The exchange rate reached 8,000 Syrian pounds to the US dollar for the first time in a number of Syrian cities, with the opening of trading on Wednesday. As of 12:40 before noon on Wednesday, and compared to the prices recorded at noon the previous day, the dollar jumped in both Damascus and...

The trading price of the Syrian pound recorded a remarkable improvement for the US dollar in most Syrian cities, for the second day in a row, due to the increase in remittances sent from expatriates to their families inside Syria, ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday. The "Damascus dollar" had...

Suspected Israeli airstrikes in Syria in recent weeks have killed two Iranian military advisers, temporarily put the country’s two largest airports out of service, and raised fears of regional escalation. While Israel has fought a shadow war with Iran in Syria for years, it has intensified...

Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Syria's Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported. Hours later, the Israeli military said it shot down an “aircraft” that crossed from Syria into Israel's airspace. In Iran, state media reported that an Iranian...