The trip will be Ahmed al-Sharaa’s first official visit to Russia, a longtime ally of the former Bashar al-Assad regime. Published On 14 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Russia on Wednesday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, Syria’s state news agency…
(Reuters) -The Syrian army and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reached a ceasefire deal in two districts of Aleppo city, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday, following a spike in tensions between the two sides. The Syrian army had redeployed along several frontlines with the Kurdish-led group in northeast Syria, the Defence…
A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil — a former Columbia University graduate student linked to pro-Palestinian protests — to be deported to either Algeria or Syria. The ruling was issued last week, but it first came to light in court papers filed by Khalil’s lawyers on Wednesday as part of his lawsuit against…
لم يكن هناك مكان في سوريا أكثر رعباً من سجن صيدنايا خلال عقود الحكم الاستبدادي لعائلة الأسد. يقع سجن صيدنايا على تلة قاحلة في ضواحي دمشق العاصمة، وكان في صميم نظام آل الأسد الواسع من سجون التعذيب والاعتقالات التعسفية المستخدم لسحق كل أشكال المعارضة. بحلول نهاية الحرب الأهلية التي استمرت قرابة ١٤ عاماً وانتهت في…
No place in Syria was more feared than Sednaya prison during the Assad family’s decades-long, iron-fisted rule. Situated on a barren hilltop on the outskirts of Damascus, the capital, Sednaya was at the heart of the Assads’ extensive system of torture prisons and arbitrary arrests used to crush all dissent. By the end of the…
During much of the first half of this year, things were looking up for Ahmed al-Sharaa. Syria’s new president was basking in Donald Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on his country. After more than a decade of civil war, Damascus and other cities had begun to hum again. Investors from the Gulf and Turkey piled…
Hong Kong has advised residents to avoid non-essential travel to Israel and Iran despite lowering the risk levels for visiting the two countries from black to red. A government spokesman said in a statement on Monday that a red outbound travel alert still “signifies a significant threat”. “The [Hong Kong] government advises Hong Kong residents…
Hundreds demonstrate for Druze ‘self-determination’ (Credit: AFP) Hundreds of Druze took to the streets of Sweida in Syria’s south, with some waving Israeli flags. It comes after deadly clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin Sunni tribes.Hundreds of people demonstrated in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Saturday, demanding the right for self-determination for the…
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Footage from security cameras at a hospital in the city of Sweida in southern Syria published Sunday showed what appears to be the killing of a medical worker by men in military garb. The video published by activist media collective Suwayda 24 was dated July 16, during intense clashes between militias…
State media says armed groups violated the truce agreed in the predominantly Druze region. Druze armed groups have attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in the restive area of Suwayda, killing at least one government soldier and wounding others, as well as shelling several villages in the southern province, according to state-run Ekhbariya TV….