DARK SECRETS: 26 - The Real Truth

Syrian church marks Christmas and reaffirms faith months after deadly attack

Hundreds of worshippers have gathered at Mar Elias Church in Syria to remember those lost in a suicide attack

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025

Syria’s incomplete security transition has left gaps for Islamic State to exploit

The US military launched a wave of strikes against targets in central Syria on December 19 in response to an attack on US forces near the ancient city of Palmyra one week earlier. That attack saw a lone Islamic State (IS) gunman kill two US service members and one American…

The Conversation · Dec 22, 2025

Turkey's top officials visit Syria as deadline for Kurdish integration looms

Turkey's top diplomat along with military and intelligence chiefs have visited Syria as a deadline for a deal between Damascus and Kurdish-led forces approaches

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025

U.S. conducts strikes on ISIS targets in Syria in retaliation for killing of American soldiers

Operation "Hawkeye Strike" is the most wide-ranging U.S. military operation against ISIS in Syria in several years.

Axios · Dec 20, 2025

US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria

Attacks come after two US soldiers and interpreter killed as Trump says US inflicting ‘very serious retaliation’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025

Hegseth announces effort to 'eliminate' Islamic State fighters in Syria after deaths of Americans

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the start of an effort to “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites” in Syria following the deaths of three U.S. citizens

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025

Frenchwoman sent back from Syria sentenced to 10 years for terrorist conspiracy

A Paris court sentenced a Frenchwoman repatriated from camps in north-east Syria to 10 years in prison on Thursday for terrorist conspiracy linked to the Islamic State group.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 19, 2025

Europe has lost all credibility in the Middle East. The way to regain it lies in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon

Sidelined by Trump, preoccupied with Ukraine and damaged by its immoral stance on Gaza, Europe can still help stabilise its eastern Mediterranean neighbours , says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025

Lifting of US sanctions on Syria could spur refugee returns, UNHCR official says

The UN refugee agency reports that altogether more than 1 million refugees and nearly 2 million internally displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since Bashar al-Assad's fall.

Euronews · Dec 18, 2025

UN official says lifting US sanctions on Syria could encourage refugee returns

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025