A fire and riot broke out in a prison in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria on Saturday, killing at least seven people, state media reported. The SANA news agency said the fire started when inmates in the Kobani prison rioted over tensions that erupted in the town the previous...

Damascus Countryside, Sept. 12 (SANA) Syria’s Drug Enforcement Department in Damascus Countryside foiled an attempt to smuggle large quantities of narcotics in a security operation in al-Nabk, seizing Captagon pills, weapons and explosives. The operation resulted in the seizure of 206,000...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with US President Donald Trump multiple times in recent days as Riyadh and Washington coordinate over the escalating situation in Yemen, according to sources familiar with the matter. Trump told MBS that the US would provide intelligence and...

Damascus, Sept. 11 (SANA) Syria’s Baniyas Refinery is undergoing its most extensive overhaul to date, with work aimed at raising processing capacity from around 80,000 to 130,000 barrels per day and improving the reliability of domestic fuel supplies, the Syrian Petroleum Company said....

Damascus, Sept. 11 (SANA) Syria has closed more than 200 displacement camps as part of a nationwide plan to end camp-based displacement by September 2027, Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh said, as the government steps up efforts to help displaced families return...

The honest employees and staff of the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC), including engineers and technicians—whose memories cannot be bought or erased—are still awaiting the release of the Central Financial Control Authority's inspection report on the contractual violations and large-scale...

Aleppo, Sept. 11 (SANA) Development work at the existing Aleppo International Airport will begin in early 2027, with the project expected to raise annual passenger capacity to more than 2 million as Syria moves ahead with a broader Saudi-backed plan to modernize the airport and build a new...

Israeli occupation forces targeted the vicinity of Bat al-Wardah hill near the town of Beit Jinn in western rural Damascus with artillery fire on Friday, with no reports of casualties. The shelling also struck historical sites and buildings. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that...

Damascus, Sept. 11 (SANA) Preliminary investigations into nine pilots recently arrested in Latakia Province, western Syria, have shown that they logged more than 3,200 flight hours and sorties since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, including airstrikes targeting several areas, a...

Damascus, Sept. 9 (SANA) The Syrian Arab Republic welcomed a historic decision by the Council of the League of Arab States calling for the full lifting of all political, economic and social sanctions imposed on the Syrian state and its institutions, while maintaining sanctions on officials...

Idlib, Sept. 9 (SANA) The death toll from an explosion at a temporary weapons and war remnants storage facility near Sarmada in northern Idlib countryside rose to 14 on Wednesday, with 11 others injured, according to a preliminary toll. Sobhi Assaf, director of the media office at the Idlib...

Damascus, Sep.9 (SANA) The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemned Wednesday the illegal entry of Israeli Occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into Syrian territory and his tour of Mount Hermon, describing the move as a provocative act and a blatant violation of Syria’s sovereignty,...

Damascus, Sep. 9 (SANA) President Ahmad al-Sharaa received Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi at the People’s Palace in Damascus, with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad al-Shaibani attending. The meeting...

Damascus, Sept. 9 (SANA) Children across Syria continue to face the dangers posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war, as awareness, survey and clearance efforts seek to protect them and ensure their safe return to areas contaminated by remnants left behind by the ousted regime....

The Syrian economy witnessed a number of significant developments during the first days of September 2026, primarily focused on investment, trade, energy, the Damascus International Fair, and the exchange rate. The Damascus International Fair Boosts Economic Activity The 63rd Damascus...

Geneva, Sept. 8 (SANA) Syria is advancing efforts on justice and accountability while strengthening cooperation with the International Commission of Inquiry and international organizations, Syria’s representative to the U.N. Human Rights Council Yasser al-Farhan said. Addressing a Human...

Qamishli, Sept. 8 (SANA) Qamishli International Airport is nearing a return to service as rehabilitation work enters its final stages, part of a broader plan to reconnect Syrian provinces to the country’s air transport network. A delegation from Syria’s General Authority of Civil...

Geneva, Sept. 8 (SANA) The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria welcomed accelerating reconstruction efforts in Syria and progress in building accountability institutions, stressing the importance of accountability to the country’s transitional justice process....

Iran threatened the United States with “economic warfare” on Tuesday and said it had fired an advanced missile at US warships, underscoring the risks of further escalation in the war only days after both sides traded blows again. The six-month-old war has been marked by a cycle of...

From the heart of suffering and ruin, the most powerful stories of success and transformation are sometimes forged. This is precisely what the journey of Syrian activist and businesswoman Majd Sharabji, from the city of Daraya in the Damascus countryside, embodies. She transitioned from the...