Syria

Syria's General Authority for Land and Sea Ports on Sunday signed a $800 million agreement with UAE's DP World to bolster Syrian ports infrastructure and logistical services, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. The agreement follows on from a memorandum of understanding signed between the two sides in May. The…

In street crimes—like robbery, assault, and harassment—Germans had a rate of 168 per 100,000. Syrians and Afghans scored 1,291 and 1,218, respectively. Germany’s new crime data shows that foreign nationals—especially if they are younger and are from Syria, Afghanistan, Algeria, and Morocco—are far more likely to be suspects in criminal…

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, US President Donald Trump and Syria's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa during Trump's visit to the Kingdom A recent report by the United Nations has indicated that no “active ties” between Al Qaeda and Syrian interim government this year, which could bolster potential US efforts to…

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Shara attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi) Amid increasing talk of an agreement between Syria and Israel, Shadi Martini, a Syrian political activist who previously managed a hospital in the city of Aleppo and…

The United Nations deployed teams to the Syrian coast on Monday as wildfires spread across Latakia province for the fifth day. Adam Abdelmoula, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Syria, said the fires sweeping through Latakia have “forced hundreds of families to flee their homes, while vast tracts of agricultural land…

Syria Wildfires (Moawia Atrash/picture-alliance/dpa/AP) United Nations teams have deployed to the Syrian coastal region to help control the massive wildfires that destroyed thousands of hectares of forest, according to The Associated Press. The fires had destroyed “hundreds of thousands of trees” covering an area estimated at 10,000 hectares (38.6 square miles),…

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, January 11, 2025. (Photo: Lebanese Prime Minister Office via Reuters) Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, assessed in a Thursday interview that peace with Syria and Lebanon might be reached before a potential normalization…

The Trump administration on Friday lifted a wide range of sanctions against Syria, the first major step to fulfill a promise made this month by President Donald Trump to help the country rebuild after over a decade of devastating war. The Treasury Department lifted sweeping regulations that had banned U.S.…

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History. By STEVEN DRUCKER MAY 24, 2025 11:49 Reproduction of an Israeli stamp being issued to honour the Mossad intelligence agency spy Eli Cohen who was hanged in Damascus (photo credit: REUTERS) May 23, 1965 Eli Cohen,…