The Latest Breaking News from Syria

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bilateral relations between the UAE and Syria and ways to enhance them through cooperation at all levels to achieve the joint interests of the two fraternal countries and peoples, state…

Syria’s economy has hit its lowest point since its civil war started nearly 12 years ago, with spiraling inflation, a currency plunge and severe fuel shortages

A Swedish court said on Wednesday it had found a man guilty of violating international law by posing with dead or severely injured bodies in war-torn Syria in 2012 while participating in a militant group.

Syria's political and armed opposition are urging their decade-long backer Turkey to reaffirm its support for their cause after the highest-level talks in public between Ankara and the Damascus government since the Syrian war began in 2011.

In this special edition of Middle East Matters, we focus on the Kurds. Spread across four nations, they are the world's largest stateless ethnic group. Indigenous to the Middle East and numbering at least 35 million, the Kurds have sought to establish a homeland of their own since the fall…

Six senior international officials in humanitarian affairs signed a joint statement calling for extending the United Nations Security Council resolution 2642 which allows for life-saving humanitarian aid to be delivered to north-west Syria from across the Turkish border. The resolution is set to expire in eight days. “If the Council…

Ten developments and files, both local and foreign, will determine the fate of Syria in 2023. The resolution of these files will have implications for years and perhaps even decades to come. They will determine the fate of the three “statelets” in Syria after they remained largely unchanged in the…

Local humanitarian organizations in northwest Syria warned Monday of “catastrophic consequences” resulting from the closure of Bab al-Hawa crossing on the border with Türkiye, which allows access for medical assistance to millions of citizens, including 2.5 million displaced persons. The Syria Response Team, an organization concerned with monitoring the humanitarian…

Security forces in Syria’s opposition-held northwestern Idlib province announced that they thwarted "terrorist operations and plans" of a "terrorist cell linked to the Syrian regime and Russia." Suspects involved in the plot were arrested on Saturday. Spokesperson for the General Security Service in Idlib Diaa al-Omar said the eight-member cell…