Syria and Turkey discuss expanding cooperation in disaster and emergency management.

Damascus, SANA – Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh discussed with Bilal Ozdan, the coordinator of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency in Damascus, the possibility of developing infrastructure and...

Syria and Iraq to Discuss Revival of Decades-Old Cross-border Oil Pipeline

Syria’s energy minister, Mohammed Al-Bashir, has hinted at plans to visit Iraq to discuss reviving a defunct oil pipeline that previously transported crude from northern Iraq to a Syrian port on the Mediterranean Sea, officials said Monday. The...

Syria Tries To Rebuild A Functioning Economy After Years of Corrupt Dictatorship

Syria’s trying to emerge from a multi-layered financial crisis since opposition fighters toppled the regime late last year and formed a government. It’s been given a boost by the US lifting most sanctions, but efforts are hampered by a lack of...

Damascus Reportedly Seeks Return of Russian Patrols to Southern Syria

The Syrian government is reportedly seeking the return of Russian patrols to the country’s southern provinces, a measure it believes could help curb Israeli military operations in the region. According to the Russian daily Kommersant, Damascus...

Damascus’ Shay HaLevi Works to Keep the Community Safe

Shay HaLevi (Courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Washington) Shay HaLevi has held many different roles, from Israeli national police sergeant to director of security for Washington, D.C.-area synagogues. The Damascus, Maryland, resident uses...

Syria, US and Jordan say they will work toward a lasting truce in wake of Syrian...

The discussions between U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack and Syrian and Jordanian foreign ministers, Asaad al-Shibani and Ayman Safadi, were the second such meeting, following talks held in July. The first round focused on a ceasefire that ended...

Syrian Observatory: 14 civilians, including two girls, killed in Homs city, countryside since early August

Syrian Observatory: 14 civilians, including two girls, killed in Homs city, countryside since early August [Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:50:12 +0300] London - Saba: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published a new report on Tuesday documenting...

US, Jordan offer Syria support in upholding Sweida ceasefire

Syrian and Jordanian foreign ministers and a U.S. envoy agreed on Tuesday to form a working group to help Damascus uphold a ceasefire in Sweida province, rocked by recent sectarian clashes. In a joint statement issued after a meeting in Amman,...

The “Hassakeh Conference” and the Stalled National Dialogue in Syria

Eight months after the fall of the Assad regime, a conference titled Unity of Position (Wihdat al-Mawqif) was held in al-Hassakeh. Dubbed by some as the “minorities’ conference”, the gathering may not mark a decisive shift in relations between...

Jordan hosts Syria, US diplomats for talks

AMMAN: Foreign ministers from Syria and Jordan and a US envoy met on Tuesday in Amman to discuss ways to support stability and security under the new authorities in Damascus, participants said. The Syrian foreign ministry said its top diplomat...

Aid convoy ambushed in southern Syria: 11 kidnapped, vehicles seized

Gunmen in southern Syria kill a security officer during clashes, as parties negotiate the release of kidnapped aid workers and seized relief vehicles. An aid convoy traveling from Jaramana in rural Damascus to Sweida Governorate was ambushed on...

US, 'Israel', Syria to meet in Paris to discuss Sweida aid corridor

The US is mediating talks between "Israel" and Syria to create a "humanitarian corridor" to Sweida, allegedly aiming to aid the Druze community amid security concerns and political risks. The Trump administration is currently attempting to...

First person: Echoes of War while help arrives in the historic city of Syria

Eleonora Servino was on the first UN help convoy to Uwaida, who saw a recent climbing of violence that left many dead and thousands of displaced people. As an international organization for migration (Iom) The head of the mission in Syria, Ms....

US congressman meets Sharaa in Damascus after flying from Israel

Republican Congressman Abraham Hamadeh is of Syrian and partially Druze ancestry [Getty] US Congressman Abraham Hamadeh has held talks with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani in Damascus after flying in...

Jordan hosts Damascus, US diplomats for Syria talks

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (C), Syrian Foreign Minister Esad Hasan Sheybani (L), and U.S. Ambassador to Ankara and Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack (R) hold a trilateral meeting in Amman, Jordan, on August 12, 2025. [Getty] Foreign...

Iraq exploring options of exporting oil via Lebanon, Syria — minister

DOHA, August 12. /TASS/. Iraq is considering the possibility to resume oil exports through the Lebanese port of Tripoli and the Syrian port of Baniyas located on the Mediterranean coast, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani...

US planning corridor from Israel into Syria for humanitarian aid to Druze

The United States is seeking to construct a humanitarian corridor for Israel to cut through Syrian territory and connect with the embattled Druze community. U.S. government authorities are negotiating a deal for the project, which would extend...

Iraq, Syria discuss energy cooperation

BAGHDAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani met here on Tuesday with visiting Syrian energy chief Mohammed al-Bashir to discuss the bilateral cooperation in oil, gas and energy. Abdul Ghani emphasized the depth of the...

Dermer-Syria Paris meeting on Druze humanitarian corridor postponed - report

‘We’re being massacred’: Bell Co. baker using her voice to shed light on horrific violence in her hometown, Suwayda, Syria.

BELL COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - Lilian Halabi is the owner of Lily’s Cakes in Harker Heights. You may recognize her from our coverage in 2017 after she came out on top in the Food Network competition show Cake Wars. “Of course, the first thing you do...