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Syria and Saudi Arabia signed multibillion-dollar investment agreements on Saturday, including a major telecommunications project, a low-cost joint airline and an international airport in northern Syria...Read More

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Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih speaking in Damascus (Photo: SANA) Saudi Arabia has announced a series of major investments in Syria, headlined by a deal worth SAR 7.5 billion ($2 billion) to develop two airports in Aleppo over multiple phases. The announcement came during an official visit to Syria by…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Friday that Lebanon's army must be given the means to disarm militant group Hezbollah and replace a United Nations peacekeeping force after its mandate ends this year. On the final stop of a regional tour that has taken him to Syria and Iraq, Barrot…

The deadly US strikes have been carried out against Islamic extremists linked to the notorious death cult. 22:02, Thu, Feb 5, 2026 Updated: 22:32, Thu, Feb 5, 2026 US Air Force (Image: SYRIA) US forces have unleashed a wave of strikes against ISIS targets in Syria killing or capturing more…

Balancing melancholy and romance, memory and emotion, Syrian singer Majd El Qassem continues a musical journey spanning more than three decades, firmly establishing himself as one of the most expressive dramatic voices in Arab music. Shaped by experience and emotional honesty, his voice has carried timeless songs and deeply felt…

An unlikely love story blossoming in the thick of war provides the backdrop to a new documentary that raises questions about how modern media cover conflict. "Birds of War" traces the growing relationship between Syrian activist-cameraman Abd Alkader Habak and Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos, who was working for the BBC…

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...Read More

OTTAWA — A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to decide whether to help bring him home. OTTAWA — A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa…

Syrian security forces show drones that were confiscated during a raid on a Hezbollah terror cell (Photo: Syrian Interior Ministry) Security forces arrested members of a terror cell responsible for rocket attacks targeting the Mezzeh district of Damascus last month, the Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Sunday, claiming that the…