Turkey is training and advising Syria’s armed forces and helping improve its defenses, and has no immediate plans for the withdrawal or relocation of its troops stationed there, Defense Minister Yasar Guler told Reuters. Turkey has emerged as a key foreign ally of Syria’s new government...

Syrian authorities insisted Wednesday they would “never be a threat” to anyone in the region, after Israel bombed the country’s south in retaliation for overnight rocket fire on the Golan Heights. Israeli media said the projectiles were the first launched from Syria into Israeli...

Syrian Finance Minister Mohammad Yaser Barnieh discussed with his Qatari counterpart, Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, ways and mechanisms to develop financial and economic cooperation between Syria and Qatar on Tuesday in Doha. The state-run news agency (SANA) reported that the meeting discussed...

Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh announced on Tuesday the merger of the Syrian Civil Defense with the Ministry of Emergency Management, a move described as a historic shift in humanitarian and relief work within Syria. The announcement came during an...