Syria

On Friday, May 30, Japan officially announced the move during a government session, according to Japanese state broadcaster NHK. The decision is aimed at supporting Syria’s peaceful transition process and assisting the government's reconstruction efforts. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa...

HASAKAH, Syria – General Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said on Friday that the SDF is ready to engage in dialogue with Syria’s transitional government, but only within a framework that ensures political decentralization. In comments...

On Friday, May 30, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on military positions in the countryside of Tartus and Latakia provinces in western Syria, according to a military source cited by +963. The source reported that the strikes targeted the “107th...

SWEIDA, Syria – The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack targeting Syrian military forces in southern Syria, according to a statement released on Thursday via the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activity. The attack reportedly...

MOSCOW – Russia is holding talks with Syria’s transitional government regarding the future of its military installations in the country, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said yesterday, according to RIA Novosti. Vershinin stated that the ongoing discussions include a comprehensive...

DAMASCUS On Thursday, May 29, the Ministry of Energy in the Syrian Transitional Government signed a landmark agreement aimed at boosting international investment in Syria’s electric power generation sector, with a total estimated value of $7 billion. According to the...

AMMAN On Thursday, May 29, a total of 1,100 Syrian refugees residing in Jordan’s Marijib Al-Fahd camp voluntarily returned to Syria this week, according to a report by Al-Mamlaka TV. The Jordanian broadcaster said the return convoys are part of...

DARAA, Syria – Israeli forces entered western Daraa in southern Syria on Thursday morning, marking the first reported ground incursion into the region in nearly two months, local sources told +963. A local resident said that seven Israeli military vehicles...

BRUSSELS – The European Union imposed sanctions on individuals and groups involved in violent incidents in Syria’s coastal provinces of Tartus and Latakia in March, while simultaneously enacting a decision to lift most of its economic sanctions on Damascus. The...

DAMASCUS – A delegation from Morocco’s Foreign Ministry arrived in Damascus on Tuesday to begin the formal process of reopening its embassy in Syria, more than 13 years after diplomatic ties were severed following the outbreak of the Syrian civil...