Syria

Damascus The United States is engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at reopening the strategic road linking the Syrian capital Damascus with Sweida governorate in the country’s south. However, local complexities have emerged as a key obstacle to these efforts, according...

Damascus / Hasaka – Syria’s High Electoral Committee announced on Saturday the postponement of parliamentary elections in the provinces of al-Suwayda, Raqqa, and Al-Hasakah due to “security concerns”. The Syrian Electoral Committee told Al-Hadath that it has coordinated with local...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Baghdad, Iraq - The U.S. chargé d’affaires in Iraq, Steven Fagin, announced today that an international conference will soon be held in New York with the goal of urging countries to repatriate their nationals from al-Hol camp in Syria’s northeast....

Idlib, northwest Syria – A powerful explosion shook the western outskirts of Idlib city in northwest Syria on Thursday, according to our correspondent. Initial information indicates the blast occurred at an ammunition depot on the city’s western edge. Syria’s state...

Brussels – The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria released a report Thursday on the events that took place in Syria’s coastal areas in March. According to the report, the violence primarily targeting Alawite communities, may amount to...

Amman, Jordan - Syria, Jordan, and the United States affirmed in a joint statement today that the Suwayda province and its residents are an integral part of the Syrian national fabric, with all their rights guaranteed through active participation in...