Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria – U.S. presidential envoy to Syria Tom Barrack on Friday welcomed a new religious decree issued by Syria’s top clerical authority prohibiting revenge killings and extrajudicial retaliation. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, Barrack called the move...

WASHINGTON – A senior United Nations official said on Thursday that recent political developments in Syria offer a chance to resolve long-standing issues surrounding the country’s chemical weapons program. Speaking before the UN Security Council, Izumi Nakamitsu, the United Nations...

Syrian-Qatari relations have taken a promising turn in the field of sports. This momentum was marked by a recent meeting in Doha between the Syrian Media Club in Qatar and Jamal Al-Sharif, the Assistant Minister of Sports and Syrian Youth....

Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in camps across northwestern Syria are facing a severe health crisis due to the collapse of medical services following the withdrawal of humanitarian organizations and the absence of basic healthcare. The worsening situation has...

Damascus, Syria — Syria plans to allow international nuclear inspectors access to several sites suspected of past undeclared nuclear activity, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday, following high-level meetings in Damascus. IAEA Director...

Damascus, Syria– European Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica met Wednesday with Syria’s transitional president Ahmad Al-Sharaa in Damascus. According to Syria’s official news agency (SANA), the meeting was attended by interim Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani and focused on reconstruction efforts...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced today that several ISIS members, including a senior operative, were killed or captured in joint operations with partner forces in Syria and Iraq last month. According to a statement posted on X...

Damascus, Syria – The U.S. envoy for Syria, Thomas Barrack, arrived in Israel today for high-level meetings with Israeli officials, amid escalating tensions along the Israel-Syria border. According to The Jerusalem Post, Barrack held talks focusing on Syria and deteriorating...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) held direct talks with Türkiye under American sponsorship to discuss several key issues, including prisons housing ISIS members, according to a report by the U.S.-based website Middle East Eye. On Tuesday, June 3, the site...

Damascus, Syria – Israeli warplanes carried out earlier today a series of airstrikes targeting military positions in southern Syria, including areas around Damascus, Daraa, and Quneitra countryside, Syrian state media reported. The Syrian State News Channel Al-Ikhbariyah said Israeli aircraft...