Independent news aggregation
The Syrian Investment Authority on April 9 denied that recent comments amounted to selling public hospitals, stressing that “health is not for sale.” The authority said remarks by its head, T...
Between 500 and 700 Iraqi fuel oil tankers — each reported to carry about 30 tons — are crossing daily via the al-Walid border point in Iraq (opposite Syria’s al-Tanf) toward Syria’s Baniyas...
A Damascus lawyer, Bassel Saeed Manee, filed a lawsuit on April 13 before the Tenth Civil Court of First Instance against Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir and his official capacity, seeking...
A new report by Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) alleges that forces aligned with Syria’s transitional government carried out widespread arbitrary arrests, abuse and possible enforced disa...
Protest and new local council Hundreds of supporters of Sheikh Hikmat al‑Hijri gathered in al‑Karama Square in central Suwayda on April 11 under the slogan “Guardians of the Blood,” denouncing what th...
Update Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that the ceasefire between the United States and Iran is still holding and that full efforts are underway to resolve outstanding issues....
Deir Ezzor security operation Internal security forces in Deir Ezzor dismantled a criminal group responsible for a series of armed robberies targeting civilians in Abu Hamam town, the Interior Minist...
Syrian World Heritage Sites Syria hosts a concentration of UNESCO World Heritage sites that testify to its long history as a crossroads of civilizations. Lina Qatifan, director of World Heritage Site...
Key developments Syria and Jordan held the second session of their Higher Coordination Council in Amman, co-chaired by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani and Jordanian FM Ayman Safadi,...
Foiled plot in Damascus Syrian authorities announced that security forces in Damascus disrupted a cell accused of planning an attack on a religious figure in the Bab Tuma neighborhood. Israeli and Sy...
A wide-ranging Associated Press compilation reports several major domestic and international developments. In the U.S., electricity bills have climbed despite presidential promises of cuts, pu...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Damascus during a recent Middle East tour and met Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa, signalling a restart and deepening of ties that were sev...
Syria's Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Hind Kabawat, said a government committee investigating the fate of children of detainees and those forcibly disappeared by the former regime has...
Damascus cycling rally marks World Health Day Around 500 riders joined a "Ride for Your Health" cycling event organized by Barada Sports Club, under the oversight of the Directorate of Sports and You...
A series of Associated Press investigations and reports reveal widening problems at home and abroad. Contrary to a presidential promise to lower electricity costs, power bills have risen, le...
Key developments The Syrian General Authority for Land and Sea Ports and Customs announced the reopening of the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing with Lebanon on April 9 after a temporary suspension tha...
The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) deployed personnel near Rafid, Suwaysah and Sida Golan on April 9 and has intensified patrols and temporary nighttime observation post...
Berlin diplomatic row over proposed Syrian returns Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters that "80%" of Syrians in Germany should return within three years, a figure he said reflected Syrian interi...
Trial opens in The Hague A 58-year-old Syrian man identified as Rafiq al Q. denied dozens of charges, including torture and sexual violence, at the opening of his trial at the District Court of The H...
Schools in Darayya, Rural Damascus, are facing a pronounced shortage and uneven distribution of educational aids during the 2025–2026 school year, field monitoring and testimonies collected...
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa — a former commander of the al‑Nusra Front who has been accused of serious human rights violations and past ties to al‑Qaeda — was received in centra...
Diplomatic meeting in Damascus Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani received Greek Ambassador Emmanuel Kakavelakis in Damascus on Tuesday, where the envoy presented his credentials. The e...
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Baniyas delivery The gas tanker GAS HELENA arrived at the Syrian Petroleum Company terminal in Baniyas carrying an estimated 2,030 metric tons of gas, and crews have begun unloading into storage tank...
Syria's Interior Ministry condemned an attack on the United Arab Emirates embassy in Damascus during recent protests, calling the incident a reprehensible violation of national law while reaf...
UN emergency relief coordinator Tom Fletcher and UNDP Administrator Alexander De Croo visited Damascus on April 2, 2026, meeting President Ahmed al-Sharaa and other senior officials to launch...
Return convoy A second group of displaced people from Afrin departed al-Qamishli on April 4, heading back to their home areas under supervision of the presidential team charged with implementing the J...
The Israeli Knesset’s approval of the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners prompted street demonstrations across Syria, including rallies in Aleppo’s Saadallah al-Jabiri Square and protest...
Match Report Al-Karama claimed a 2-1 victory over local rivals Homs al-Fidaa in a postponed Syrian Premier League fixture played Sunday at Khaled bin Al-Walid Stadium in Homs. Mahmoud al-Nayef and Is...
Heavy rainfall on March 30 caused earthen embankments built along the barbed-wire fence to fail, sending flash floods through the western seasonal stream of Jubata al-Khashab and along the mi...
Developments Syria’s General Authority for Land and Sea Border Crossings director Mazen Alloush announced the reopening of the al-Tanf and al-Waleed crossings and confirmed the entry of the first conv...
Converted livestock vessel departs Baniyas A specialized livestock transport vessel departed Baniyas Port after being converted from a commercial ship into a carrier capable of transporting about 20,...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that the ongoing military escalation in the Middle East risks creating a "geopolitical deadlock" with serious re...
Rearrest revives questions about cross-border renditions Turkish authorities say they have rearrested Önder Sığırcıkoğlu, a Turkish national convicted in connection with the 2011 abduction of Syrian...
Chancellor Friedrich Merz caused controversy after telling journalists in Berlin that “80% of the Syrians currently in Germany should return to their homeland” over the next three years — a r...
Incident Three children were killed and two others wounded on Friday when a landmine, left behind by the ousted regime, detonated inside an abandoned school in the town of al-Habit in southern Idlib c...
Security stepped up for oil transport Internal security forces have reinforced protection for oil tanker convoys departing the al-Omar oil field in Deir Ezzor and traveling to the Banyas refinery. Me...
The Syrian government has increased salaries and wages for public employees in an effort to shore up household incomes, slow the erosion of purchasing power, and restore a measure of financia...
Key findings A landmark DW Akademie study maps online gender-based violence in Syria as a systematic, normalized mechanism of social control that escalates when women enter public visibility. Researc...
Visit and controversy Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, was welcomed to central Berlin with meetings at the chancellery and with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier amid tight security. The re...
Government and international engagement Syrian President held meetings with senior UN officials to strengthen humanitarian coordination while a UN delegation toured the country to assess reconstructi...
Morhaf al‑Shaer, an independent journalist, fled Suwayda after surviving an abduction, five gunshot wounds and the assassination of his brother amid escalating intimidation by the local Nati...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa conducted a high-profile visit to London on March 31, the first by a head of state since the 2024 fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, meeting King Charles III a...
Mansoura detained and under investigation Syria’s Internal Security Forces arrested former Maj. Gen. Muhammad Mansoura in Jableh, Latakia, and transferred him to Damascus to complete an official inve...
Campus penalties and rules The University of Aleppo issued a decision on March 29 imposing disciplinary measures on students who dispose of waste outside designated bins, covering paper, cigarette bu...
Residents east of al-Shaddadi discovered human remains near the site known as the “Chinese Camp” on March 28, prompting a coordinated official response the following day. A delegation from th...
Israeli authorities on Monday approved legislation that permits the death penalty by hanging for Palestinians convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks, effectively making e...
