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Syria and World Bank Agree Recovery and Reconstruction Fund, Size Unstated

Syria and the World Bank agreed on Sunday to set up START, a multi-donor trust fund for reconstruction. Reports of the joint statement give no target size or first contributor, while the

October 18, 2026

by Muzaffar Ahmad Bajwaa

Judges and court officials seated at the bench during a hearing in the coastal events case at the court in Aleppo, Syria

Aleppo Court Sentences Two to Death, Clears Two Defence Ministry Members

A military court in Aleppo sentenced two men to death on Thursday and cleared two Defence Ministry members of homicide over Syria's March 2025 coastal violence. Ten defendants were ruled on, against 298 suspects identified by the government's own committee.

October 15, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Donald Trump meets Arab and Muslim leaders at the United Nations General Assembly sidelines in New York, September 2026

Trump Presses Arab Leaders on Iran and Israel at the UN. He Left With Praise, Not Answers.

Donald Trump met Arab and Muslim leaders on the UNGA sidelines Tuesday, pressing Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Syrian FM Asaad al-Shaibani at joint press conference in Damascus accusing Israel of destabilizing Syria

Turkey’s Fidan Names Israel in Damascus as Actor Destabilizing Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan named Israel by name as Syria's destabilizer in a joint Damascus press conference on Sunday, accusing Tel Aviv of systematically degrading Syrian military capacity and enabling terrorist

September 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Exhibition depicting scenes from the 2013 Ghouta sarin attack, Syria

Thirteen Years After Ghouta, Syria Destroys Assad’s Hidden Chemical Arsenal

Syria began destroying the chemical weapons Bashar al-Assad concealed from the world for a decade, the OPCW confirmed Thursday — the first verified destruction since 2014. The stockpile Syria's new government found

September 3, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani at joint press conference in Damascus

IAEA Confirms Syria Concealed a Nuclear Reactor Built by North Korea for Nearly Two Decades

The IAEA confirmed Syria operated a covert nuclear reactor in Deir Az Zor, built by North Korea, concealed for nineteen years under al-Assad. Inspectors also found 73 tonnes of undeclared uranium metal

September 2, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Sundair aircraft arrives at Damascus International Airport on inaugural Berlin-Damascus flight, August 2026

Sundair Restores Berlin-Damascus Direct Flights After 15 Years, Opening Route for Germany’s Syrian Diaspora

German charter airline Sundair launched the first direct flight between Berlin and Damascus in nearly fifteen years on August 15, 2026. For Germany's 790,000-strong Syrian diaspora, the twice-weekly route ends a decade

August 30, 2026

News·Travel

Abbas Araghchi shakes hands with Oman's foreign minister in front of Iranian and Omani flags

Al-Hadath Says Washington Warned Israel Off Iran. Neither Government Has Said So.

A Saudi broadcaster, citing unnamed sources, says the United States has warned Israel against striking Iran and urged it to hold the line with Syria. No official on either side has confirmed

August 28, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Kurdish SDF fighters during the dissolution announcement in Syria August 2026

US Special Envoy Hails Kurdish Forces Dissolution, Welcomes Integration Into Syrian State

US Special Envoy Tom Barrack called the SDF's dissolution "absolutely historic" and declared a "united Syria for all takes shape" as Mazloum Abdi confirmed the Kurdish-led force's integration into the Syrian national

August 26, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani speaks with Reuters in Damascus Syria August 22 2026

Syria Condemns Israel Katz’s Illegal Entry Into Syrian Territory After Jordan Talks

Israel's defence minister toured occupied Syrian territory on Tuesday, the day after US-mediated talks in Jordan, and declared Israeli forces on Mount Hermon a permanent presence. Damascus called it a flagrant violation

August 26, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Ahmed Hassoun Syria Grand Mufti sentenced life imprisonment war crimes Assad

Syria Sentences Assad’s ‘Barrel Bomb Mufti’ Hassoun to Life in Prison for War Crimes

Syria's Fourth Criminal Court sentenced Grand Mufti Ahmed Hassoun to life imprisonment for war crimes and inciting civil war under Assad — the tenth conviction since Ahmad al-Sharaa's transitional government took power,

August 25, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Wassim al-Assad, cousin of toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, in a photo released after his detention in June 2025

Assad’s Cousin Sentenced to Death in Damascus, the First Tried in Person

A Damascus court sentenced Wassim al-Assad to death for murder and torture amounting to crimes against humanity. Unlike Bashar and Maher al-Assad, condemned in absentia a week earlier, he was in the

August 20, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Proposed Iraq-Syria oil pipeline route bypassing the Strait of Hormuz to the Mediterranean port of Banias

Iraq-Syria Oil Pipeline to Bypass Hormuz Faces $15 Billion Cost, Four-Year Wait

The United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that more than half of Hormuz oil exports could be rerouted through underground pipelines. The only route capable of that scale would cost at

August 18, 2026

Business·Economy·News

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Syria and World Bank Agree Recovery and Reconstruction Fund, Size Unstated

Aleppo Court Sentences Two to Death, Clears Two Defence Ministry Members

Trump Presses Arab Leaders on Iran and Israel at the UN. He Left With Praise, Not Answers.

Turkey’s Fidan Names Israel in Damascus as Actor Destabilizing Syria

Thirteen Years After Ghouta, Syria Destroys Assad’s Hidden Chemical Arsenal

IAEA Confirms Syria Concealed a Nuclear Reactor Built by North Korea for Nearly Two Decades

Sundair Restores Berlin-Damascus Direct Flights After 15 Years, Opening Route for Germany’s Syrian Diaspora

Al-Hadath Says Washington Warned Israel Off Iran. Neither Government Has Said So.

US Special Envoy Hails Kurdish Forces Dissolution, Welcomes Integration Into Syrian State

Syria Condemns Israel Katz’s Illegal Entry Into Syrian Territory After Jordan Talks

Syria Sentences Assad’s ‘Barrel Bomb Mufti’ Hassoun to Life in Prison for War Crimes

Assad’s Cousin Sentenced to Death in Damascus, the First Tried in Person

Iraq-Syria Oil Pipeline to Bypass Hormuz Faces $15 Billion Cost, Four-Year Wait

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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