The Central Bank of Syria announced on Friday the establishment of the Deposit Insurance Authority, a move aimed at protecting depositors' funds and providing a safe environment for investments. The Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Abdul Qader Al-Husriya, said in a statement carried by the...

Syrians on Thursday marked the 12th anniversary of the Assad regime's chemical weapons attacks on the Ghouta area, which surrounds Damascus. At around 2 am on 21 August 2013, Assad regime forces launched four attacks with deadly sarin gas against densely populated neighbourhoods in eastern...

The visit of a delegation of UN humanitarian organizations, accompanied by relief trucks, to As-Suwayda Governorate on Wednesday was nothing more than a field visit to assess the humanitarian situation. However, it was transformed by the efforts of some local authorities into a "historic event"...

Syria said Wednesday that there will be no humanitarian corridor across the border, stressing that the provision of humanitarian aid is exclusively coordinated via state institutions. “There will be no humanitarian corridor across the border,” the state news agency SANA said, citing a...