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Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus, Syrian state media reported Wednesday. Tunisia has become the latest Arab state to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria, after cutting off relations a decade ago. The move by Tunisian…

In the past year alone, Israeli attacks on Syria have killed at least 44 people and injured more than 50.

Israel staged airstrikes on suburbs of the Syrian capital of Damascus early Friday for the second day in a row, the state news agency reported. It gave no word on any casualties. Loud explosions were heard over the Syrian capital shortly after midnight Thursday, according to residents in the capital…

Israel launched airstrikes on the vicinity of Syria's capital Damascus that left two soldiers wounded and "some material damage," Syrian state media reported early on Thursday citing a military official. Loud explosions were heard over the Syrian capital around 1:30 a.m., and the SANA state news agency said Syrian air…

Turkish and Russian officials suggested that a meeting between the deputy foreign ministers of Türkiye, Russia, Iran and Syria, aimed at normalizing relations between Ankara and Damascus, could be held in Moscow in April. “We are currently preparing, and I expect that these consultations will take place in Moscow at…

Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reopen their embassies after cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, a step that would mark a leap forward in Damascus's return to the Arab fold.

An Israeli air strike hit near Syria's Aleppo airport early Wednesday, causing "material damage" and shutting down operations there, Syrian officials said, while regional intelligence sources said the attack hit an Iranian arms depot. Israel has for years carried out attacks against what it has described as Iran-linked targets in…

Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Moscow on Tuesday, where he is scheduled to meet top ally Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia is a main backer of Assad and has a broad presence in Syria, where a 12-year uprising-turned-civil war has killed nearly half a million people and displaced half…

Israeli missiles targeted a western Syrian city on Sunday wounding three Syrian soldiers, Syrian state media reported. The official news agency SANA, citing a military source, said the missiles were fired at Masyaf in Hama province at dawn. Syria’s air defenses shot several of them down. According to The Associated…