Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen discussed on Sunday the latest developments in Syria. During a phone conversation, Shoukry and Pedersen discussed the outputs of [Read More]
Iran and Syria are reportedly prepared to increase the number of civil flights between them on June 5. In a recent statement, Mohammad Mohammadi-Bakhsh, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), said at present, flights [Read More]
Lebanon’s Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has again raised concerns about the burden of Syrian refugees in the country, stating that it poses a major threat to Lebanon. In a statement last Sunday, the [Read More]
The Syrian Central Bank on Monday lowered the official Syrian pound’s exchange rate against the U.S. dollar for the second time since September, reflecting a loss of about 50 percent. According to the bank’s bulletin [Read More]
Eighteen soldiers were killed and 27 others injured in an explosion on a military bus on the outskirts of the Syrian capital early on Thursday, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported. The explosion was caused [Read More]
Several soldiers were killed in an explosion targeting a military bus transporting soldiers in the countryside here early on Thursday, local media Sham FM has reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war [Read More]
Syria’s air defenses on Monday evening responded to an Israeli attack targeting areas on the Syrian coast and the central province of Homs, state news agency SANA reported. The attack targeted Homs and the coastal [Read More]
IT has emerged that Lebanon’s state security on Sunday arrested 54 Syrian nationals during their attempt to leave Lebanon illegally by sea from northern al-Ballan Island. The National News Agency reported the Syrian nationals, including [Read More]
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