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Convictions in Vienna An Austrian court has convicted two former Syrian security officials linked to Bashar al-Assad's regime for crimes against opponents committed in Raqqa between 2011 and 2013. Kha...
Syrian authorities say they intercepted a truck carrying advanced weapons and rockets at the border with Iraq, seizing the shipment after a preliminary Interior Ministry investigation conclud...
Deir Ezzor airport poised to resume operations Deir Ezzor International Airport has finished the core phases of its rehabilitation and is now operationally ready to receive flights, Airport Director...
Damascus talks on health cooperation Syrian Health Minister Musab al-Ali met a Libyan delegation led by Fouzi Onis in Damascus to explore expanding bilateral cooperation in healthcare and pharmaceutic...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the launch of a new defense industrial partnership between the European Union and Ukraine during her visit to Kyiv, where she rece...
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President Donald Trump told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull back Israeli troops from southern Syria and southern Lebanon, according to US and Israeli officials speaking to Ax...
Suweida one year on The first anniversary of the July 2025 Suweida massacres shows that violence has become embedded in paperwork, population shifts and local power rather than being resolved. Surviv...
New public–private push Syrian Finance Minister Mohammad Yisr Barnieh said the government is opening “a new chapter of partnership” with the industrial sector, stressing the Finance Ministry’s role i...
On July 14, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Syrian Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Mudar Al-Okla attended the inauguration of a new brachytherapy system at al-Biruni Hospita...
EU official says Syria largely avoided regional spillover European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas told reporters upon arriving at a Foreign Affairs Counc...
Macron in Damascus French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Damascus on Monday evening, the first Western European head of state to visit since Syria's new authorities took power in December 2024....
Darmstadt gathering Syria's chargé d’affaires in Berlin, Mohammad Baraa Shukri, met on Sunday with members of the Syrian community in Darmstadt, in a meeting also attended by Syria’s Consul General i...
New parliament convenes in Damascus Syria’s newly formed 210-member People’s Assembly met for the first time since the fall of Bashar Assad, opening a 30-month legislative term aimed at reviving lawm...
Court ruling in Vienna An Austrian court found two former Syrian security officials guilty of crimes committed in Raqqa between 2011 and 2013, applying universal jurisdiction to prosecute alleged war...
A large wildfire burning near Los Gallardos in Spain's Almería province has forced the evacuation of more than 1,400 people and scorched roughly 6,600 hectares. Authorities say the blaze rem...
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi warned that continued tensions in the Middle East could push global oil prices beyond the current $80–$100 per barrel range by the first quarter of 2027. He said wit...
Pipeline revival deal expected next week Iraq, the United States and Syria are preparing to revive the roughly 500-mile Kirkuk–Baniyas oil pipeline as part of a strategic effort to reduce Iran's leve...
Incursion in Quneitra Syrian state media SANA reported that Israeli forces entered the village of al-Samdaniyah in Quneitra on Saturday morning. Three Israeli army vehicles established a temporary ch...
US President Donald Trump said he agreed to continue negotiations with Iran while declaring that the previously agreed ceasefire between Washington and Tehran has ended. He announced the cha...
The Syrian Civil Defense reported that three people were killed and 26 others injured across Syria over the past 24 hours after responding to widespread fires and road accidents. Its teams h...
Russia is preparing to open a commercial logistics centre on a pier within the Russian naval base at the Port of Tartous by mid-July, Syrian officials told Reuters. The facility will operate...
SANA reported that President Ahmad al-Sharaa held high-level talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the sideli...
What happened The National Commission for Missing Persons, in coordination with relevant authorities, responded last Tuesday to residents' reports of a suspected site containing human remains in the t...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said France is considering using Syrian territory as a potential alternative route for transporting Gulf oil to avoid reliance on the Strait of Hormu...
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has returned voting rights to Syria after concluding that the country's new authorities — installed following the 2024 ouster o...
Meeting overview Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in a closed-door session at the presidential complex in Ankara on the margins of the NATO summit. Acc...
Turkish appeal and Israel's role Turkey’s ambassador to Syria, Nuh Yilmaz, called on NATO member states to use their leverage to press Israel to change policies that Ankara says are exacerbating insta...
Thomas Barrack, U.S. Presidential Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq, said a high-level meeting in Ankara on Wednesday with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa — attended by a bipartisan U.S. con...
The Permanent Military Court in Lebanon, presided over by Brig. Gen. Wassim Fayyad, approved the release of singer Fadel Shaker in four security-related cases, including the high-profile Abra...
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Verdict in Vienna An Austrian court on Monday found two former Syrian security officials guilty of crimes including torture, aggravated bodily harm and sexual assault for atrocities carried out betwe...
A high-level delegation from Morocco's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates visited Damascus for talks with Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expat...
French authorities evacuated about 10,000 people from 24 towns and villages in the southwest near the Spanish border as wildfires expanded across the slopes of the Pyrenees. Officials say ro...
Ragheed Ahmad al-Tatari, a 72-year-old former Syrian pilot, spent 43 years jailed under the Assad regime after his 1981 arrest for refusing military orders and alleged incitement. He recount...
President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued Decree No. 147 on July 5, 2026, creating the National University for Defense Sciences, a specialized scientific and training institution for military sciences...
Field operation begins in al-Houla The National Commission for Transitional Justice, led by Abdul Basit Abdul Latif, has launched field operations in al-Houla, rural Homs, to collect testimonies from...
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to visit Syria soon, Syrian state media reported, making him the first Western leader to travel to the country since the ouster of former President Bas...
UN delegation inspects damage in Quneitra A delegation from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, including commissioners Monia Ammar and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, visited Qunei...
Japanese researchers at the Shibaura Institute of Technology, led by Associate Professor Hiroaki Kuwahara, have developed a smart electronic control system for bicycles and motorcycles that...
The Internal Security Forces carried out a targeted operation on Friday that resulted in the arrest of former Major General Ali Saleh Diab in Hasakah. The Ministry of Interior, via its offic...
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani's second official visit to Lebanon carried significance beyond scheduled diplomacy, marked by a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri — the le...
Meeting on women's role in recovery President Ahmad al-Sharaa and First Lady Latifa al-Droubi received a delegation of Syrian women professionals from the United States — representing healthcare, educ...
Renewed fighting in Suwayda Heavy clashes erupted late Thursday into Friday between the Druze-led National Guard and Syrian government forces in western Suwayda, centered on the strategic Tal Hadid ar...
A London judge has found Salem al-Salem, a 58-year-old former Syrian air force colonel, unfit to stand trial on charges of murder as crimes against humanity because of an advanced motor neur...
Syrian delegation attends WHO conference in Istanbul A Syrian delegation headed by Health Minister Musab al-Ali is participating in the World Health Organization ministerial conference in Istanbul, T...
Explosion in Damascus café An explosion inside a café in the Hejaz district of Damascus has caused casualties, Syrian state media reported. Authorities say the blast occurred inside the establishment...
Aleppo welcomes new scheduled service Aleppo International Airport on Wednesday received the inaugural DAN Airlines flight from Bucharest, marking the start of the carrier’s scheduled service to the...
