The exchange rate of the Syrian pound has achieved a record jump, rising to an unprecedented level in more than 18 months. The exchange rate of the Syrian pound against the dollar in the capital, Damascus, rose by about 11.89%, in the daily transactions, for Thursday. The dollar fell in...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said discussions with a Qatari delegation in Damascus Thursday included reconstruction in the war-torn country, during the first visit by a head of state since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. The trip by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, less than...

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Thursday, in the first visit by a head of state since the fall of the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad on December 8. Video footage broadcast by the Qatari Emiri Diwan showed the moments...

Syria’s military operations administration announced Wednesday the appointment of Ahmed al-Sharaa as transitional president, the repeal of the 2012 Constitution and the dissolution of the former regime’s parliament, army and security agencies. It came in landmark moves in the wake of the...