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Turkey to supply natural gas to Syria after grid connection

Turkey to supply natural gas to Syria after grid connection

Turkey has connected its gas grid to Syria and plans to supply power-generation gas, Turkish Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced at the 2025 OPEC Seminar. Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Wednesday that Turkey has...

Saudi-Israeli normalization deal hinges on Syria: Israeli media

Saudi-Israeli normalization deal hinges on Syria: Israeli media

A senior Saudi source told Israeli media that a US-"Israel"-Syria deal could lead to a future Saudi-Israeli agreement, if Hamas is excluded and the Palestinian Authority is included. Saudi Arabia views the emerging agreement between "Israel",...

President al-Sharaa meets with a group of the team designing the new visual identity for Syria

President al-Sharaa meets with a group of the team designing the new visual identity for Syria

The GCC affirms its support for Syria in confronting Lattakia fires

The GCC affirms its support for Syria in confronting Lattakia fires

Riyadh, SANA-The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Al-budaiwi, affirmed the Council’s support for Syria and its brotherly people following the wildfires that swept through Lattakia provincee, causing damage and...

Jordan, Kuwait affirm support for Syria in reconstruction process

Jordan, Kuwait affirm support for Syria in reconstruction process

Kuwait, SANA- The Foreign Ministries of Jordan and Kuwait affirmed on Wednesday, their support for Syrian government in its reconstruction efforts to ensure Syria’s stability, unity, and sovereignty. This came during a meeting between Jordanian...

Minister al-Halabi holds talks with a delegation from Passion University (USA) regarding the opening of a branch in Syria

Minister al-Halabi holds talks with a delegation from Passion University (USA) regarding the opening of a branch in Syria

Damascus, SANA- Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Marwan al-Halabi discussed on Wednesday with a delegation from Passion International University – USA in Syria and the Gulf, headed by Dr. Taysir Al-Masri, the university...

Regional aid strengthens Syria’s push to contain Latakia wildfires

Regional aid strengthens Syria’s push to contain Latakia wildfires

2025-07-09T14:35:00+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Damascus Syrian firefighting teams are battling for the seventh consecutive day to contain massive wildfires in the Latakia countryside, where nearly 14,000 hectares have...

Riyadh eyeing Syria-Israel talks as prelude to normalizing ties with Tel Aviv: Report

Riyadh eyeing Syria-Israel talks as prelude to normalizing ties with Tel Aviv: Report

Saudi Arabia is eyeing the US-brokered talks between Israel and Syria as a potential step toward a future normalization agreement between Riyadh and the Israeli regime, according to a report. A senior royal source told the Israeli TV channel (KAN)...

GCC expresses solidarity with Syria following forest fires in Latakia

GCC expresses solidarity with Syria following forest fires in Latakia

Riyadh: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) expressed its solidarity with Syria following the forest fires in the Latakia Governorate that led to damage and losses. GCC Secretary-General Jassim Mohammed Al Budaiwi affirmed, in a statement issued...

Church bombing leads Syria's Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain

Church bombing leads Syria's Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain

The day after last month's deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria's capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling for them to leave the country. The June 22 attack on the Mar Elias...

President Al-Sharaa meets US Special Envoy for Syria

President Al-Sharaa meets US Special Envoy for Syria

Forest Fires and Accusations in the New Syria

Forest Fires and Accusations in the New Syria

Syria is facing one of the most severe environmental disasters in its modern history, as wildfires tear through the natural forests of the northern coast in Latakia — the country’s ecological lungs and home to nature reserves like al-Furnloq....

Greetings from Damascus, Syria, where a crowded bar welcomed post-Assad revelers

Greetings from Damascus, Syria, where a crowded bar welcomed post-Assad revelers

Loading... Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. It was exactly a week after the Assad regime fell in Syria last December, and Damascus was euphoric. My...

Syria's Sharaa Met With Top Israeli Officials In 'Quiet' Normalization Effort: Reports

A Syrian newspaper as well as several Israeli media sources are reporting that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who previously went by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and is the founder of Syrian al-Qaeda, has met with Israel's National Security Adviser...

President Al-Sharaa receives US Special Envoy for Syria

President Al-Sharaa receives US Special Envoy for Syria

Normalization process between Syria and Israel accelerating

Normalization process between Syria and Israel accelerating

BEIRUT — Israeli i24news revealed that an upcoming meeting in September—sponsored by President Donald Trump at the White House—will bring together Abu Muhammad al-Julani, Syria’s self-appointed president (currently known as Ahmed al-Sharaa), with...

Saudi Royal Family source: 'An agreement between Israel and Syria would pave the way for normalization'

Saudi Royal Family source: 'An agreement between Israel and Syria would pave the way for normalization'

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets US President Donald Trump, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14 , 2025. (Photo: Saudi Foreign Minister) Saudi Arabia is closely following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States. A...

UK Calls for International backing to finalize Syria’s Chemical weapons file

London, SANA-Britain has welcomed the full commitment demonstrated by Syria regarding the destruction of what remains of the chemical weapons program, calling on the international community to provide material and logistical support to help close...

EU activates Copernicus Satellite System to aid Syria’s firefighting operations

EU activates Copernicus Satellite System to aid Syria’s firefighting operations

Brussels, SANA–The European Union announced Wednesday the activation of the Copernicus system to support ongoing efforts to combat wildfires in Syria’s Latakia countryside. The EU’s Copernicus program utilizes a wide array of satellites to process...

Syria Requests European Union (EU) Assistance to Contain Latakia Wildfires

Syria Requests European Union (EU) Assistance to Contain Latakia Wildfires

The Ministry of Emergency and Disasters has formally requested assistance from the European Union to help extinguish the wildfires raging in the Latakia countryside, according to Syrian state-run channel “Al-Ikhbariya syria .” Raed Al-Saleh,...

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