The United Nations announced late Tuesday that an agreement had been reached with Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Turkey to its rebel-held northwest for six months. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the “understanding” reached following talks between U.N....

AMMAN: A medical charity on Tuesday deplored the UN’s failure to renew a cross-border mechanism that allowed international aid to reach rebel-held northwestern Syria from Turkiye and demanded an urgent solution. “The resolution expired a month ago and there is no solution currently in...

The Central Bank of Syria issued a circular raising the daily withdrawal ceiling from bank accounts opened for natural and legal persons from 15 million SYP to 25 million SYP. The bank justified its decision by saying that it aims to manage the exchange rate to limit speculation on the...

It is not an exaggeration to argue that the political, security, humanitarian and economic landscapes in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are closely interconnected. While prosperity and growth in one of these Arab nations directly affects the other two, so do economic woes and political instability....