Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president during a meeting of armed factions in Damascus.

After 15 months, the Israel-Hamas war that decimated the Gaza Strip and destabilized the Middle East has come to a ceasefire with a three-phase peace deal. The deal seeks to put a permanent end to the war and will see hostages held by Hamas in Gaza being exchanged for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has handed over to mediators a list showing that 25 Israeli hostages are still alive, out of 33 scheduled for release, an official of the group told Reuters on Monday.

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The sources said that while Hamas has successfully recruited new members, many are young and untrained and are being used for simple security purposes.

Hamas faces an uncertain future post-ceasefire, grappling with leadership losses, declining foreign support, and strained relations with Palestinian factions. Amid pragmatic concessions and resistance rhetoric,

For the Islamist militant group, armed struggle now looks like a dead end. Its future in Gaza depends on the civilian politburo.

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The duel between the Indonesian U-20 national team and Syria in the second match of the Mandiri U-20 Challenge Series 2025 held at the Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo, Monday night, January 27, 2025, ended with a score of 0-2 for Syria's advantage.

The terrorist group Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, as well as five Thai nationals during the next hostage release set for Thursday, Israel and Hamas said Wednesday as their tenuous ceasefire moves ahead.

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the demilitarized buffer zone created in Syria after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.