Syria exported 600,000 barrels of heavy crude oil on Monday from the port of Tartus as part of a deal with a trading firm, a Syrian energy official told Reuters, the first known official export of Syrian oil in 14 years. Syria exported 380,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in 2010, a year...

Syria reopened Saint Anna Church in the village of al-Yaqoubiya in the Idlib countryside on Sunday after 14 years of closure. The church, serving the Greek Orthodox and Armenian communities, was reopened in a ceremony attended by guests from different Syrian provinces. Special prayers and...

The Syrian army intercepted members of the Kurdish-led SDF forces on Sunday while attempting to infiltrate several military positions east of Aleppo city in northern Syria, local media said. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), army forces "confronted" and "ambushed" a group of SDF...

Japan will provide the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) with $5.5 million for a project to improve living conditions in Syria, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday. On Aug. 12, Japan and UN-Habitat signed an aid plan focused on rebuilding essential infrastructure in Aleppo and Homs,...