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Dozens of Alawite families in Syria were compelled to leave their neighborhood near Damascus following threats from armed men, residents told AFP on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that an armed group entered the Soumariya district, west of Damascus, on Thursday, forcing......
On August 28, 2025, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatti condemned what they described as “irresponsible Israeli actions in Lebanon and Syria that threaten regional security.” Their statements came during......
The Lebanese army announced on Tuesday the rescue of a 14-year-old Syrian boy who had been kidnapped earlier in the day in the northern Bekaa region. The incident occurred after a deadly exchange of gunfire between smugglers along the porous Lebanese-Syrian border. Four other Syrian nationals abducted......
The process of selecting deputies for Syria’s planned transitional parliament, scheduled for September, will be delayed in provinces with majority Druze and Kurdish populations, an electoral commission official announced on Saturday. Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December after nearly......
Four Syrian workers were injured on Monday after an Israeli drone targeted a quarry in Khiam, located in the Marjeyoun district of southern Lebanon, according to local sources and the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Earlier in the day, Israeli drones also dropped sound bombs on Ramieh, in the Bint Jbeil......
A car bomb detonated on Saturday evening in the Syrian capital, Damascus, but caused no injuries or fatalities, according to state media reports. The official news agency SANA said that “an explosion was heard in the Mazzé district,” an upscale neighborhood that hosts several embassies......
A group of foreign fighters who participated in Syria’s civil war has petitioned the new Islamist-led government in Damascus to grant them Syrian citizenship, arguing that their contributions during the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad last December justify the request. The petition, submitted to......
Turkey’s Directorate General of Migration announced on Thursday that 411,649 Syrians have voluntarily returned to their homeland since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024. The pace of voluntary repatriation has accelerated in recent months, according to Turkish authorities.......
A powerful explosion rocked the outskirts of the Syrian city of Idlib on Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and several others injured, according to official and local sources. The exact cause of the blast remains unknown. Residents reported hearing multiple detonations in the western outskirts......
Cairo, August 9, 2025 — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday to discuss ongoing regional developments, including the situations in Libya, Syria, Sudan, and Gaza. According to a statement from the Egyptian presidency, President Al-Sisi......
The Syrian government announced on Saturday that it will not participate in planned talks in Paris regarding the future integration of the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdish administration into the Syrian state. Damascus insists that any future negotiations must take place in the Syrian capital. This......
At least two people were killed on Sunday in renewed violence in Syria’s southern province of Suwayda, a predominantly Druze region, despite a ceasefire officially in place since July 20, according to a human rights monitoring group. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported......
Amid ongoing energy challenges in Lebanon, Jordan has reaffirmed its commitment to a regional electricity supply project originally proposed in 2021. The plan, which involves transmitting Jordanian electricity to Lebanon via Syria, had long been stalled due to U.S. sanctions imposed under the Caesar......
