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Syria’s interim leader arrives on his first visit to Russia, set to meet with Putin
MOSCOW (AP) — Syria’s interim leader, who led a swift rebel offensive last year that ousted former Syrian President Bashar Assad despite years of Moscow’s support, arrived in Russia on Wednesday on his first visit. Interim President Ahmad...
Syrian president to pay first visit to Russia
This will be his first visit to Russia. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) confirmed the visit and reported that Sharaa’s visit aims at reorganizing bilateral relations and strengthening political and economic cooperation. Sharaa is scheduled to...

Israeli Enemy advances into countryside of Quneitra in southern Syria
Damascus - Saba: Israeli military convoy carried out an incursion into the central Quneitra countryside in southern Syria this morning, Wednesday. The convoy consisted of eight military vehicles loaded with soldiers, two tanks, and a bulldozer,...
World Associated Press Syria’s interim leader arrives on his first visit to Russia, set to meet with Putin
MOSCOW (AP) — Syria’s interim leader, who led a swift rebel offensive last year that ousted former Syrian President Bashar Assad despite years of Moscow’s support, arrived in Russia on Wednesday on his first visit. Interim President Ahmad...

Exposed: Syria’s Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings
DHUMAIR, Syria — Bashar al-Assad’s government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to visit Russia
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will travel to Moscow on Wednesday for an official visit aimed at strengthening ties with Russia and discussing new avenues for political and economic cooperation, the government’s press office in Damascus said....

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to pay 1st visit to Russia on Wednesday
DAMASCUS / ISTANBUL Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is scheduled to visit Russia on Wednesday for a series of official meetings, according to information obtained Tuesday by an Anadolu correspondent from sources close to the Syrian government....

US calls for removal of Syria’s Sharaa from UN sanctions list
Sharaa previously led the hardline Islamist group HTS but has tried to present a more moderate image since becoming president of Syria [Getty] The US on Tuesday presented a proposal to member states of the UN Security Council to remove the names...
Syrian Delegation Visits PSUT to Strengthen Academic, Research Cooperation
Ammon News - Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) President Wejdan Abu Elhaija on Monday received Syrian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Marwan Halabi and his accompanying delegation during an official visit to the...
Khalaf Al Habtoor’s Syria Project Advances with Final Blueprint Review
While millions of Syrians remain displaced and the country’s infrastructure lies in ruins, Emirati billionaire Khalaf Al Habtoor’s announcement of his first Syrian project signals a troubling new chapter in the nation’s reconstruction narrative....
Syria Set To Allow Russia To Keep Its Strategic Military Bases In Country
Since the fall of longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December of last year, which has since drastically changed Syria into a hardline Sunni state no longer aligned with Tehran or Moscow, Russia's military began slowly moving its military...

Syrian–German cooperation to update Syria’s thermal insulation code for buildings
The National Energy Research Center at the Ministry of Energy signed a memorandum of understanding with the German company Iproplan and the University of Rostock on Monday, October 13, to train engineering staff and update Syria’s building thermal...

Syria's security not separate from Türkiye's, says Fidan
ANKARA Syria's security is inseparable from that of Türkiye, said Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday, vowing that Ankara will continue to give comprehensive support to Syrians towards this end. "We do not see Syria’s security as separate from...

Syria Enters Global Tech Stage with GITEX Debut
Dubai — The Syrian Pavilion will make its first appearance at GITEX Expand North Star 2025, opening from 12 to 15 October, under the banner “Syria is Online.” This marks a milestone in Syria’s efforts to reconnect with the international innovation...

Syria FM leads security delegation for talks in Turkey
Turkey has pledged to provide military support and training to the new Syrian government. [Getty] Senior Syrian officials arrived in Turkey on Sunday for discussions about the security situation in Syria. Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani,...

Syria and Lebanon Strike Deal on Prisoner Transfers Excluding Serious Offenses
[Damascus] Syria and Lebanon agreed Friday to begin transferring Syrian detainees held in Lebanon who are not convicted of murder or other serious offenses, concluding a high-level visit to Beirut by Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani. Syrian...

AANES receives over 12,000 tons of cotton from farmers in NE Syria
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – Authorities from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) have received more than 12,000 tons of cotton from farmers in northeastern Syria, according to an agriculture official who spoke with...

Jordan, Syria talk higher education cooperation
Ammon News - Higher Council for Science and Technology Secretary-General Mashhour Al-Rifai and Syrian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Marwan Al-Halabi on Monday discussed prospects of joint cooperation to enhance scientific...

About 600 employees were dismissed on the Syrian coast
About 600 employees were dismissed on the Syrian coast ARK News.. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights revealed on Sunday, October 12, 2025, that around 600 public employees in Syria’s coastal region have been dismissed in what it described as...

Jordan: Industrial exports grow 6.6% in 7 months — JCI
AMMAN — The Kingdom’s industrial exports grew by 6.6 per cent during the first seven months of 2025, reaching JD4.801 billion compared with JD4.481 billion during the same period in 2024, according to statistical data released by the Jordan...