Iran Update, October 15, 2025

The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that undermine regional stability...

EDITORIAL: Canada needs a sensible energy plan

Breadcrumb Trail Links Canada Opinion Editorials Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to the media, at the Liberal Cabinet Retreat, in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Photo by Chris Young /THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing...

Syria raids cannabis farm as expert urges “real” security alliance

2025-10-09T15:08:13+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Damascus Syrian security forces uncovered a large cannabis farm during a joint operation in Douma, Damascus countryside, the Interior Ministry announced Thursday, as experts...

Suspending the past: Lebanon and Syria suspend joint council, signaling a new phase in ties

Report by Yazbek Wehbe, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi During Syria’s political and military tutelage over Lebanon from 1990 onward, Damascus entrenched its dominance at the expense of Lebanon’s sovereignty. A cornerstone of that control...

Evening Brief: Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing, Pakistan and Afghanistan Agree to 48-hour Ceasefire

Top stories this Wednesday evening, October 15, 2025. Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing in UK After Windshield Crack Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s aircraft made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom on Wednesday...

Salary increases fail to ease economic hardship – Syrian official

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Secretary of the Consumer Protection Association in the Syrian transitional government, Abdul Razzaq Habza, told North Press on Saturday that the average monthly expenditure for a family of five in Syria has reached...

OPINION: Dobropillia Victory, Energy Blasts, Casualty Counts, Inkerman Revisited

The major news this week probably is Russia shifting bombardment focus to hit Ukraine’s power grid and heating networks harder with the realistic objective of making the winter more difficult for Ukrainians, and for the loopy, absolutely silly...

Israel Destroyed Hundreds Of Engineering Vehicles In Overnight Strikes On Lebanon (Videos)

Click to see full-size image. (Israeli Defense Forces) Israel destroyed hundreds of heavy engineering vehicles in a massive wave of strikes that targeted southern Lebanon, the heartland of Hezbollah, early on October 11. In a statement, the Israel...

Turkish FM to host Syrian officials in Ankara for security talks

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will hold a meeting with Syrian officials in Ankara on Sunday to discuss security cooperation, the Foreign Ministry announced. Defence Minister Yaşar Güler, intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalın, and their Syrian...

Jordan's industrial sector exports grow by 6.6% in 1st 7 months 2025-JCI

Ammon News - The Kingdom's industrial sector exports grew by 6.6% from the beginning of this year until the end of last July, confirming the Jordanian industry's capacity to address challenges and difficulties, statistical data from Jordan Chamber...

TEV-DEM: SDF is the true hope of the Syrian people

The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) released a statement on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). TEV-DEM said that the establishment of the SDF represented a new stage in the...

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: October 6–12, 2025

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between October 6 and October 12, 2025. Activities intensified last week relative to a trend over the previous month, with several targeted killings...

1,500 new factories power Syria’s industrial comeback

2025-10-06T12:21:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Damascus Syria’s industrial sector is showing signs of strong recovery, with around 1,500 new factories entering production across the country, a Syrian senior official said...

IDF says strikes in Lebanon destroyed hundreds of Hezbollah construction vehicles

The Israeli Air Force early Saturday morning bombed hundreds of heavy engineering vehicles it said were being used by Hezbollah to restore its infrastructure in southern Lebanon, in an attack that reportedly killed one and was condemned by the...

Patience wears thin for Arabs from Syria's SDF areas

Deir ez-Zor: “That was where military security would shoot at us,” a young man in uniform told Al Majalla on a ride through some of the parts of this regional capital in eastern Syria in mid-September, pointing at the tallest building at the end...

A small town at the world’s edge

A protest van parked next to a memorial for the Red Army soldiers lost in the liberation of Kirkenes. Image: Boštjan Videmšek Words and photographs by photographer A decade ago, Kirkenes was a bustling duty-free border town in northern Norway....

Lavrov: Russia Not Insisting on Keeping Its Troops and Bases in Syria

Lavrov: Russia Not Insisting on Keeping Its Troops and Bases in Syria ARK New.. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has revealed that Moscow is keen on maintaining constructive and friendly relations with Syria following immediate communication...

Trump tests Turkey's energy dependence on Russia with lure of US power

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing growing pressure from Washington to cut Turkey's heavy dependence on Russian oil and gas – and end his long-standing balancing act between Moscow and the West. Erdogan said this week that Turkey would work...

Saudi Arabia and Qatar Boost Syria’s Growth with $89 Million

Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s joint $89 million pledge to Syria marks an unprecedented collaboration between two regional rivals in a country where their proxy conflicts once fueled devastating warfare. From Battlefield to Boardroom For over a decade,...

Syrian government interested in Russia’s presence — Lavrov

MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/. The government of Syria is interested in maintaining the Russian presence in the republic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview for the 'Bridges to the East' project. "We are interested in...