Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced late Thursday that an Israeli citizen who crossed the border into Syria has been repatriated under a Russia-brokered swap deal. The move came hours after Israel freed two […]
Israel launched a missile attack on Syrian military sites around the capital Damascus in the early hours of Monday, causing the Syrian air defenses to respond, according to the state news agency SANA. The new […]
The impact of winter weather, including flooding, on vulnerable people in Syria, has created what a UN spokesman called on Wednesday a “really dire situation.” “We just want to give you an update on the […]
Three Syrian soldiers were killed in an ambush by the Islamic State (IS) group in eastern Syria on Sunday, state news agency SANA reported. The soldiers were ambushed when a “terrorist group” targeted their bus […]
The Kurdish militia of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued its siege on government-controlled areas in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah for the 11th straight day, state news agency SANA reported on Sunday. The SDF […]
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Monday denied as “lies” recent reports about meetings between Syrian and Israeli officials, according to the state news agency SANA. The ministry said in a statement that the Syrian government […]
Syrian Air conducted its first flight in 10 years between the northern city of Aleppo and Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Friday, resuming a round-trip route that has been suspended since Syria’s conflict began in 2011, […]
The Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli missile attack on south of the capital Damascus on Wednesday night, state news agency SANA reported. The sounds of Syrian anti-air weapons were heard in Damascus, the […]
Syrian health authorities have activated an emergency hospital established recently to deal with the increasing number of patients, Ahmad al-Dumairia, the head of Syrian hospitals, told Xinhua on Wednesday. Established at a tennis court inside […]
Geir Pedersen, UN special envoy for Syria, warned on Wednesday that with five international armies operating in Syria, the country remains a tinderbox for a major international incident, with potential implications across the region. “Much […]
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