The Syrian pound's exchange rate against the dollar declined on the local black market during trading on Saturday. On Saturday evening, the Damascus dollar ranged between 11,100 Syrian pounds for buying and 11,200 Syrian pounds for selling. The dollar recorded the same or similar rates,...

There will no longer be any need to deploy foreign troops in Ukraine once a peace agreement is signed, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Commenting on Thursday's meeting in Paris of the “coalition of the willing” — a group of countries providing military support to Ukraine...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed support for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, condemning repeated Israeli attacks during a meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani. The meeting took place on the sidelines of Thursday's 164th session of the Arab...

The Lebanese government is set to discuss on Friday an army plan to disarm Hezbollah, which the Iran-backed group opposes, accusing the cabinet of playing into the hands of Israel and the United States. In August, under heavy US pressure and fearing Israel would intensify its strikes,...