The meeting reflected a shared willingness by both Damascus and Erbil to recalibrate their bilateral relations and open direct lines of communication, 963 writes.

Mohammed Afif Nayfeh was a civil servant in Damascus Municipality prior to the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011. His life was upended when security officers arrived at his office and ordered ...

A panel discussion on Syria, held Saturday at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey, proceeded without a single Syrian speaker—a conspicuous omission that drew immediate questions from the audience ...

In recent days, the area around the Teishrin Dam has experienced a marked calm following months of deadly confrontations, North Press reports. Teishrin Dam Agreement Marks Rare U.S.-Brokered Consensus ...

Syria’s fragile reconstruction efforts received two notable boosts this week—first, with a fresh financial contribution from Japan to the Syria Recovery Trust Fund, and second, with a high-level visit ...

A new investigative report has uncovered the inner workings of Syria’s notorious Branch 251 (Al-Khatib), exposing a hidden economy built on surveillance, corruption, and confiscated foreign currency.

The move comes after World Bank President David Malpass confirmed in remarks during a G20 meeting in April that the international financial institution is discussing debt restructuring for a number of ...

The Harmoon Center for Contemporary Studies has released a major new study titled “Rebuilding Security in Syria: Challenges and Strategies for Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR), and ...

In the absence of a clearly defined Syria policy, two competing currents have emerged within the US administration, united only in their satisfaction over the fall of the Assad regime, Marwan Qabalan ...

A statement from the Lebanese Prime Minister’s media office confirmed that Salam’s visit aims to reorganize bilateral relations following recent political shifts in Syria. Nawaf Salam in Damascus to ...

Sheikh Tamim remains the only Arab leader to have visited Syria following the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad's regime. On Tuesday, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received ...

The Eighth Brigade, a once-powerful military formation in southern Syria, has officially dissolved itself and handed over all personnel and assets to the Syrian Ministry of Defense. The announcement ...