Syria

Jake Wallis Simons

Silence over jihadi butchery in Syria tells you all you need to know about the West’s distorted view of the Middle East

Islamist fighters have been torturing and massacring civilians

By Jake Wallis Simons

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Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle moving along a road in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
A Syrian fighter shows the victory sign as the new Syrian government's army clashes with Assad loyalists on the Syrian coast near Latakia on March 7, 2025. (Photo by ASAD AL ASAD/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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Iran has reportedly established a new terror group in Syria following the fall of Assad. (Pictured: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah ALI Khamenei greets a gathering personnel from the Iranian Army, Air Force and Air Defence Force; Image: Alamy)

Iran establishes new terror group in Syria to halt post-Assad ‘occupation’

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Israeli soldiers stand atop an armoured personnel carrier in the buffer zone which separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams (Getty)

IDF says it will defend Druze suburb of Damascus from Syrian regime forces

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A map of the Middle East in a geography textbook marks Israel as Palestine (Impact-se)

New Syrian government issues textbooks filled with antisemitism and praise for terrorists

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The Great Synagogue of Aleppo is between 1,500 and 3,000 years old and was in use until 1992 when almost all of the Jews departed

After Assad, will Syrian Jews flourish once again?

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How Israel neutralised a Iranian missile factory deep inside Syria

How Israel neutralised a Iranian missile factory deep inside Syria

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