‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...
Rudaw1d
Armed groups in Syria push back against Damascus decision to disband them
Armed factions in Syria are reacting to a recent decision by the new leadership in Damascus to dissolve all armed groups.
North Country Public Radio1d
Palestinian refugees in Syria have a message for Gazans: Don't leave your land
Palestinians fled the 1948 Mideast War and took refuge in neighboring Syria. After 77 years, they're still waiting to go back ...
The Press Democrat1d
Kurds in the new Syria want to preserve the cultural rights they gained in years of war
Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...
Yeni Şafak1h
Türkiye implements new regulations to normalize trade with Syria in new era
Streamlined rules aim to boost bilateral economic relations, normalize trade processes, says Turkish Trade Ministry ...
The National on MSN1d
Syria’s stand-up comedians, censored under Assad, are now having the last laugh
Laughter fills the Zawaya Art Gallery in downtown Damascus. A packed crowd is chuckling uproariously at Syria’s first ...
The National on MSN4h
ISIS cells and killings pose challenge for southern Syria
In July last year, two years after Jamila’s son Mohammed was killed, gunmen came for Tariq, another of her four sons, and her husband Abu Mohammed. “At home, they would send people to us and every day ...
Chemical weapons agency chief to meet Syrian officials in Damascus on Saturday, sources say
The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a global non-proliferation agency, will meet ...
Chemical weapons agency chief says Damascus meetings first step towards improved ties
The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday meetings he had with Syria's new ...
Syria’s dire economic woes threaten to undermine its new government
Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...
Syria could allow Russia to keep its bases, new defense minister says
In an interview, Murhaf Abu Qasra, a onetime leader in Syria’s insurgency, discussed moves by authorities in Damascus to ...
Anadolu Ajansi3d
Syria's new administration makes progress on internal security, easing global isolation within 1st 2 months
Since taking power in December, the new Syrian administration has prioritized internal security issues and breaking international isolation in the first two months after Bashar al-Assad fled to ...