A missile launched from Yemen towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport, the country’s main international airport, where footage shared on social media showed a plume of smoke visible from a passenger terminal. The Israeli military said it was investigating the fall of a...

Gaza mediator Qatar on Sunday rejected comments from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it needed to “stop playing both sides” in truce negotiations. Qatar “firmly rejects the inflammatory statements... which fall far short of the most basic standards of political and moral...

Sweida Governor Mustafa al-Bakour confirmed that the agreement signed with the province's Sheikhs of Mind remains valid, and its provisions are being gradually implemented with the aim of restoring security and stability to the region. He noted that minor amendments have been made to some...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday met with a delegation from the Syrian Turkmen Assembly at the People’s Palace in the capital, Damascus, according to the state-run SANA news agency. The delegation was led by Council President Faisal Juma bin Jassim. SANA released photos of the...

Syria is seeking foreign investment across its energy sector, from exploration to mining, and welcomes Turkish companies to take part in the country’s post-war reconstruction, Syrian Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir told Anadolu. “Syria is open to investments in all segments of the energy...

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria warned Friday that renewed violence, including deadly sectarian clashes and Israeli airstrikes, are jeopardizing the country’s “fragile” path toward sustainable peace. "The recent surge in violence and deadly clashes with...

The Israeli army announced early Saturday morning the targets of its strikes, which targeted various areas in Syria. The army said in a statement: "We struck a military position, anti-aircraft guns, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria." It added: "The Israeli army will...

Four Druze civilians were killed Friday afternoon in an airstrike carried out by an Israeli drone that targeted a residential farm also used for livestock in the Kanaker area, located on the western outskirts of the city of Sweida in southern Syria. According to local sources, the airstrike...

Laith Wahid al-Balous, the son of a well-known spiritual leader in Sweida, survived an assassination attempt on Thursday in Shahba, in the Sweida countryside, when his car was targeted by gunfire. This scene recalls the bloody bombing that killed his father, Sheikh Wahid al-Balous, in 2015....

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 Damascus and...

The Public Security Service in the southern province of Sweida began its role in maintaining security and stability on Friday, following an agreement reached between the Syrian government and Druze community leaders. The Sweida Governorate's Telegram channel reported that security personnel...

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 campaign” against...

Local factions in the southern province of Sweida thwarted a large-scale attack targeting the villages of al-Dour, Lubin, and Jarin in the western countryside of the province after midnight on Thursday. Armed groups began targeting these villages with rocket-propelled grenades, followed by a...

A preliminary agreement was reached in the southern Syrian province of Sweida. It includes five main provisions, most notably the activation of the General Security, with the province's residents only; the surrender of heavy weapons to the Syrian state; and the collection of medium and light...

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...

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is expected to step down from his role, a source familiar with the decision told Al Arabiya English on Thursday. Waltz, a former congressman and one of President Donald Trump’s first cabinet picks, has been battling to keep his job after a journalist...

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Thursday called on the international community to protect Syria’s Druze population, following two days of deadly sectarian clashes near Damascus. “I call on the international community to fulfill its role in protecting the minorities in Syria --...

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...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Sheibani warned on Thursday that any foreign interference in the country's affairs, under any pretext, will only lead to "further division and decades-long devastation." In tweets posted on the X platform, al-Sheibani stated that: "The experiences of the...

Hikmat al-Hijri, a Druze sheikh, called on the international community on Thursday to intervene to protect the Druze community in Syria. In a statement, al-Hijri said, "We ask the international community, with all its organizations, bodies, and institutions, to see this disregard and the...