Six hundred billion Syrian pounds vanished from the budgets of the Homs and Banias refineries between 2022 and 2023 as a result of smuggling operations involving petroleum derivatives (VGO) in which the "Jerusalem Brigade," affiliated with the former regime, was implicated. Despite the...

Damascus International Airport resumed its operational activity on Thursday with the launch of its first flight to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul, following the reopening of Syrian airspace. The step marks the beginning of a gradual return of air traffic and efforts to...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met on Thursday in Ankara with the U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, where they discussed the latest regional and international developments. During the meeting, both sides affirmed the importance of continuing...

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that  Vice President JD Vance might not go to Pakistan  this week for peace talks with Iran due to security concerns. “We’ll have Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, JD —maybe JD, I don’t know,” the US president said in an interview with the New...

The Syrian Narcotics Administration, in a high-level collaboration with Iraq’s General Directorate for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control, successfully dismantled several international drug trafficking networks on Wednesday. Three specialized security operations resulted in the total...

The city of Douma woke on April 7, 2018, to a new humanitarian tragedy, as smoke mixed with a heavy silence, spreading through its narrow streets, carrying unprecedented fear. Toxic substances seeped through the area, adding a painful chapter to the suffering of civilians already facing...

Interior Ministry spokesman Noureddine al-Baba announced on Sunday the preparation of a draft resolution to regulate demonstrations and popular movements in the country. The move aims to curb "excesses" that al-Baba attributed to individuals linked to the former regime, following an attack...

An Israeli occupation force entered the area between the villages of Ruwayhina and Zubayda al-Gharbiya in the southern Quneitra countryside on Monday, setting up a temporary checkpoint on the road connecting the two villages. No arrests were reported. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)...

Star Petronova has secured contracts to supply crude oil from the eastern fields to the Homs and Banias refineries, amid legal and economic questions surrounding the contracting mechanisms, which were conducted outside the framework of official tenders and the terms and conditions approved by...

The Internal Security Forces announced on Thursday the arrest of several wanted individuals and outlaws for their involvement in targeting security and military sites, as well as seizing and concealing quantities of weapons and ammunition. The Ministry of Interior stated in a post on its...

Internal documents issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates revealed decisions to transfer and appoint 31 diplomatic staff members to senior positions in foreign missions, raising questions about the legal justifications used, the criteria for career progression, and the...

Damascus, April 2 (SANA) President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Thursday received UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher and UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo in Damascus to discuss strengthening coordination on humanitarian issues. The...

Qutaiba Kadish, Director of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, announced on Thursday that Syria officially welcomes the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan. The plan was launched by Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for...

Israeli occupation forces on Thursday advanced into the northern part of al-Asbah village in the southern Quneitra countryside and closed the road leading to Koudna village. SANA reporter said that an Israeli force consisting of four military vehicles and a bulldozer advanced into the...

Head of the Syrian General Authority for Land and Maritime Ports Qutaiba Badawi, and Head of the Iraqi Border Ports Authority Omar al-Waeli, inaugurated the al-Tanf–al-Waleed border crossing on Thursday, in a step aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation and activating trade transit and...

President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Thursday received US Congressman Cory Lee Mills at the People’s Palace in Damascus. Talks during the meeting dealt with the current regional and international situation and a number of issues of common interest. President al-Sharaa visited Washington D.C....

Israeli occupation forces advanced on Tuesday along the road linking the village of Nabaa al-Fawar in the northern Quneitra countryside with the village of Harfa in the western Damascus countryside. SANA’s correspondent in Quneitra said an Israeli force with several military vehicles moved...

Hassan Soufan, a member of the Civil Peace Committee, discussed on his Facebook page the features of the current phase in which the foundations of the state are being formed, emphasizing the need for a precise balance that distinguishes between human errors and interpretations and the immutable...

Calls are growing for a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the discovery of dozens of unidentified bodies in the Houla region, located between the towns of Qabou and Awsia and the Houla plain. The incident has sparked widespread shock and raised urgent questions about its...

The Syrian Embassy in Beirut confirmed on Saturday that it is monitoring the aftermath of the Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanese territory, killing seven Syrian citizens and wounding eight others in the town of Haniyeh in southern Lebanon. In a post on its Facebook page, the embassy...