Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had apprehended members of an Iranian-backed “terrorist cell” in southern Syria, where state TV reported three arrested by Israeli troops. Since the December overthrow of Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out hundreds of...

In stark defiance of regional circumstances and the absence of any declared international support, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue to conduct large-scale military exercises using heavy and medium weapons in the Raqqa countryside. According to the Kurdish militia, these intensive...

Syrian social media platforms witnessed a wave of joy and controversy following the White House's announcement on Monday that US President Donald Trump had signed an executive order to end sanctions imposed on Syria. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Sheibani welcomed the decision via...

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied reports circulating about its preparations to launch a campaign against ISIS remnants in the Badia desert, claiming that its recent movements are "within the usual framework." The Kurdish-led militia affirmed its "permanent readiness" to...

Damascus witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on Monday between the Syrian Ministry of Information and Al-Maha International Company to launch the "Damascus Gate" project, the country's first integrated city for media, film, and tourism production. The signing was attended by...

In a significant step toward achieving justice, former detainee and Secretary of the Council of Detainees, Marwan al-Ash, met with lawyer Haitham al-Maleh, a former judge, to discuss the possibility of prosecuting judges of the Field Court and the Terrorism Court. The meeting emphasized the...

US President Donald Trump officialised a pivot in US-Syria relations on Monday by lifting most sanctions on a "transformed" post-Assad Syria. Israel has said it is interested in normalising ties with Syria as well as Lebanon in an expansion of the Abraham Accords, a move that would mark a...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Monday that US President Donald Trump’s  termination of the Syria sanctions program  would open “the doors to long-awaited reconstruction and development,” according to a post by the foreign minister on social media platform X. He...

US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Monday related to the easing of sanctions on Syria, a CBS reporter posted on X on Monday. In May, Trump announced he would lift sanctions on Syria as part of measures to help the country rebuild after a devastating civil war. The...

Israel said Monday it is “interested” in striking peace agreements with neighboring Lebanon and Syria, a potentially historic shift in the region after decades of war and animosity. With Syria under a new leadership after the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon’s Iran-backed...

Türkiye and Syria have signed a new memorandum of understanding on international road transport, paving the way for the resumption of direct land transportation between the two countries, the Turkish transport and infrastructure minister said Saturday. Speaking to Anadolu during the Global...

The Syrian Ministry of Defense called on Syrian youth to contribute to building a modern national army, noting that such participation represents "an honor and a national responsibility." The ministry indicated that the army in its new form will be more just and professional, and that the...

The Ministry of Interior announced a reduction in passport fees for Syrian citizens and those in a similar situation. The Ministry issued a decision to immediately reduce the fee for issuing or renewing a passport or travel document for Syrian citizens and those in a similar situation who...

When Bashar Al-Assad ruled Syria, his regime was widely accused of profiting from the production and trafficking of Captagon, an illicit synthetic drug that is most commonly abused by users in the Middle East.  Despite the current government’s hostility to the trade, the country remains...

What the Syrians had feared has come to pass: A cowardly suicide bombing has struck a church in the heart of Damascus. Syrians had long harbored a latent sense that one or more entities would not look kindly upon the revolution’s victory and that it would do everything in its power to undermine...

Security forces carried out a qualitative security operation targeting ISIS hideouts, seizing weapons and explosives warehouses, and neutralizing one of the individuals involved in the bombing of the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, the Interior Ministry spokesman said at a press conference in...

Syrian security forces detonated leftover munitions as part of a training exercise in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, a security source said, creating an explosion that was heard across the city. The source from Syria’s General Security Service, which is broadly responsible for security...

The Ministry of Interior in Damascus announced on Monday that it had dismantled a cell linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) following the attack on St. Elias Church in the Dweileh neighborhood of the capital. According to an official statement by Interior Minister Anas Khattab, specialized...

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its full solidarity with the State of Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in the face of the Iranian missile attack that targeted the US Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday evening. In an official statement, the ministry...

The Syrian government's promise to increase salaries has been fulfilled, albeit not by the percentage previously announced shortly after assuming power, when it announced it would increase public sector employees' salaries by 400%. With the delay in implementing this promise, and its...