Qatari diplomats spoke with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on Monday, an official briefed on the developments told Reuters, as regional states race to open contact with Syria’s leading opposition group after its rapid offensive toppled Bashar al-Assad. Qatar plans to speak with Mohammed...

The Central Bank of Syria in Damascus confirmed in a statement that the currency in circulation is the Syrian pound in all its categories and that no category of it has been withdrawn, and it also confirmed that citizens' deposits are safe. The Central Bank added that it continues to work...

Germany, France, Austria and several Nordic countries said Monday they would freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. While Berlin and other governments said they were watching the fast-moving developments in the war-ravaged...

At least two explosions heard in Damascus on Monday night took place in the area of Barzeh, near Damascus, where the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre has an office, three witnesses in the neighbourhood told Reuters. The SSRC has been sanctioned and previously struck for its...