employed — offering new insights into integration.

Alaa Maso in the 50 meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics

Alaa Maso in the 50 meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics

Olympic swimmer sees need for better Germany integration

Olympic swimmer sees need for better Germany integration

Swimmer Alaa Maso fled Syria in 2015. After the Paris Olympics, Maso is applying to become a German citizen.

Israeli troops patrol the border fence with Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights

Israeli troops patrol the border fence with Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights

Are Syria and Israel about to normalize ties?

Are Syria and Israel about to normalize ties?

High-level officials are talking about the Golan Heights, Israeli troops in Syria, and aid for Syria's Druze minority.

Fighters in western neighborhood of southern Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida.

Fighters in western neighborhood of southern Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida.

Who's really to blame for Syria's intercommunal violence?

Who's really to blame for Syria's intercommunal violence?

Whom Syrians hold responsible for murders, abductions and assaults often depends on politics or communal alliances.

A large crowd gather during a food distribution by a charity organization, as many Palestinians struggle to access food due to Israel's blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2025.

A large crowd gather during a food distribution by a charity organization, as many Palestinians struggle to access food due to Israel's blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2025.

Starvation is a war crime, but will justice ever be done?

Starvation is a war crime, but will justice ever be done?

Experts say food is increasingly used as a weapon in war. But there's never been a case on it in an international court.

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Members of the Syrian community hold flags of Syria and Germany as they rally on December 8, 2024 in Berlin, Germany, to celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Members of the Syrian community hold flags of Syria and Germany as they rally on December 8, 2024 in Berlin, Germany, to celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule.

How recent Syrian communal violence is impacting Germany

Fighting between different communities inside Syria is causing tensions among Syrians in Germany. Could it get worse?

A group of men angrily confront each other. Between them stands another man with a weapon pointed to the groun

A group of men angrily confront each other. Between them stands another man with a weapon pointed to the groun

Ceasefire in Syria: Inside the sectarian conflict in Sweida

DW went to the Sweida region, where unresolved tensions between Bedouin tribes and Druze threaten to reignite violence.

Journalists and Civil Defence workers inspect the damage inside Damascus' Elias church

Journalists and Civil Defence workers inspect the damage inside Damascus' Elias church

Attack on Christians threatens Syria's postwar cohesion

Sunday's attack shows that much work remains to be done in the effort to build a society that accepts all faiths.

Syria: Tents above the rubble, two children sit on a pile of rocks and bricks

Syria: Tents above the rubble, two children sit on a pile of rocks and bricks

Syria's returnees live in tents atop ruins

After years in camps, some Syrian families are now returning to their destroyed hometowns. But they're not giving up.

Doctor Ayman Sodah and his surgical team smile at the camera in Hama in April 2025. They wear surgical scrubs and stand inside an operating theater.

Doctor Ayman Sodah and his surgical team smile at the camera in Hama in April 2025. They wear surgical scrubs and stand inside an operating theater.

Syrian doctors leave Germany to work for free at home

After working in Germany, Syrian doctors are returning to their homeland to help its shattered health system.

Three men and two women, all Syrian deminers, stand next to a car in a dry landscape. One of the deminers holds a shovel. the other holds a danger sign.

Three men and two women, all Syrian deminers, stand next to a car in a dry landscape. One of the deminers holds a shovel. the other holds a danger sign.

Syria: The painstaking task of clearing wartime landmines

DW follows a team of experts racing to clear unexploded deadly landmines left behind by more than 14 years of civil war.

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