Syrian Foreign Minister says Trump can get a “historic peace deal and victory for US interests in Syria” — statement to Reuters. He welcomes Trump’s statement on lifting sanctions as “pivotal turning-point” for Syria as it tries to rebuild
Trump: I will order the lifting of sanctions on Syria to give them a new opportunity.
Turkish FM Hakan Fidan held a phone call with US Secretary of State Rubio, focusing on a range of bilateral and regional issues, including Syria, Gaza, and Ukraine
Trump considers the removal of US sanctions on Syria, says he wants to give Syrians "a fresh start"
Jordanian Foreign Minister: Israel targets Syria's security and stability
Jordanian Foreign Minister: We aim to have Israel withdraw from Syrian territory and stop its interference in Syrian affairs.
Syrian Foreign Minister: We need to reactivate state institutions in SDF-controlled areas.
Syrian Foreign Minister: International sanctions have become a means of punishing the people.
East Syria: work has started to rehabilitate the Abukemal bridge. Its central section was destroyed in an US airstrike in 2016 amidst war against ISIS. Once completed, it will be the first bridge to reconnect both banks of the Euphrates in Deir ez-Zur province
7 month agoEast Syria: work has started to rehabilitate the Abukemal bridge. Its central section was destroyed in an US airstrike in 2016 amidst war against ISIS. Once completed, it will be the first bridge to reconnect both banks of the Euphrates in Deir ez-Zur province
7 month agoThe SDF launched a raid campaign in the towns of Abu Hamam and Gharanij, east of Deir Ezzor
Information has emerged that the remains of American journalist Austin Tice have been found in a cemetery in Aleppo's countryside. Just a few days before, Lebanese TV channel LBCI reported that Major General Bassam al-Hassan, head of the presidential palace's security office during Bashar al-Assad's rule, secretly met with an FBI team inside the US embassy in Beirut to provide information about Tice.
SDF arrested 3 ISIS militants during joint SDF-US raids in Hasake countryside
7 month agoSyria: another day, another seizure of military equipment heading to Lebanon. The Security forces confiscated this time 2 MANPADS and parts of a Kornet (ATGM) launcher. Raid took place in Serghaya (area of Zabadani, West Damascus)
Reports in Syria: Loud explosions are now heard in the city of Tartus
Syrian Energy Minister: Agreement with Türkiye to supply us with 6 million cubic meters of gas daily
7 month agoSyria: An NDF commander who tried to organize the defense of Homs before the fall of Assad was just executed in Homs. He was a famous figure of the reconciliation in Waer district (Homs-city).
French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union (EU) sanctions against Syria to not be renewed in June. Macron made the comments as he hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Paris
Emmanuel Macron calls on President al-Shareh to protect "all Syrians" and justifies his visit to France
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, responding to a question by a reporter from Qatari Al-Araby TV, confirms there are indirect talks with Israel via mediators “aimed at calming the situation and preventing matters from getting out of control.”
Turkey-Israel talks mediated by Azerbaijan to be held tomorrow in Baku. Israel's key demands: no threatening military presence near its border and no strategic weapons in Syria
Syrian officials recently visited Israel for secret talks, Haaretz reports, citing Syrian sources. UAE mediating secret talks between Israel and Syria: Reuters
7 month agoSyrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday meets France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
7 month agoSDF security forces have captured 2 ISIS militants during raids north of Deir ez-zor. The terrorist cell was responsible for terrorizing civilians and targeting security checkpoints
South Syria: the situation is back under control at the central prison of Izraa (N. Daraa) after an inmates' riot and the subsequent intervention of Security forces. There are 2 wounded
Iraqi Interior Minister: Part of the Syrian border is controlled by the SDF, and we are dealing with the areas according to their danger.
7 month agoExplosions at an ammunition depot in Aleppo, the cause unknown.
Consecutive explosions at an ammunition depot in the Syrian city of Aleppo
Israeli warplanes carried out a series of raids on the barren area on the Lebanese-Syrian border separating the Shaara area from the Syrian interior towards the eastern Lebanon mountain range.
7 month agoU.S. President Donald J. Trump announced he had a call with Turkish President Recep Erdoğan today. The two leaders spoke on a number of different topics, including the ongoing Russo-Ukraine War, tensions in Syria,and the Israel-Hamas War in the Gaza Strip
