The newly completed People’s Assembly is entering a major political test: whether a legislature built on a hybrid system of localized selection and presidential appointment can credibly claim to represent a country emerging from institutional collapse

Hundreds of Kurdish students in Hassakeh and Kobani refused to enter their classrooms as the 2026–27 school year began, protesting a decision that reduces Kurdish-language instruction to three periods per week, demanding the decision be reversed

The US has removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism after 47 years; the move lifts the "final major barriers" for private sector investment in the country and its reintegration into the global economy, according to US reports

SOT platform opened submissions for the 5th round of its journalism competition “100 SOT Against Hate Speech”, inviting Syrian and Arab journalists to contribute written pieces that explore the relationship between hate speech and transitional periods