Turkey summons Swedish envoy over contacts with Syrian Kurds

Turkey summoned Sweden's ambassador on Tuesday to protest Swedish government officials’ contacts with Syrian Kurdish groups that Ankara classifies as ...

Syria appoints new central bank governor amid currency crisis

Syria appointed Issam Hazima as governor of its central bank on Tuesday, state media said, a week after his predecessor was sacked following criticism ...

Chemical weapons watchdog considers steps against Syria for using poison gas

Members of the global chemical weapons watchdog considered a proposal on Tuesday to strip Syria of its rights at the Hague-based agency in response to ...

Syrian opposition’s Michel Kilo dies in exile in Paris of COVID

Prominent exiled opposition figure Michel Kilo died of Covid-19 on Monday in Paris after a lifetime of peaceful struggle against Baath party rule in ...

Russia says it killed 200 militants in airstrike on ‘terrorist base’ in Syria

Russia’s defense ministry said Monday it had killed “up to 200 fighters” in Syria during air strikes on a “terrorist” base northeast of Palmyra, where ...

Face to face with ISIS - The cells of the regime - Episode 4

Syria’s currency improves after central bank raises exchange rate

Syria’s currency rose on Sunday in the first day of trading after the central bank raised the official price to attract foreign transfers and capital ...

Syria denies chemical weapons watchdog report on use of chlorine bomb

Syria denied a report by the global chemical weapons watchdog which said there were reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian air force dropped a ...

Syria devalues pound after recent sacking of Central Bank Governor

Syria’s central bank devalued the pound on Thursday, bringing the currency’s official exchange rate closer to the black market rate, two days after ...

Assad regime rejects report findings that it used chemical weapons against civilians

Syria on Wednesday angrily rejected a global watchdog’s report that found it had used chemical weapons on a rebel-held town in 2018, dismissing the ...

President Assad dismisses Syria’s central bank chief, says state news agency

President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed Syria’s Central Bank Governor Hazem Karfoul, the state news agency reported on Tuesday.It did not immediately ...

UN rights boss compares Myanmar chaos to Syrian conflict, urges halt to ‘slaughter’

The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it fears that the military clampdown on protests in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 coup risks ...

Germany demands Syria be held accountable over chemical weapons

Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday demanded Syria's government be held accountable after an investigation from a global watchdog said the ...

Syrian goes on trial in Germany for killing man, injuring another driven by extremism

A Syrian man went on trial on Monday accused of killing a German man and seriously injuring another in an attack last year that prosecutors said was ...

UAE sends planeload of food, medical aid to Syria to help fight COVID-19 spread

Syria received a planeload from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday with food items and medical aid to help the ...

New details emerge over secret US-Syria talks aimed at freeing Austin Tice

Last summer, two US officials ventured into hostile territory for a secret high-stakes meeting with American adversaries.The Syrian government ...

Syria intercept missiles fired by Israel over Damascus, 4 soldiers injured: SANA

Syria's air defenses intercepted and destroyed rockets launched by Israel from the direction of Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights towards ...

Bodies of three Lebanese sisters wash up on Syrian beach: Security

The bodies of three sisters missing in Lebanon have washed up on a Syrian beach and a probe is underway to determine how they drowned, a Lebanese ...

Life after ISIS: Haunted by their experience, former militia plead for second chance

Former ISIS militants and conspirators share personal stories of terror and sleepless nights from the time served with the extremist ISIS group. They ...

Former ISIS members tell their stories in Al Arabiya’s latest ‘Face to Face’ series

In an 11-part series, Al Arabiya goes into camps in Syria and Iraq where journalist Rola al-Khatib sits down with former ISIS members and their ...

UAE calls for maximizing efforts to diminish ISIS threat in Syria, Iraq, elsewhere

The United Arab Emirates has called for the maximization of pressures on what remains of ISIS in Syria and Iraq and for diminishing threats of their ...

Three held in Italy over fake kidnapping that turned real in Syria

Three men have been arrested for masterminding the kidnapping of two Italians who were held captive in Syria for three years, Italian police said ...

Syrian refugee faces racist threats, quits bid for German parliament seat

Tareq Alaows, a refugee who fled military conscription in Syria, is withdrawing his bid to win a seat in Germany’s parliament due to security concerns ...

US pledges almost $600 mln in humanitarian aid for Syrians, urges others to do more

The top US diplomat announced Tuesday that Washington would provide almost $600 million in new humanitarian aid to help the Syrian people and refugees ...

EU, UN hold virtual talks to tackle Syria’s humanitarian crisis

Dozens of nations and international organizations were holding virtual talks on Tuesday to help tackle the humanitarian crisis deepening in Syria and ...

US stance on Syria remains, no reconstruction aid before political solution: Official

The Biden administration will not alter Washington’s stance on the refusal to provide reconstruction aid for Syria, US officials said Tuesday.Despite ...

Syrian president Assad and wife recover from COVID-19: State news

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have recovered from COVID-19 and have tested negative for the disease, state news agency SANA said ...

Lebanon orders probe into torture of over 20 detained Syrians

Lebanon's prosecutor general Ghassan Oueidat on Monday ordered a probe into the alleged torture of more than 20 Syrians in custody following a report ...

ISIS a growing threat outside of Iraq and Syria, particularly in Africa: US official

The latest attack by ISIS in Mozambique is proof that the terrorist group remains a “growing threat” outside of Iraq and Syria, a US official said ...

US Secretary Blinken assails Russia for Syria role, calls for more border openings

“Sovereignty was never intended to ensure the right of any government to starve people, deprive them of lifesaving medicine, bomb hospitals, or commit any other human rights abuse against citizens,” Blinken said