Lebanon and Syria on Friday committed to turning a new page on ties as Damascus's foreign minister visited Beirut, with Lebanon seeking information on political assassinations under the Assad dynasty.
Expo 2020: Syria pavilion to display world’s first alphabet
The war-ravaged nation has themed its participation ‘We Will Rise Together’, inspired by its rich cultural past and future aspirations.
Clashes in Syria’s Daraa: What is the fighting about?
Daraa, which borders Jordan and is close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, is widely seen as the cradle of the 2011 uprising in Syria, which sparked a decade-long civil war that has killed almost half a million people. UN has said civilians were suffering from acute shortages of food, fuel,...
Iran helps Syria build power plant in Latakia
The new plant is expected to help bring back energy to those in Syria who lost access to it over the past decade.
4 children killed in Syria regime shelling: monitor
Regime forces have stepped up shelling since June despite a cease-fire deal brokered by Russia and Turkey.
At least six dead as wildfires rage on in Turkey
The spreading wildfires have led President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to declare parts of southern Turkey, where the blazes are predominant, as “disaster areas.”
Four dead as forest fires rage in Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
The fire in Syria spread from Lebanon, while Turkey saw a separate series of blazes; in all, four people have been reported dead.
Children among 19 killed in Syria clashes
Thursday’s clashes were the fiercest to rock Syria’s Daraa province since its capture by the government in 2018.
Two rockets fired near US embassy in Baghdad
Attack came on a day PM Mustafa Al-Kadhemi was flying home from Washington after talks with Joe Biden.
Two out of three in Syria are food-insecure, says WFP
Germany has donated €109 million ($128.73 million) to “support 4.8 million Syrians to access lifesaving food and over 600,000 children to have nutritious food through an emergency school feeding program.”
Kosovo, North Macedonia repatriate citizens from Syria camps
Experts say 80 of about 556 people from both countries who went to Syria to fight for Daesh have returned
Assad starts new term after re-election described ‘neither free nor fair’
The vote extending Assad's grip on power was the second since the start of a decade-long civil war that has killed more than half a million people, displaced millions and battered the country's infrastructure
Iraqi, Syrian presidents stress need to join hands against terrorism
Iraq President Barham Salih talked with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to collaborate against common problems, with stress on terrorismShelling by Syrian regime forces kills 9 civilians in idlib: monitor
3 children among the deceased, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Syria govt raises bread, diesel prices as crisis deepens
The price of diesel fuel nearly triples and the price of bread doubles The move brings more pain for civilians in long-running economic crisis Steep bread and diesel price hikes went into force in government-held parts of war-torn Syria on Sunday, bringing more pain for civilians in a long-running economic...
US, Russia agree to continue UN aid access into Syria
Russia and the US described Friday's unanimous vote by the 15-member Security Council as an important moment The Security Council mandate for the aid operation, begun in 2014 at four points, was due to expire on Saturday The UN Security Council on Friday extended a cross-border aid operation into Syria...Solar panels power rebel-held Syrian areas
UNDP says at least 90 percent lack a stable power supply across Syria In rebel areas, there is little hope of state-provided electricity Huge solar panels poke out of pumpkin and tomato fields in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, where after infrastructure was destroyed during a decade of war, many have...Syrian army shelling kills 9 civilians, 7 of them children
The shelling also wounded around 15 others in several locations of the Jabal al-Zawiya area The UNICEF said the attacks were “just tragic” and “the worst” since a ceasefire brokered in March last year Seven children were among nine civilians killed by Syrian regime artillery fire Saturday in the...US strikes Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq, Syria
Strikes are authorized by President Joe Biden following ongoing attacks on US interests The strikes come one day after Iraqi Kurdish officials said three explosives-laden drones hit near the northern Iraqi city of Arbil The Pentagon announced Sunday it had conducted targeted air strikes against "facilities used by Iran-backed militia...
Mosul bombing victims battle ‘opaque compensation system’
The coalition admits more than 1,000 civilians killed in seven years HRW: The compensation system is opaque even for those with expertise MOSUL: It was March 17, 2017. Troops from the US-led coalition fighting militants in Iraq were advancing on Mosul’s Old City, squeezing out the Daesh militia. But just...More blackouts ahead as Lebanon generators starved of fuel
National run power network is prone to blackouts Officials blame the shortages on stockpiling, smuggling The owners of private generators that provide a vital backup to Lebanon's decrepit power grid warned Wednesday of their own cuts due to lack of fuel as the country's economic crisis deepens. The national network...Expats in Saudi Arabia remit $3.54 billion in April
Expat workers make up three quarters of workers in the Kingdom, with most coming from countries such as Syria, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Sri LankaBashar al-Assad likely to emerge winner, in a poll seen as mere ritual
Assad has cast himself as the sole architect of a reconstruction phase for the war-ravaged country Having overseen total destruction of his country in civil war, he is expected to become more autocratic Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is likely to be reelected as the president of the war-scarred Syria in...
