The country’s economic collapse has been aggravated by the pandemic, Lebanese banking crisis and international isolation …
Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies age 79
BEIRUT — Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country’s most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, …
Dozens of US troops leave Syria’s Hasakah, cross into northern Iraq: Report
The US military has reportedly withdrawn dozens of its troops and armored vehicles from a base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah, and moved them to a location in the northern sector of …
Syria’s veteran foreign minister Walid Moalem dies: state TV
Syria’s top diplomat and long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, a staunch defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade old …
‘The war riche’: Syrian elites skirt US sanctions amid economic turmoil
After a decade of war, the Syrian economy is in ruins, but a combination of profiteering and sanctions has produced some bizarre results. US-led sanctions are intended to pressure the Syrian …
America Needs a Syria Policy
As the world reacts to the U.S. election results, there is a chorus of celebration in places such as Europe about the prospect of a Joe Biden presidency. In the Middle East, however, there is more …
Syria: Lack of adequate COVID-19 response puts thousands of lives at risk
English News and Press Release on Syrian Arab Republic about Health and Epidemic; published on 12 Nov 2020 by Amnesty …
Lebanese general was in Syria over missing American reporter Austin Tice
A top Lebanese security official said Saturday that he visited Syria for two days to speak with officials there about American journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing in the war-torn country …
Another group of Syrian refugees arrives in Cyprus
(Xinhua) — Twenty-four Syrian refugees arrived on a small boat in Cyprus on Saturday, two days after a group of 18 arrived in the same area of the northern coast of the island, police said in a …
Lebanese general was in Syria over missing American reporter
A top Lebanese security official says that he has visited Syria recently to speak with officials there about American journalist Austin Tice who has been missing in the war-torn country since 2012 …