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...

The Ministry of Economy and Industry called on all workers dismissed during the former regime's rule, who were unable to register on the special link for dismissed workers, to contact their relevant authorities. The Ministry, through the General Administration of Industry, requested all...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the "treacherous" attack on a church in the Syrian capital, Damascus, aimed to hinder efforts to achieve stability and security in Syria. The ministry added in a statement, "We have full confidence that the Syrian administration and people will...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued two legislative decrees on Sunday, raising salaries, wages, and pensions by 200% and improving the minimum wage. The decision will be implemented starting July 1, 2025. The first decree, No. (102), stipulates a 200% increase in salaries and wages for...

Twenty people were killed and dozens injured in a bombing that targeted St. Elias Church in Damascus on Sunday evening, while authorities blamed the Islamic State group. A source in the Syrian Interior Ministry told Al Jazeera that the bombing killed 19 people, before the Ministry of Health...

Observers expect hundreds of thousands of Syrians, and perhaps more than a million, to return with the end of the school year in Turkey, which falls on June 20. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper reported that the return of Syrians from Turkey to their country was linked to the end of the school...

Syria’s security forces have detained Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad, state news agency SANA said on Saturday. Wassim al-Assad was sanctioned by the United States in 2023 for leading a paramilitary force backing Assad’s army and for trafficking drugs including...

More than 400,000 migrants are still eagerly awaiting the opportunity to join their families residing in Germany, amid complex administrative procedures, burdensome bureaucracy, and strict legal regulations that hamper their right to family reunification, particularly for those with subsidiary...

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the Swiss Federal Council's decision to lift economic sanctions on Syria on Friday, describing it as "a positive step in the interest of the Syrian people," according to an official statement published by the ministry on its Twitter account....

Property owners in Syria are demanding the repeal of the so-called "Law on the Extension of Lease Contracts," a legislation dating back to 1952. They believe it has created a "blatant imbalance" between landlords and tenants for decades, violating the principles of justice and equality. The...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa discussed on Thursday with the head of the National Commission for Missing Persons, Mohammad Reza Jalkhi, ways to develop the commission's work, including forming a specialized advisory team and establishing a comprehensive national database for missing persons....

For days, Syrians have watched as Iranian missiles and Israeli interceptors light up the skies over their territory, but the new government in Damascus has so far remained officially silent on the unprecedented conflict. Iran was one of former ruler Bashar al-Assad’s biggest backers,...

Syria expects to have its first transaction with a US bank “in a matter of weeks”, Syrian central bank governor Abdelkader Husriyeh said on Thursday, a day after a high-level meeting between Syrian and US commercial banks. The resumption of transfers between Syrian and US banks would be a...

Over two million Syrians who had fled their homes during their country’s war have returned since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow in December, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said Thursday during a regional visit. The Syrian civil war, which erupted in 2011 with al-Assad’s brutal...