Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war. Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine,...

Türkiye and Syria have signed a new memorandum of understanding on international road transport, paving the way for the resumption of direct land transportation between the two countries, the Turkish transport and infrastructure minister said Saturday. Speaking to Anadolu during the Global...

The Syrian Ministry of Defense called on Syrian youth to contribute to building a modern national army, noting that such participation represents "an honor and a national responsibility." The ministry indicated that the army in its new form will be more just and professional, and that the...

Iran began a state funeral service Saturday for around 60 people, including its military commanders, killed in its war with Israel, after Tehran’s top diplomat condemned Donald Trump’s comments on supreme leader Ali Khamenei as “unacceptable.” The proceedings in Tehran for the nuclear...

An Israeli court on Friday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to postpone giving testimony in his corruption trial, after US President Donald Trump said the case should be cancelled. Netanyahu’s lawyer on Thursday asked the court to excuse the leader from hearings over the...

Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called on Friday for a controversial Israel- and US-backed relief effort in Gaza to be halted, branding it “slaughter masquerading as humanitarian aid.” The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which began operating last month, “is degrading...

Lebanon’s health ministry said a woman was killed and 20 other people were wounded in an Israeli strike in the country’s south, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. “The Israel enemy strike on an apartment in Nabatiyeh led to a preliminary toll of one woman killed and 11 people...

The city of Kilis, in southern Turkey, has witnessed a significant decline in residential rental prices due to the return of increasing numbers of Syrian refugees to their country. This has led to a sharp decline in demand for apartments and has had a direct impact on the city's real estate...

When Bashar Al-Assad ruled Syria, his regime was widely accused of profiting from the production and trafficking of Captagon, an illicit synthetic drug that is most commonly abused by users in the Middle East.  Despite the current government’s hostility to the trade, the country remains...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from US strikes on Iran’s nuclear program over the weekend. “I’m not aware of any intelligence that I’ve reviewed that says things...

The Ministry of Interior announced a reduction in passport fees for Syrian citizens and those in a similar situation. The Ministry issued a decision to immediately reduce the fee for issuing or renewing a passport or travel document for Syrian citizens and those in a similar situation who...

What the Syrians had feared has come to pass: A cowardly suicide bombing has struck a church in the heart of Damascus. Syrians had long harbored a latent sense that one or more entities would not look kindly upon the revolution’s victory and that it would do everything in its power to undermine...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a news conference on Thursday to offer a fresh assessment of strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, following a stinging row over how much American bombardment set back Tehran’s nuclear program. After waves of Israeli attacks on nuclear and...

Iran on Wednesday branded NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s gushing note to President Donald Trump on US strikes targeting key nuclear sites as “disgraceful, despicable and irresponsible.” It is disgraceful, despicable and irresponsible for #NATO's SG to congratulate a 'truly...

At least 56,156 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. A ministry statement said that 79 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, with 391 people injured, taking the number of injuries to...

The ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump between Iran and Israel appeared to be holding on Wednesday a day after both countries signaled that their air war had ended, at least for now. Each side claimed victory on Tuesday after 12 days of war, which the US joined with airstrikes...

Security forces carried out a qualitative security operation targeting ISIS hideouts, seizing weapons and explosives warehouses, and neutralizing one of the individuals involved in the bombing of the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, the Interior Ministry spokesman said at a press conference in...

Syrian security forces detonated leftover munitions as part of a training exercise in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, a security source said, creating an explosion that was heard across the city. The source from Syria’s General Security Service, which is broadly responsible for security...

China can continue to buy Iranian oil, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday in what appeared to be relief for Tehran from sanctions Washington has previously imposed to punish the trade. “China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the...

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday he had ordered the military to strike Tehran after Iran fired missiles in violation of a ceasefire after 12 days of war. “In light of Iran’s blatant violation of the ceasefire declared by the President of the United States — through the...