The death toll from a devastating explosion that rocked the sprawling Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran on Saturday rose to 25, according to local sources on Sunday. The Iranian State TV reported that at least 1,139 others were injured in the explosion. On Saturday, a fire broke out around...

Gaza’s civil defense agency said Israeli strikes on Sunday killed at least eight people, including a 17-year-old who died in an attack on a southern town. Israel resumed its military campaign in the Gaza Strip on March 18, as a ceasefire agreement that had largely halted the fighting for...

Hundreds of people filed past the tomb of Pope Francis from early on Sunday morning in the Roman basilica where he chose to be buried in a break from tradition. No pope had been laid to rest outside the Vatican in more than a century, but Francis opted instead for burial in Santa Maria...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged free transit for American commercial and military ships through the Panama and Suez canals, tasking his secretary of state with making progress “immediately.” Trump has for months been calling for the US to take control of the Panama Canal, but his...

The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday that the Homs Security Directorate had arrested Major General Assaf Issa al-Nissani, a prominent military leader in the ousted regime, implicated in war crimes against civilians. This came according to an official statement published by...

The Kurdish National Dialogue Conference issued a final statement on Saturday, presenting its political vision for the future of the new Syria. It emphasized the importance of fully recognizing the national rights of the Kurdish people within the framework of a federal state. The statement...

Reuters revealed a letter issued by the Syrian government on Saturday, confirming that Syria has complied with most of the conditions related to easing US sanctions imposed on it, as part of its efforts to rebuild its international relations after the fall of the former regime. The letter,...

The Commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Mazloum Abdi stressed on Friday that the new Syria requires a decentralized constitution that guarantees the participation of all its components. In his statements yesterday, he emphasized the importance of protecting the gains made...

The number of Syrians residing in Germany has seen a slight decline recently. However, this decline is not due to a large-scale return to Syria, but rather to a significant increase in the number of Syrians acquiring German citizenship, according to the German Ministry of the Interior....

An Iraqi delegation met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Friday to discuss restoring an Iraqi oil pipeline through Syria to Mediterranean ports, the Iraqi state news agency reported. The Iraqi delegation, led by the head of the National Intelligence Service, and al-Sharaa...

The Syrian government is still reviewing the files of employees arbitrarily dismissed by the former regime, a source working in the Ministry of Administrative Development revealed to the Eqtsad website. The source indicated new measures will be implemented in this regard, including efforts...

Syria’s foreign minister on Friday raised his country’s new flag at UN headquarters in New York, hailing the move as a “proclamation of a new existence” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Asaad al-Shaibani raised the three-starred flag, officially adopted after al-Assad’s December ouster,...

A top US diplomat for the Middle East outlined a series of demands Thursday that the Syrian leadership must meet in exchange for any potential sanctions relief, signaling Washington’s openness to re-engagement if progress is made on key fronts. Tim Lenderking, a senior official in the State...

Gaza’s civil defense agency reported on Friday that the death toll from an Israeli airstrike the day before on a house in the north of the Palestinian territory had risen to 23. “Civil defense teams recovered 11 bodies last night and this morning following the Israeli bombing that targeted...

After months of anticipation, MTN Syria launched an unprecedented series of administrative changes, dismissing dozens of employees implicated in corruption cases or with security connections. This move was considered by some to be a "delayed correction." Sources within the company confirmed...

Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at least 55 people on Thursday, as the military threatened an even larger offensive if hostages were not freed soon. Israel resumed its military assault in the Gaza Strip on March 18, after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire...

Official data from the German Ministry of the Interior showed that the number of Syrians suspected of involvement in violent crimes in 2024 reached 7,466, representing approximately 34% of the total number of refugee suspects in this type of crime. This reflects existing challenges in...

The International Monetary Fund plans to work with Syria to help it reintegrate into the global economy, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday, citing a meeting on the war-scarred nation held this week. Georgieva told reporters that Syria’s central bank governor and finance...

The UK Treasury announced the lifting of asset freezes on the Syrian Ministries of Defense and Interior, as well as several intelligence agencies, a move that reverses sanctions imposed during the rule of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. An official notification stated that these entities...

The German government has announced its intention to adopt a new mechanism allowing Syrian refugees to make temporary visits to Syria without losing their protection status in Germany, as part of measures aimed at encouraging voluntary return. The decision, which is still under consultation,...