Between 2012 and 2014, the National Defense Militia in Damascus, led by Fadi Saqr, arrested dozens of children on charges of financing terrorism. The goal was to blackmail their families. The wealthy were exploited and forced to pay ransoms, while the children of the poor were tortured and...

The Syrian community in Iraq mourned the death of Fajr Imad al-Quntar, 21, who passed away on Friday afternoon in the Diyala region, northeast of the capital, Baghdad, just hours before he was scheduled to return to Syria. The local Suwayda 24 website quoted a source close to the deceased's...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday that Turkey will continue its diplomatic efforts to lift international sanctions against Syria, Erdogan’s office said. During their meeting at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, Erdogan said efforts should...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Israel of sowing divisions in Syria in a bid to “dynamite” the “revolution” that toppled Bashar al-Assad. Turkey is a key backer of Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa whose group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the opposition...