Syria

Berlin – Germany’s Federal Statistical Office revealed on Friday a marked decline in the number of Syrian refugees arriving in the country during 2025, alongside a rise in those returning to Syria. According to the figures, the number of Syrians...

Damascus – An Iraqi military source told +963 on Wednesday that units of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) – an umbrella group of mostly Iran-backed militias – have vacated several of their positions along the Syrian border. According to the...

Berlin - Germany’s coalition government is facing internal disagreements over the issue of Syrian refugees, according to a report published by the German newspaper Bild on Saturday.  The paper revealed tensions between the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Ministry concerning...

Quneitra, Southwest Syria - Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators in the southern Quneitra countryside, in southwestern Syria, on Saturday, +963 correspondent reported.  Residents of the village of Saida al-Hanut gathered in protest against an Israeli patrol that had entered...

Raqqa – Northeast Syria The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday that they had carried out a coordinated security operation targeting ISIS cells in the city of Raqqa, north-eastern Syria. In a statement quoted by the pro–Autonomous Administration...

Berlin - The website Info Migrants reported on Friday that German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s talks in the Syrian capital Damascus focused on the situation of Syrian refugees in Germany and the possibility of their return. According to the site,...

Damascus, Syria – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul arrives in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Thursday for an official visit, during which he is expected to meet the country’s interim president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa. According to the German Foreign Ministry, Wadephul...

Damascus, Syria. An Israeli official revealed on Wednesday that negotiations toward reaching a security agreement with Syria are nearing completion. Speaking to the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya channel, the official stated that the planned agreement with Syria resembles the Agreement on...

Aleppo, north Syria - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Thursday that they had captured a senior commander of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, northern Syria. The SDF said that its special operations...

Berlin - A group of Syrian activists and rights advocates filed a complaint on Tuesday with the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) against Ziad Zahr al-Din, Syria’s former consul in Dubai. The complaint, submitted to the BAMF...