Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, including plans to fire a third of all public sector workers and privatising state-run companies dominant during half a century of Assad family rule.

Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, including plans to fire a third of all public sector workers and privatising state-run companies dominant during half a century of Assad family rule.

Anadolu's footage supports Amnesty's claims about prison, helps to corroborate evidence they heard from former detainees and prison officials, says Philip Luther - Anadolu Ajansı

The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights to ensure a more inclusive society.

In the heart of the neighbourhood, The Telegraph witnessed a colonel in Assad’s 30th division ashen-faced as two HTS fighters evicted him from the grace-and-favour property he has lived in with his wife and two children for five years.

There is now a major shift to a competitive free-market economy, Syria’s new economy minister said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israeli troops who seized strategic ground in southern Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad will remain on the summit of Mount Hermon indefinitely, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday after visiting troops there.

Under Assad and his father, Syria was organised as a militarised, state-led economy that favoured an inner circle of allies and family members, with members of the family’s Alawite sect heavily represented in the public sector.

Syria’s interim government is undertaking a sweeping reform of the country’s shattered economy, including plans to lay off a third of public

Now, foreign countries are trying to steer Syria’s new de facto leaders toward an inclusive government free of sectarian reprisals and away from extreme forms of Islamism. The head of HTS and the president of Syria’s transitional government,

Syria should be able to approach its future with careful and inclusive steps backed by plenty of international assistance. Syrians are starting to trade, to mend, to plan. They deserve our support and our patience,

But such research was conducted while Assad was still in power, and it has only been several weeks since Assad fell. As a result, it’s unclear how many Syrians will decide to go back. After all, the current government is transitional, and the country is not fully unified.