Just as people were enslaved during World War II to dig tunnels and build railways, young men from the Tadamon neighborhood in southern Damascus were forced to dig under threat of arms. Underground, with no safety and no way back, they were exploited to build National Defense Forces...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Friday he is working to keep his country away from conflict, against the backdrop of the Middle East war, stressing that his government is on good terms with all regional countries. In a speech delivered after the Eid al-Fitr prayer in the presidential...

Israel’s military said on Friday it had struck Syrian army camps in response to what it called attacks against the Druze community in the southern Sweida province. The latest flare-up between the neighboring countries comes as war roils the Middle East after the United States and Israel...

In a move that sparked widespread controversy in Syrian political and military circles, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on March 10, 2026, the appointment of Kurdish leader Sipan Hamo as Deputy Minister of Defense for the Eastern Region, as part of arrangements to integrate the Syrian...