The exchange rate reached 8,000 Syrian pounds to the US dollar for the first time in a number of Syrian cities, with the opening of trading on Wednesday. As of 12:40 before noon on Wednesday, and compared to the prices recorded at noon the previous day, the dollar jumped in both Damascus and...

A van carrying 29 people from Syria pushed a patrol car off the road as officers tried to stop the vehicle near Germany's border with Poland, police said Wednesday. No one was hurt. Off-duty officers noticed the van weaving through traffic and nearly causing an accident near Goerlitz on...

German authorities have arrested a Syrian man on suspicion of planning to carry out an explosives attack motivated by Islamic extremism, officials said Tuesday. Federal police said officers arrested the 28-year-old man early Tuesday in the northern city of Hamburg based on a court-issued...

Syria regime on Tuesday condemned the European Union’s new sanctions on Damascus over making and trafficking an amphetamine saying the move was based on lies. The Syrian Foreign Ministry statement came a day after the EU imposed sanctions on several Syrians, including members of President...

Russia's defense minister hosted his counterparts from Iran, Syria and Turkey on Tuesday for talks that were part of the Kremlin's efforts to help broker a rapprochement between the Turkish and Syrian governments. The Russian Defense Ministry said the talks focused on “practical steps to...

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Moscow may use nuclear weapons first in case of any aggression against it or its allies. Opponents should not underestimate Russia's determination, said Medvedev, who also served as the Russian president between 2008...

The EU on Monday updated its Syria sanctions list with 25 new individuals and eight entities, including the head of the Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad’s family members and those responsible for drug trafficking. 
EU foreign ministers approved adding 25 individuals and eight entities to the...

A meeting of defense ministers and intelligence chiefs of Türkiye, Russia, Syria, and Iran will be held in Moscow on Tuesday, the Turkish national defense minister said on Monday. Hulusi Akar said Turkish, Russian, and Syrian defense ministers and intelligence chiefs met in Moscow on Dec. 28...

Syria's state media said Israel shelled targets in southern Syria early on Monday, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, causing unspecified material damage. There was no immediate comment from Israel. The report on the state SANA news agency said Israeli forces targeted the town of Talat...

BERLIN (AP) — A suspect has been arrested over last week's stabbing attack at a gym in the western German city of Duisburg in which four people were seriously wounded, authorities said Sunday. The man, a 26-year-old Syrian citizen, was arrested shortly after midnight, police and prosecutors...

The Austrian Public Prosecutor's Office for Economics and Corruption prepared an indictment for war crimes in Syria, against a former regime intelligence officer who managed to escape from France to Austria with the help of the Israeli Mossad and obtained political asylum. The indictment...

The foreign ministers of Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) spoke over the phone on Saturday discussing bilateral and regional ties, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry. During the talk, Iran's Hossein Amirabdollahian labelled the existing relations as "forward-moving," adding:...

Nine years of conflict have left two-thirds of Yemen’s 31.5 million people in acute need of humanitarian and protection services, and nearly 13 million people require urgent humanitarian health care, the World Health Organization warned Friday. “Recent political talks have raised new hopes...

LATAKIA: The Emirates Red Crescent provided entertainment for 150 orphans and children with cancer in Latakia governorate in northwestern Syria on Friday, the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday. The humanitarian initiative, part of Operation Gallant Knight 2, was conducted in cooperation...

CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter has long been a way for people to keep track of tornado watches, train delays, news alerts or the latest crime warnings from their local police department. But when the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification check marks this week from accounts...

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner purchased weapons from Kremlin ally Syria, leaked Pentagon documents reveal, in a twist that underscores how the war in Ukraine has scrambled the region’s arms trade. The mercenary group purchased six SPG-9 grenade launchers and 180 grenades in Syria at...

BEIRUT (AP) — The holiday of Eid al-Fitr ushered in a day of prayers and joy for Muslims around the world on Friday. The celebration was marred by tragedy amid the explosion of conflict in Sudan, while in other countries it came against the backdrop of hopes for a better future. After the...

Some 650,000 new homes will be built in regions of Türkiye recently hit by powerful earthquakes, the country’s president said Thursday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Muslim holy month of Ramadan went by with a heavy heart in Türkiye due to the losses in the Feb. 6 quakes, adding: “We are...

At least 78 people were killed and more than 150 were injured late Wednesday in a stampede in Yemen’s capital. Dr. Mutahhir Murshid, chairman of the board of Sevre Hospital in Sana’a, told al-Masirah television that the crowd surge took place during the distribution of financial aid under...

The Israeli army said Wednesday it had lost a drone during a mission over Syria. "During a routine activity at night, an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Skylark type fell in the Syrian territory," a military statement said. It cited a technical malfunction for the crash. The army said...