Coinciding with the first anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syria is preparing to introduce a new national currency with two zeros removed from its value. Officials describe the measure as a central pillar of economic reform, aimed...
At the outset of Syria’s transitional phase in early 2025 under President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a critical question emerges: Can Syria build a national army that transcends sectarian divides and overcomes the fractures that fueled its protracted civil war? A cross-sectarian...
A suicide bombing targeted a Syrian government security checkpoint in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor province on Friday, according to Syrian state news agency SANA. SANA reported that ISIS militants carried out the attack against the “Siyasiya” checkpoint in...
Are these visits a shift in Washington’s policy or just tactical steps? In recent months, a series of U.S. delegations have travelled to Syria to meet President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, the most recent being a bipartisan congressional group. Their stated goals...
Daraa, southwest Syria - The Israeli army on Thursday raided a village in the western countryside of Daraa province, southern Syria, and arrested three people, according to our correspondent. The correspondent said an Israeli patrol entered the village of Abidin...
The Syrian state news agency (SANA) disclosed last Tuesday that Foreign Minister Assad Al-Shaibani and General Intelligence Chief Hussein Salameh conducted discussions with an Israeli delegation headed by Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in Paris, focusing on border security...
While the Syrian government seeks to polish its image abroad, by restoring diplomatic ties and rejoining international forums, signs of confusion and disarray are surfacing at home in managing sensitive internal files. In the south, Suwayda witnessed violent clashes between...
A senior ISIS commander was killed on Wednesday during an airborne raid carried out by the U.S.-led international coalition in Syria’s northwestern Idlib countryside. According to Syrian state news channel Alikhbaria, citing a security source, the target of the operation...
The Idlib governorate and northwest Syria are facing a severe crisis of deteriorating residential buildings, with thousands of homes suffering wide cracks and partial collapses that threaten the lives of residents and passersby daily. These buildings have been damaged by...
Damascus, Syria - A group of Israeli families, including children, crossed the border into Syria on Monday in an attempt to establish a new settlement, according to The Times of Israel. The families drove across the frontier near the Israeli...