Syria wildfires contained after 10 days

Syria’s civil defense agency on Sunday said wildfires in the country’s west, which have burned vast tracts of forest and farmland and forced evacuations, had been brought under control after 10 days, Azernews reports, citing Arab News. In a statement on …

Israel should help shape a new Syria. But it must do so carefully, quietly and quickly

Stabilizing Syria is a strategic necessity, following a decade of civil war which left the country dangerously devastated and fatally fragmented. The collapse of the Assad regime and rise of the new government headed by an Islamist in Syria, have ushered …

Syria signs $800m Tartous port deal with UAE firm DP World

Syria has finalised an $800m agreement with Dubai-based DP World to redevelop its Tartous port in a bid to speed up post-war reconstruction. State news agency SANA said the deal was signed in Damascus on Sunday between DP World and the General Authority …

ISIS slaves lift lid on ‘true face’ of Syria’s ex-jihadi Al Qaeda-linked leader… & warn West shouldn’t trust him

TWO former slaves have issued a stark warning to the West about Syria’s new “reformer” president Ahmed al-Sharaa. Yazidi women Fatima & Nada - who were kidnapped by ISIS, and whose names we have changed to protect their identities -  have pleaded with …

Türkiye's road transport to Syria up 60% amid renewed trade activity

Türkiye’s road freight to Syria surged 60% in the first five months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, driven by improving conditions in the country and renewed efforts to reopen transit corridors to the Gulf, according to the head of a Turkish …

Lebanon Ready for Syria Pact to Repatriate Non-Terror Convicts

Lebanon’s Justice Minister Adel Nassar said Beirut had received no warnings from Damascus about potential retaliatory measures to push for the release of Syrian detainees held in Lebanese prisons, dismissing any talk of escalation as unnecessary. “There’s …

US Syria envoy puts pressure on US-backed Kurdish forces - analysis

Tom Barrack: There Is One Syria

US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack described on Saturday the lifting of US sanctions on Syria as a “strategic fresh start” for the war-ravaged nation and said that the US was not intending to pursue “nation-building or federalism.” The Syrian state news …

Syria’s Al-Sharaa Attending At Least One Meeting With Israeli Officials in Azerbaijan

i24 News – Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa is attending at least one meeting with Israeli officials in Azerbaijan today, despite sources in Damascus claiming he wasn’t attending, a Syrian source close to President Al-Sharaa tells i24NEWS. The Syrian …

In Syria, unexploded ordnance prolongs the casualties of an ended war

The morning sun had just begun to warm the streets of Saraqeb when the women of the Faratouni family heard the blast. Survivors of more than a decade of war, they were braced for the worst. They ran toward the construction site where the men and boys had …