Jordan and Syria Discuss Shared Water Issues

Jordan’s Minister of Water and Irrigation, Raed Abu Saud, received Syrian Deputy Minister of Energy for Water Resources, Osama Abu Zaid, and members of the Syrian Technical Water Committee on Tuesday morning in Amman. The meeting took place on the...

Will Syria’s jihadis go rogue?

When I arrived in Damascus, mere weeks after Assad fell, there wasn’t a single foreign fighter in sight. The country’s new ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa, once known to the world by his jihadist nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, made sure that the...

Gargash hails UAE’s pivotal role in Syria’s recovery

Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed, on Tuesday spoke of the importance of Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara's visit to the Emirates as his country rebuilds after more than a decade of civil war. Talks between Sheikh...

United States Lifts Comprehensive Sanctions on Syria, Export Controls Remain For Now

On June 30, 2025, the White House issued Executive Order 14312, Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions (the Syria EO), terminating U.S. comprehensive sanctions on Syria effective July 1, 2025. This action followed the issuance of General...

i24NEWS exclusive: Netanyahu, Syria's Al-Sharaa expected to meet in Washington in September

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Syrian President Al-Sharaa are expected to meet in Washington DC ahead of the UN General Assembly in September, a Syrian source close to President Al-Sharaa tells i24NEWS. The Syrian source stated that during...

Syria and Jordan explore expanded partnership in local administration

Damascus, SANA- Minister of Local Administration and Environment, Eng. Mohammad Anjarani, explore with Chargé d’Affaires of the Jordanian Embassy in Damascus, Basel Al-Kayed, avenues for mutual cooperation and the exchange of expertise on relevant...

Syria rejects Israel's claims about detention of pro-Iranian radicals in country's south

BEIRUT, July 7. /TASS/. The Syrian intelligence services have no knowledge of any activities by pro-Iranian radical groups within the Arab Republic, a representative of the Syrian Foreign Ministry, Qutaiba Idlbi, told Al Arabiya TV channel in an...

Syria wildfire and a pink octopus in Berlin

Hala Abu Dahlez, 12, who was injured in an airstrike, adjusts her earring inside her tent in al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip. Hala sustained serious head injuries when a metal swing collapsed on her after an Israeli airstrike. Doctors say she...

Abkhazia Works to Deepen Ties with Syria

Executive Summary: Officials from Abkhazia’s Foreign Ministry visited Syria on June 25 to advance political and economic ties with Damascus, highlighting ongoing diplomatic activity between the breakaway Georgian territory and one of its few...

Jordan continues to extinguish fires in Syria for 2nd day

Ammon News - Jordanian Civil Defense firefighting teams continued their work on Monday to extinguish forest fires in Syria for the second consecutive day. SANA reported that Firefighting teams continue their operations for the fifth straight day,...

Dialogue session in Damascus discusses ways to deepen relations between Syria and Turkey

Syria wildfire and a pink octopus in Berlin: photos of the day – Monday

Palestinian girl Hala Abu Dahlez, 12, who was injured in an airstrike, adjusts her earring inside her tent in al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip. Hala sustained serious head injuries when a metal swing collapsed on her after an Israeli...

Israeli forces raid Iran-backed cell in Syria for second time

Israeli forces conduct a nighttime raid in Syria to apprehend an Iranian-backed cell. (IDF) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a raid targeting “a cell that was operated by the Iranian ‘Quds’ Force in the Tel Kudna area of southern Syria,”...

DNA TV Show: How will US President Donald Trump benefit by lifting ban on Syria's Al-Shara?

After the coup of Syria's Russia-backed Al Assad government, the terrorist organisation Al Sham has taken over power in Syria. The world would have never thought that the Syrian terrorist organisation Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which was a part of Al...

Syria wildfire triggers explosions and exodus

At least 1,100 residents have been displaced from villages including Beit Ayoush, Al Mazra’a, and Saboura. Entire olive groves and animal shelters have been destroyed, while power infrastructure, including Latakia’s Al Basit station, has been...

US revokes terror label for Syria’s HTS after it toppled Assad; Christian group decries 'injustice'

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, July 08, 2025 Supporters welcome the leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that headed a lightning rebel offensive snatching Damascus from government control, Abu Mohammed...

Summer in 1919: The pre-state Israeli watermelons that rode camels and were sold in Syria

Talks of hearts growing fonder between Jerusalem and Damascus brought to mind a 1919 ad from Hadshot Haaretz, one of this newspaper's early names. That summer, the "Avatiach" ("Watermelon") company was proudly offering "selected big, ripe...

If the world has whitewashed Syria's Al-Sharaa, why not Hamas?

Every time discussions of the future of the Gaza Strip and a possible diplomatic solution are back on the table, Israel raises the same argument: "Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization. It's impossible to launder it, impossible to integrate it...

Watch: Alaraby TV investigation into Syria's sectarian massacres

A new investigation by The New Arab's partner Alaraby TV has uncovered harrowing evidence of mass atrocities committed along Syria’s coastal region in March 2025, months following the fall of the Assad regime. The findings, published as part of a...

Trump pushes Israel-Syria deal with U.S. guarantees – Israeli newspaper

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as part of broader efforts to broker a political agreement between Israel and Syria, under...