Syria

Published April 2, 2023 at 7:59 AM CAIRO – Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad in Cairo on April 1, a first since Syria’s civil war broke out over a decade ago, Mr Shoukry’s office said. The meeting comes amid amplified Arab engagement with…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held talks on Saturday with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad who is visiting Cairo for the first time in more than a decade, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. The two ministers “discussed various aspects of bilateral relations and means of advancing and promoting them ……

A Russian jihadist has traded his weapons for wasabi by opening a small sushi restaurant in war-torn Syria's rebel-held northwest, as the conflict wanes and fighters look for other income. Islam Shakhbanov, 37, from Russia's Muslim-majority Dagestan republic, said he headed to Syria in 2015 "to take part in jihad".…

An airstrike targeted Damascus in Syria late Wednesday night, carrying out attacks against several positions of the Syrian army in the Al-Midan neighborhood of Damascus, injuring two Syrian soldiers and causing "some material damage," state media reported, citing a military source. Syrian air defense systems were triggered, shooting several missiles down,…

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top general publicly advocated a more forceful US response targeting the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after a spate of attacks on US bases in Syria last week. US Army Gen. Mark Milley told members of Congress on Tuesday that the US should…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives an interview with Cuba's official state news agency Prensa Latina in Damascus on July 20, 2016. The Biden administration sanctioned his government and others on Tuesday for drug trafficking. File Photo by the Syrian Arab News Agency/EPA March 28 (UPI) -- The Biden administration announced…

ByEditors of National Geographic Published March 29, 2023 • 8 min read With nearly two billion followers, Islam originated in Arabia and spread throughout the world, becoming the world’s second largest religion after Christianity. While Mecca is its holiest site, there are other major Muslim sites—gilded mosques, mosaic-embedded shrines, and…

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two cousins of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the trafficking of the stimulant drug captagon, a growing export for the state, which is quickly normalizing ties in the region. An AFP investigation in November found that Syria has become a narco state…

Tehran —  Tehran has condemned U.S. airstrikes on Iran-linked forces in Syria that reportedly killed 19 people, which Washington said it carried out following a deadly drone attack on U.S. forces. The Iranian foreign ministry late Saturday condemned "the belligerent and terrorist attack of the American army on civilian targets"…

Iran warns Iraq of 'mischief' by US  Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), continued his diplomatic surge of recent weeks, signing a border security agreement in Baghdad on March 19.  The memorandum of understanding commits Iraq to cracking down on Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups operating from Iraq's…