Syria’s rulers on Friday denounced an airstrike near the presidential palace as a “dangerous escalation,” as Israel called it a “clear message” not to harm the Druze minority. The dawn strike came hours after senior Druze clerics and armed factions reaffirmed their loyalty to...

Israel’s military said Friday it launched air strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus after the country’s defense minister threatened intervention if Syrian authorities failed to protect the Druze minority. Syria’s Druze spiritual leader has condemned a “genocidal...

Iran had a grand plan for Syria – taken right from the playbook of a country it considers its arch-enemy. Just as the United States solidified its global dominance by investing billions in rebuilding Europe after the Second World War, Iran would do the same in the Middle East by...

Syria signed a 30-year contract with French shipping giant CMA CGM to develop and run the port of Latakia, the port’s director and a company official said on Thursday. Joseph Dakak, CMA CGM’s regional director, said he was “pleased today to announce the signing of an investment and...