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The Syrian National Commission for Transitional Justice has called on victims and witnesses to come forward with information about serious crimes alleged to have been committed while Mohammad...
Explosions reported in Deir ez-Zor Explosions were heard in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province of Syria, local media outlets reported. Several local reports said blasts were audible across parts of the...
Syrian authorities said they foiled an attempt to smuggle a shipment of weapons and ammunition from the western province of Tartus into Lebanon. State news agency SANA reported that the Inte...
Damascus, Aug 8 (SANA) — The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemned an Iranian attack on an oil tanker operated by the UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) as it transited the Strai...
ISC alerts on Vipere toolkit The Information Security Center (ISC) at the National Authority for Information Technology Services (NAITS) issued a warning about a toolkit called "Vipere" that can expl...
Key developments Lebanese authorities detained Maj. Gen. Adel Issa, a former commander of Syria’s 17th Division, after he visited the Syrian embassy in Beirut for paperwork. Embassy staff informed Le...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $100 million grant from the International Development Association to finance the Syria Financial Sector Modernization Project. The...
Arab League urges restraint after cross-border and domestic strikes Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy condemned attacks attributed to the Houthis that struck Saudi Arabia’s Najran region and...
Syria's first parliament since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad opened in July with women occupying 22 of 207 seats — just over 10 percent, nearly the same share as the previous assembly. Fifte...
Jaramana blast Syria's Health Ministry said Friday that 14 people were wounded, three critically, and no one was killed after an explosion in a minivan taxi in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus. State...
Toni Daniel, a Syrian opposition figure, was detained in Lattakia after publicly accusing the Engineers Syndicate of administrative and financial corruption during a television appearance. W...
Turkey and Syria agreed to establish a High-Level Strategic Council after talks between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani and Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, a step that deepens secur...
Return and transformation Syria Direct is moving back to Damascus after years operating from Amman and Berlin and is reorganizing from a stand-alone news website into a multi-format media development...
Joint Beirut meeting A joint Syrian delegation from the Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs met in Beirut on Aug. 5 with Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar and senior Lebanese security...
Appointment On Aug. 5, 2026, President Ahmad al‑Sharaa issued Decree No. 162 of 2026 appointing Ahmad Rouwad Mohammad Bashar Ramadan as Director‑General of the Syrian Investment Authority. Legal ba...
The Israeli military has begun preparing to install polling stations in occupied areas of the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria ahead of the general election on 27 October, after army chief Eyal...
Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region, led a high-level delegation to Damascus and met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the People’s Palace in what the artic...
Douma National Hospital Reopens Health Minister Musab al-Ali inaugurated the rehabilitated Douma National Hospital in Damascus countryside following refurbishment and equipment support from the World...
Jordan’s King Abdullah II spoke by phone with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to press for de‑escalation and a comprehensive calm to restore regional security. The leaders jointly rej...
Syrian Agriculture Minister Basil al-Suwaidan met with Egyptian Chargé d’Affaires Mohamed El-Feki to discuss strengthening agricultural cooperation and expanding partnership opportunities be...
Kurdish-led security forces fired inside Roj camp on Friday evening as women who had been staging protests over alleged abuses gathered to resist incursions, according to multiple accounts ob...
Aleppo International Airport received inaugural flights from three foreign carriers on Saturday — SunExpress (Antalya), LEAV Aviation (Düsseldorf) and Flynas (Riyadh) — marking the start of...
The Syrian Boxing Federation will hold its Junior National Championship for athletes born in 2010 and 2011 from August 15 to 18 in al-Nabk, Damascus Countryside. The event will begin with the...
Arrests and evidence Syrian Internal Security forces announced the arrest of three brothers — Akram, Farzat and Ghiyath Shamma — accused of involvement in the detention and execution of 15 unarmed ci...
Reception in Damascus The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Damascus held an official reception on July 31 to mark the 27th anniversary of King Mohammed VI’s accession. Chargé d’Affaires Abdullah B...
Kuwait Condemns Drone Incursions Kuwait on July 31 condemned what it described as continued Iranian drone attacks targeting several vital and military facilities across the country. The Foreign Minis...
Cultural and community initiatives In Latakia, local adventure enthusiasts have been taking part in organized rock-climbing training as outdoor sports gain traction. In Idlib, a family festival opened...
Former U.S. ambassador Robert Ford says direct channels, a clear understanding of mutual interests and respect for red lines are essential for a stable relationship between Washington and a...
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa outlined a policy toward Lebanon that stresses support for Lebanese sovereignty, deeper economic ties and a refusal to deploy Syrian forces across the border....
Arrests tied to Wadi al-Mawla attack Syria’s Internal Security Forces have arrested Faez Abbas Akhal and Nasr Mohammad Ghosn on charges of involvement in war crimes and collaborating with institution...
The Syrian government has cut the price of industrial fuel oil allocated to the productive sector from $475 to $400 per ton, Minister of Economy and Industry Nidal al-Shaar announced. The red...
Key findings A Christian Solidarity International report presented to the UN accuses the Syrian Transitional Government of arbitrarily detaining Christians and other minority groups, often for reason...
Washington briefing A senior Israeli official delivered an unusually detailed account of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Washington visit, saying the Oval Office meeting with President Trump was a...
A package of Associated Press investigations and videos documents a range of global failures with real human costs: in Nepal, former HIV‑prevention workers say USAID funding cuts left them w...
Former HIV-prevention staff in Nepal say the end of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding left them with few means to survive. Some former employees — among them transgend...
UN chief visits Damascus United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was received at Damascus International Airport by Foreign Minister al-Shaibani and held talks with Syrian officials during h...
Syrian Minister of Economy and Industry Nidal al-Shaar met with Chinese Ambassador Shi Hongwei to discuss broadening bilateral cooperation across economic and industrial sectors. The two side...
Tzipi Hotovely, Israel's head of National Public Diplomacy, said after the Netanyahu‑Trump meeting that Washington is not demanding Israeli withdrawals from Gaza or Lebanon and that there is...
A recent Al Jazeera interview with Ahmad al-Sharaa, head of Syria’s transitional authority, provoked criticism after the discussion framed a perceived retreat in global and regional appetite...
Operation foils large cross-border narcotics shipment Syria’s Drug Enforcement Department said it intercepted a major smuggling attempt from Lebanon during a security operation in the al-Nabk area of...
The US has formally notified Congress of its intention to remove Syria from the state sponsors of terrorism list, citing what it described as meaningful reforms and counterterrorism steps by...
Israeli raid and shelling in northern Quneitra On July 26, Israeli occupation forces entered al-Samdaniyah al-Gharbiyah in the northern Quneitra countryside with several military vehicles, raided a h...
Abu Dhabi meeting Syrian Investment Authority Chairman Talal al-Hilali held talks in Abu Dhabi with representatives of the private office of Sheikh Ahmed bin Mana bin Khalifa Al Maktoum (AMKM) to exp...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres concluded a two-day visit to Damascus by calling for the immediate removal of all sanctions imposed during the rule of ousted president Bashar al-Assad....
Diplomacy with Israel Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Damascus is negotiating a security arrangement with Israel that would involve multiple countries and could serve as a stepping stone toward...
Diplomatic exchange in Damascus Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani urged Israel to withdraw immediately and unconditionally from southern Syria during a press conference with UN Secretary-Gene...
At least 35 people were killed and about 30 injured when two buses collided on Saturday on the Deir Az Zor–Damascus highway between al-Sukhnah and Palmyra. The Interior Ministry said one bus...
