Syria’s economy has hit its lowest point since the start of its civil war nearly 12 years ago, with spiraling inflation, a currency plunge and severe fuel shortages in both government-run and rebel-held areas. Life in Damascus has come to a near standstill. Streets are almost empty of cars,...

BEIRUT (AP) — Two rockets struck a base housing American troops in eastern Syria on Wednesday without causing any human or material losses, the U.S. military said. The morning attack on Mission Support Site Conoco came as Iran and its allies in the region marked the third anniversary of the...

Syria’s political and armed opposition have urged their decade-long backer Turkey to reaffirm its support for their cause after the highest-level talks between Ankara and the Damascus governments since the Syrian war began in 2011. Turkey has provided support and a base for political...

On Tuesday, the government of the Syrian regime raised the price of a liter of gasoline, which is the second increase in three weeks, which comes amid a great shortage of oil derivatives. The Ministry of Internal Trade announced, on its Facebook page, that the selling price of a liter of...

Syria weakened its official exchange rate to 4,522 Syrian pounds to the dollar, a central bank statement said on Monday, while black market rates used for most economic activity sat around 6,500.  The official rate was previously set at 3,015.  An economic crisis in the...

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s military fired missiles toward the international airport of Syria's capital early Monday, putting it out of service and killing two soldiers and wounding two others, the Syrian army said. The attack, which occurred shortly after midnight Sunday, was the second in seven...

The rain and wind storm that struck the northwestern regions of Syria during the past hours caused significant damage to the camps of northwestern Syria. Suffering doubled due to the fragile structure of the tent floors and the weak resistance of the tents by their cloth nature, especially...

A militant rocket attack in eastern Syria on Friday targeted a bus with oil industry employees, killing at least 10, the government said. To the north, Syrian Kurdish-led forces announced they arrested 52 militants in an operation against ISIS sleeper cells. According to Syria’s petroleum...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers have held previously unannounced talks in Moscow, the Turkish and Russian defense ministries said on Wednesday. It was the first ministerial level meeting between rivals Turkey and Syria since the start of the Syrian...

Syrian Kurdish-led forces boosted security Tuesday a day after foiling a deadly ISIS group assault on a prison fearing that the extremists will strike again, a spokesman said.   Authorities on Monday declared a state of emergency in Raqa, the extremists’ former de facto capital...

BEIRUT: Six Syrian fighters from a pro-Turkish group died in clashes with regime troops that still raged Monday in northwest Syria, rebel forces and a war monitor said. A pro-Turkiye rebel statement said the six were killed and three more wounded in the offensive launched by government...

BEIRUT, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Six Kurdish-led security force members were killed in an Islamic State suicide attack on Monday on a security forces centre in Syria's Raqqa, the chief of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, wrote on Twitter.  

Humanitarian needs in Syria increase in the midst of winter in light of poor infrastructure, absence of basic necessities (especially in the camps),  outbreak of cholera, resurgence of the spread of Covid19, and the continuation of attacks from the Assad regime and Russia.  ...

Humanitarian needs in Syria have reached their worst levels since conflict began nearly 12 years ago, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.  Ambassadors were briefed by the UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, who stressed the need...

 Daraa- Protesters in As-Suwayda governorate, southern Syria, blocked a pivotal street in the provincial capital at the Al-Mashnaqa roundabout, and set tires ablaze as they carried out a demonstration against worsening living conditions. They raised slogans calling for the trial of...

The Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad issued on Wednesday a legislative decree granting a general amnesty for military service deserters on the condition that they surrender within three months for those living in Syria, and four months for those living outside the country. The amnesty...

BEIRUT (AP) — American forces conducted three raids in eastern Syria and arrested six Islamic State group militants, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. In their statement, U.S. Central Command said the raids were conducted over the preceeding 48 hours, and identified one of the detained...

 A Kurdish-led group in Syria said Monday that its fighters alongside U.S. forces have arrested a wanted militant with the Islamic State group that continues to stage attacks in the region. There are some 900 U.S. troops in Syria supporting Kurdish-led forces in the fight against the...

Two soldiers were injured by Israeli airstrikes in the vicinity of the Syrian capital of Damascus early Tuesday, the first such attack in more than a month, a Syrian military statement reported. In addition to the injuries, the strikes caused some “material losses,” the statement said...

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed yesterday that Syria has incurred $25.9 billion in direct losses due to the American forces' attacks on its territory, including $19.8 billion worth of stolen oil and gas. The ministry said the oil sector has incured $111.9 billion in losses as...