Syria has recorded a significant improvement in press freedom in 2026, rising 36 places to 141st in the latest rankings released by Reporters Without Borders.
In its report published Thursday morning, the organization specified that Syria recorded the most substantial improvement in this year’s ranking.
This remarkable development comes after Syria toppled the Assad regime, which, over decades marked by injustice and the repression of freedoms in all their forms, had driven press freedom in the country to its lowest level.
At the time of the regime’s fall at the end of 2024, Syria ranked 179th out of 180 countries in the Press Freedom Index, placing it second to last.
Decades of repression
