What a church attack means for Syria’s Christians

Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X presided Tuesday at a funeral service for victims of a suicide bomb attack at a church in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Patriarch John X of Antioch presides at a funeral service for victims of the Mar Elias Church attack, …

Turkish intelligence secretly shipped arms to ISIS terrorist group in Syria

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish intelligence agency Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT) shipped weapons to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from a secret depot it maintained in the southern border town of Reyhanlı, according to explosive …

US Needs Troops in Syria to Stop ISIS Comeback, CENTCOM Nominee Says

June 24, 2025 The Islamic State militant group remains a threat in Syria and a U.S. military presence is still needed there to deal with it, Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper said in his confirmation hearing to become the next head of U.S. Central Command. The …

US-Syria Business Council: A gateway for foreign partnerships

Enab Baladi – Jana al-Issa In a statement issued from Washington on June 14, the US-Syria Business Council announced its official launch as an independent, non-profit, and non-political organization based in the American capital. The announcement of the …

Civil society strengthens its presence in Syria

Enab Baladi – Omar Alaa Eldin Civil society activities in Syria have rapidly returned following the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, covering all aspects of Syrian life from politics and economics to societal issues, varying between freedoms, …

Syria in Transition: The Widows of Ghouta

There is a blue notebook that Abu Ali always keeps on his desk. It is easy to miss among the clutter of civil war memorabilia filling his office in the shattered suburbs of Damascus. But to the widows of Hazeh—the neighborhood where Abu Ali serves as a …

U.S.-Syria Business Council Launches In Washington, D.C.

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Council Convenes First-Ever High-Level Syria Banking Roundtable WASHINGTON, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark step toward rebuilding bilateral commercial and financial ties between the United States and Syria, the U. …

‘Iran is not Syria or Iraq…’: It is difficult for US, Israel to end Tehran’s nuclear program due to, expert makes ...

Home News ‘Iran is not Syria or Iraq…’: It is difficult for US, Israel to end Tehran’s nuclear program due to, expert makes stunning claim After 12 days of conflict in West Asia, signs of peace were seen on Tuesday when Iran and Israel agreed to a …

Israel confirms ‘direct normalization talks’ with Syria

Syria's fragile new dawn

In the early hours of a quiet morning in Damascus, a soft wind swept through the broken streets. It carried not only dust but something else, something rare in recent years: the faint but real hope of beginning again. The war in Syria has finally ended. …