Omar Hassan arrived in Syria on New Year’s Eve 2024 to report on the situation after the fall of Bashar Al-Assad. These pieces were penned while he spent the next weeks travelling the country.
Palestinians in Gaza wildly celebrated the initial announcement of the ceasefire agreement. However, the complex three-stage deal is fragile, and the Israelis may well try to disrupt or sabotage it.
For now, the HTS-led government is enjoying a grace period, still basking in the glow of its role in defeating the Assad regime. But the new government is attacking workers. And they are organising in response.
