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The Arab League has welcomed Syria’s readmission to the 22-member organization, saying the presence of Damascus in ongoing meetings in the Saudi port city of Jeddah ushers in a new era in the Arab world. Hossam Zaki, the assistant secretary general of the Arab League, made the statement ahead of …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says Syria has managed to overcome difficulties and emerge victorious in spite of all the threats and sanctions targeting the Arab country. “The Syrian government and nation have moved past major difficulties and problems. Today we can say that you … were able to win [the …

Arab foreign ministers will gather in Jordan on Monday to discuss Syria’s long-running conflict and ending Damascus’s diplomatic isolation in the region, the foreign ministry in Amman said. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has been politically isolated since the conflict in his country began in 2011. However, recent weeks have seen …

The Americans claim there is “unsafe and unprofessional” activity where they have no right to be The US military, with the help of its Kurdish allies, occupies a third of Syrian territory with no legal basis and is now complaining about Russia antagonizing its troops. Although Moscow has been invited …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus next week, a senior regional source close to the Syrian government told Reuters on Friday. The visit will be the first by an Iranian president to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since war broke out in Syria in 2011. With military help and economic …

Syria’s foreign minister met his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo on Saturday, the first such visit in more than a decade and the latest sign of Arab states mending ties with President Bashar al-Assad. Faisal Mekdad was embraced by Sameh Shoukry as he arrived at the Egyptian foreign ministry, the first …

The Pentagon has revealed additional injuries in recent attacks on US outposts in northern Syria Six American soldiers suffered “traumatic brain injury” following two attacks on US bases in Syria, the Pentagon has said, blaming the strikes on “Iranian-backed groups.” Washington has warned Tehran that it would respond “forcefully” to …

Israel has carried out fresh missile attacks on the Syrian capital Damascus, as the occupying regime continues its acts of aggression against the country. Syria’s official SANA news agency, citing a military source, reported that several Israeli missiles targeted areas near Damascus from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights …

Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the United States military for carrying out multiple air strikes in the eastern parts of the country against resistance groups, saying the raids are a cover-up for Washington’s ferocious attempts to further plunder energy resources there. Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates …

Syria has strongly denounced as “theatrical” an international conference in Brussels to purportedly raise funds for the victims of last month’s devastating earthquake, stating that the United States and its Western allies would instead lift sanctions on the crisis-hit country than organize such sham events. “Any improvement in the living …

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited opposition-held northwestern Syria on Wednesday, his first trip to areas outside Damascus’s control since a devastating quake last month, an AFP correspondent reported. Tedros was the highest-ranking United Nations official to visit the opposition-held zones since the February 6 quake. He entered …

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned an Israeli air strike on Damascus that killed at least five people and heavily damaged residential buildings, calling for “urgent international action” to stop the Israeli regime’s aggression. Syria’s official news agency SANA cited the country’s Foreign Ministry as making the call in …

Multiple casualties were reported in a “residential neighborhood” of the Syrian capital At least one missile hit the Kafar Souseh neighborhood of Damascus overnight, severely damaging a residential building and causing multiple deaths and injuries, state news agency SANA reported early on Sunday, blaming the Israeli military. A volley of …

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a general amnesty on Wednesday that pardons those charged with terror-related crimes that didn’t result in fatalities, as well as draft dodgers if they report to duty within three to four months. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing a copy of the presidential decree, reported …

A number of Syrian citizens were killed and several others were injured when two bombs exploded simultaneously on the outskirts of the city of Al Kiswah, south of Damascus.

According to the Syrian news media, the country’s air defense on Wednesday repealed an Israeli attack above Damascus. News sources on early Wednesday reported that the sound of several explosions was heard over the skies of the Syrian capital of Damascus. A military source told SANA that the Israeli regime …

A convoy of more than 30 US military trucks along with tankers has reportedly transported stolen Syrian oil from the northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. Local sources, requesting anonymity, told Syria’s official news agency SANA that 33 US military vehicles along with several …

The Russian military says Syrian air defense units intercepted most of the missiles fired during a recent Israeli raid on the capital Damascus, shooting down 21 projectiles during the attack launched from the Lebanese airspace. “At about 1:30 September 3, four Israeli Air Force F-15 tactical fighters fired 24 guided …

A delegation from Lebanon’s caretaker government will visit Syria on Saturday in the highest-level visit in years, aiming to pave the way for a plan to ease a power crisis in Lebanon by transmitting electricity via the Syrian grid. Lebanese government officials have mostly avoided Syria since the war began …

The Russian military says Syria’s air defenses shot down 22 out of the two dozen missiles launched by Israeli warplanes during recent aggression on Syrian soil. Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, head of the Russian military’s Reconciliation Center in Syria, made the announcement after six Israeli fighter jets struck targets in …