The European Union will suspend sanctions on Syria's banking, energy and transport sectors Monday, diplomats said, in a bid to help the country's reconstruction after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. Syria's new leaders have been clamouring for the West to ease sanctions on the country imposed...

Two mass graves were exhumed in the town of Aqraba near the Sayyida Zeinab area south of Damascus, one of which contains the remains of at least 15 people, while work is still underway to extract more remains from the second grave.  According to local sources, the area where the two...

The French public prosecutor's office has reopened the case of the killing of American journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Rémi Ochlik in a bombing in Syria that took place 13 years ago. The AFP quoted the French anti-terrorism prosecutor's office as saying on Tuesday that...

A seminar on justice and accountability in the Syrian political transition was held in Paris on February 12, 2025, organized by a civil society organization, with the aim of preparing for the ministerial meeting organized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 13. The seminar...