Qatar was involved in mediation between Israel and Iran to achieve a ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump on Monday night, a diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that a ceasefire has been reached between Jerusalem and Tehran and will...

In a post on Truth Social, president Trump claims a 12-hr ceasefire between Israel and Iran has been reached. The ceasefire, he says, will begin in 6 hours. He writes: CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and...

The European Union announced the imposition of sanctions on five Syrian figures, including three prominent military leaders of the former Syrian regime, for their involvement in gross human rights violations, most notably the sectarian violence that occurred in the Syrian coastal region in...

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its full solidarity with the State of Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in the face of the Iranian missile attack that targeted the US Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday evening. In an official statement, the ministry...

Iran’s military said Monday it targeted the al-Udeid base in Qatar with a “devastating and powerful” missile attack in response to US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Qatar condemned the Iranian attack and said it reserved the right to respond directly and in accordance with...

The Ministry of Interior in Damascus announced on Monday that it had dismantled a cell linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) following the attack on St. Elias Church in the Dweileh neighborhood of the capital. According to an official statement by Interior Minister Anas Khattab, specialized...

The Syrian government's promise to increase salaries has been fulfilled, albeit not by the percentage previously announced shortly after assuming power, when it announced it would increase public sector employees' salaries by 400%. With the delay in implementing this promise, and its...

The Ministry of Economy and Industry called on all workers dismissed during the former regime's rule, who were unable to register on the special link for dismissed workers, to contact their relevant authorities. The Ministry, through the General Administration of Industry, requested all...

Around 15 Iranian missiles were launched on Monday towards Israel, according to Israeli media, adding that shrapnel from intercepts fell in several locations. Loud explosions were heard in Jerusalem earlier after the Israeli military warned that a fresh barrage of missiles had been launched...

An Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be dangerous and “not good for anybody,” the European Union’s top diplomat said on Monday. “The concerns of retaliation and this war escalating are huge, especially closing of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is something that would be extremely...

President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that US strikes had destroyed Iranian nuclear sites, after other officials cautioned that the extent of damage was still unclear. “Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term!”...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the "treacherous" attack on a church in the Syrian capital, Damascus, aimed to hinder efforts to achieve stability and security in Syria. The ministry added in a statement, "We have full confidence that the Syrian administration and people will...

Twenty people were killed and dozens injured in a bombing that targeted St. Elias Church in Damascus on Sunday evening, while authorities blamed the Islamic State group. A source in the Syrian Interior Ministry told Al Jazeera that the bombing killed 19 people, before the Ministry of Health...

US President Donald Trump said he had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites in strikes overnight, in a major new escalation of conflict in the Middle East as Tehran vowed to reserve all options to defend itself. In Israel, which triggered the crisis by attacking Iran’s nuclear and...

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued two legislative decrees on Sunday, raising salaries, wages, and pensions by 200% and improving the minimum wage. The decision will be implemented starting July 1, 2025. The first decree, No. (102), stipulates a 200% increase in salaries and wages for...

US President Donald Trump says American forces have  conducted “very successful” strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan and that all US planes are now out of Iranian airspace. Israel’s attacks on Iran continue, with Israeli forces targeting military...

US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday night that American forces had struck three nuclear sites in Iran, calling the operation “very successful” and declaring that the time for peace had come. “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran,...

Observers expect hundreds of thousands of Syrians, and perhaps more than a million, to return with the end of the school year in Turkey, which falls on June 20. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper reported that the return of Syrians from Turkey to their country was linked to the end of the school...

Yemen’s Houthis threatened on Saturday to attack US vessels in the Red Sea, despite a recent truce, should Washington get involved in Israel’s bombardment campaign against Iran. Israel launched unprecedented attacks on Iranian nuclear and military sites last week, drawing retaliation from...

Syria’s security forces have detained Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad, state news agency SANA said on Saturday. Wassim al-Assad was sanctioned by the United States in 2023 for leading a paramilitary force backing Assad’s army and for trafficking drugs including...