The exchange rate of the Syrian pound has achieved a record jump, rising to an unprecedented level in more than 18 months. The exchange rate of the Syrian pound against the dollar in the capital, Damascus, rose by about 11.89%, in the daily transactions, for Thursday. The dollar fell in...

Hamas says its top military commander Mohammed Deif has been killed. The Israeli military had said it killed Deif in an air attack in July, but the Palestinian group had not confirmed his death until Thursday. The spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said his death...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said discussions with a Qatari delegation in Damascus Thursday included reconstruction in the war-torn country, during the first visit by a head of state since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. The trip by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, less than...

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Thursday, in the first visit by a head of state since the fall of the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad on December 8. Video footage broadcast by the Qatari Emiri Diwan showed the moments...