Twenty people were killed and dozens injured in a bombing that targeted St. Elias Church in Damascus on Sunday evening, while authorities blamed the Islamic State group. A source in the Syrian Interior Ministry told Al Jazeera that the bombing killed 19 people, before the Ministry of Health...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued two legislative decrees on Sunday, raising salaries, wages, and pensions by 200% and improving the minimum wage. The decision will be implemented starting July 1, 2025. The first decree, No. (102), stipulates a 200% increase in salaries and wages for...

Syria’s security forces have detained Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad, state news agency SANA said on Saturday. Wassim al-Assad was sanctioned by the United States in 2023 for leading a paramilitary force backing Assad’s army and for trafficking drugs...

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the Swiss Federal Council's decision to lift economic sanctions on Syria on Friday, describing it as "a positive step in the interest of the Syrian people," according to an official statement published by the ministry on its Twitter account....