Syria Weekly: December 2-9, 2025

Syria celebrates Liberation Day; Caesar Act repeal confirmed; major energy deals begin implementation; UNSC delegation visits Damascus; Trump admin begins pressure on Israel; & more.

Dear subscribers,

I hope you’re doing well. As we approach the holiday season, Syria Weekly will be taking a break in publications as I take some time to recharge the batteries. A data update will still come out this week, and hopefully a video too.

I plan to post a large catch-up edition on Tuesday December 30, which will cover the most significant transitional developments but focus primarily on covering all ‘Conflict & Security’ incidents — as this is crucial to keep the datasets all up-to-date. From Tuesday January 6, all Syria Weekly products will be back up to speed, with the regular publishing schedule.

Thank you as always for your engagement. It’s been a historic and jam-packed year, but all in all, I think it is safe to say that there is clearly a lot more ground for optimism today than there was a year ago when the situation was profoundly uncertain.

All the best, Charles.

SYRIA IN TRANSITION:

• Transition Meetings:

• Appointments

• Political Developments

• Economic Developments

• Infrastructure Developments

• Education Developments

• Health Developments

• Security Developments

• Humanitarian Developments

• Justice Developments

• International Developments

CONFLICT & SECURITY:

• Israel

• ISIS

• Idlib

• Aleppo

• Latakia

• Tartus

• Hama

• Homs

• Raqqa

• Hasakeh

• Deir ez Zour

• Rif Dimashq

• Damascus

• Daraa

• Suwayda