Syria
Syria is a country in West Asia on the eastern Mediterranean.
730 linked stories in all years we hold
Via Wikimedia Commons (Flag of Syria (1972–1980))
The earliest story we hold is from Oct 3, 2021.
Stories involving Syria7 named stories in 2026
Active · 5
- Nov 27, 2024 – Nov 6, 2026 · 88 stories
- The Russia-Ukraine war: the invasion, the front line and the long-range strikesNov 3, 2021 – Nov 10, 2026 · 1,290 stories
Here for 2 stories about Syria
- The US-Iran war: the Houthis' attacks on Saudi Arabia and the counteroffensiveMar 28 – Nov 6, 2026 · 96 stories
Here for 2 stories about Syria
- The Israel-Hamas war: Israel's offensives in Gaza and the civilian tollOct 7, 2023 – Nov 4, 2026 · 352 stories
Here for 5 stories about Syria
- Israel's 2026 war with Hezbollah and its first direct talks with LebanonFeb 23 – Oct 30, 2026 · 70 stories
Here for 3 stories about Syria
Gone quiet · 2
- Jul 1, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026 · 17 stories
- The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire of 2024 and the push to disarm HezbollahNov 27, 2024 – Jan 8, 2026 · 32 stories
Here for 3 stories about Syria
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Coverage over timeshare of the sources publishing each week in linked stories, by side, weeks overlapping 2026
Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026: whole weeks overlap 2026; counts include days outside 2026.
Dec 29, 2025 - Nov 15, 2026
Share of the sources publishing each week that covered it
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Week of Nov 9, 2026 - Nov 15, 2026: 1 left, 1 center, 4 right, 1% of the sources that published that week · 6 articles
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| Week | Left | Center | Right | Articles | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3% |
| Jan 5, 2026 - Jan 11, 2026 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 55 | 19% |
| Jan 12, 2026 - Jan 18, 2026 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 13% |
| Jan 19, 2026 - Jan 25, 2026 | 20 | 33 | 22 | 191 | 44% |
| Jan 26, 2026 - Feb 1, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 2, 2026 - Feb 8, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 9, 2026 - Feb 15, 2026 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9% |
| Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 22, 2026 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 8% |
| Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 1, 2026 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 8% |
| Mar 2, 2026 - Mar 8, 2026 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 7% |
| Mar 9, 2026 - Mar 15, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 16, 2026 - Mar 22, 2026 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 11% |
| Mar 23, 2026 - Mar 29, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 5, 2026 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 14% |
| Apr 6, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 13, 2026 - Apr 19, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 20, 2026 - Apr 26, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Apr 27, 2026 - May 3, 2026 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 10% |
| May 4, 2026 - May 10, 2026 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3% |
| May 11, 2026 - May 17, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 18, 2026 - May 24, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| May 25, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 1, 2026 - Jun 7, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 14, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jun 15, 2026 - Jun 21, 2026 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4% |
| Jun 22, 2026 - Jun 28, 2026 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 115 | 12% |
| Jun 29, 2026 - Jul 5, 2026 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 3% |
| Jul 6, 2026 - Jul 12, 2026 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 61 | 7% |
| Jul 13, 2026 - Jul 19, 2026 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 75 | 6% |
| Jul 20, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 5% |
| Jul 27, 2026 - Aug 2, 2026 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 5% |
| Aug 3, 2026 - Aug 9, 2026 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1% |
| Aug 10, 2026 - Aug 16, 2026 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 6% |
| Aug 17, 2026 - Aug 23, 2026 | 13 | 36 | 21 | 200 | 15% |
| Aug 24, 2026 - Aug 30, 2026 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 4% |
| Aug 31, 2026 - Sep 6, 2026 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2% |
| Sep 7, 2026 - Sep 13, 2026 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 2% |
| Sep 14, 2026 - Sep 20, 2026 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 63 | 9% |
| Sep 21, 2026 - Sep 27, 2026 | 24 | 47 | 33 | 358 | 22% |
| Sep 28, 2026 - Oct 4, 2026 | 17 | 33 | 17 | 138 | 14% |
| Oct 5, 2026 - Oct 11, 2026 | 15 | 35 | 20 | 225 | 15% |
| Oct 12, 2026 - Oct 18, 2026 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 90 | 10% |
| Oct 19, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 57 | 8% |
| Oct 26, 2026 - Nov 1, 2026 | 29 | 45 | 32 | 372 | 22% |
| Nov 2, 2026 - Nov 8, 2026 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 2% |
| Nov 9, 2026 - Nov 15, 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1% |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Whole record, all years we hold
101 left · 116 center · 85 right: 302 sources on the spectrum, across 730 linked stories.
Everything else69 updates in 2026 not part of any story, newest first
Updates about Syria that are not part of any story yet
- Oct 27– 29New York woman is convicted of Islamic State training after becoming a teen bride to a fighter20 articles · 18 sources3 left, 8 center, 5 right
- Oct 24– 28Jordan says it attacked militants in Syria tied to church assault. Syria says civilians killed28 articles · 17 sources3 left, 1 center, 6 right
- Oct 22Jury weighs fate of US woman who says father forced her into Syria's war zone when she was a teen4 articles · 4 sources1 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Oct 20– 22Israeli military conducts massive "power projection" operation near Iran's border5 articles · 4 sources1 left, 0 center, 3 right
- Sep 30– Oct 1Attackers open fire and kill 7 on a small passenger bus in Syria2 articles · 2 sources1 left, 0 center, 1 right
- Sep 29Post-Assad Syria is facing its biggest stress test yet. Here’s why that matters8 articles · 8 sources0 left, 8 center, 0 right
- Sep 28– 30Connecticut man sentenced to over seven-and-a-half years for trying to support ISIS5 articles · 5 sources0 left, 2 center, 3 right
- Sep 25– 26Syrian dancer escaped ISIS and found freedom through ballet2 articles · 2 sources2 left, 0 center, 0 right
- Sep 15– 17Immigrants from Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria Charged with $10 Million California Daycare Fraud Scheme5 articles · 5 sources0 left, 0 center, 5 right
- Sep 7– 8Assad-era Syrian reactor was configured for nuclear weapons, IAEA chief says9 articles · 8 sources1 left, 3 center, 1 right
Stories that name Syria
- Nov 11West Point Grad Notorious for ‘Communism Will Win’ Graduation Pics Resurfaces at UChicago Where He’s Praising Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Bloodthirsty Assads2 articles · 2 sources0 left, 0 center, 2 right
- Nov 6US Military Could Be Headed To Damascus Under Trump’s New Plan2 articles · 2 sources0 left, 0 center, 2 right
- Oct 27– 29NYC native who became ISIS teen bride faces decade in prison as she’s found guilty of training with terror group5 articles · 5 sources0 left, 0 center, 5 right
- Oct 26– 27Jordan arrests 3 church shooting suspects after 'fierce' firefight42 articles · 28 sources4 left, 12 center, 6 right
- Oct 23– 30Exit polls suggest no clear winner in Israel’s election, but Netanyahu is far from defeated439 articles · 104 sources25 left, 40 center, 30 right
- Oct 19Capsizings cause the deaths of 12 migrants off Greek islands11 articles · 11 sources3 left, 5 center, 1 right
- Sep 29– Oct 1The US military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq is complete127 articles · 72 sources17 left, 32 center, 17 right
- Sep 22– 26Netanyahu slams critics, Mamdani, in defiant speech as UN delegates walk out127 articles · 64 sources14 left, 25 center, 20 right
- Sep 17– 23At UN General Assembly, Iran's president responds to Trump's 'annihilation'306 articles · 105 sources20 left, 45 center, 31 right
- Sep 14– 16Mahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists29 articles · 29 sources10 left, 8 center, 8 right
Local coverage
- Oct 16Lebanon opens investigation into Syrian militia leader’s abduction and transfer to Syria3 articles · 3 sources1 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Sep 127 dead after prison riot and fire in northern Syrian town7 articles · 7 sources3 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Sep 9Warehouse explosion in northwestern Syria kills at least 1412 articles · 10 sources3 left, 3 center, 2 right
- Aug 18– 20Lebanon extradites ex-Assad general to Syria for trial over alleged crimes8 articles · 6 sources1 left, 3 center, 1 right
- Aug 17– 18A detainee’s death revives Syria’s memories of torture and abuse in prisons6 articles · 6 sources1 left, 5 center, 0 right
- Aug 8– 9Lebanon detains Assad-era general and weighs his handover to Syria over alleged crimes5 articles · 5 sources2 left, 1 center, 1 right