Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has held talks in Moscow with his Syrian counterpart, Murhaf Abu Qasra, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. They discussed "the practical implementation of promising areas of bilateral cooperation," the ministry said. In mid-October,...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa held talks in Riyadh on Tuesday with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan as part of his current visit to Saudi Arabia, local media said. The state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV said the discussions between Sharaa and bin Farhan dwelt on the implementation of...

The Syrian interior ministry said Tuesday that it had seized about 11 million captagon stimulant pills that entered the country from neighboring Lebanon in one of the largest busts since the fall of former ruler Bashar al-Assad. In a statement, the interior ministry said “the...

Two civilians were killed on Tuesday when a civilian passenger bus was attacked by terrorists on the Sweida–Damascus highway, the province’s Internal Security chief said, describing the assault as a “cowardly attempt to sow fear and disturb stability” in southern Syria. A...