Beirut (EFE).- Syrian authorities evacuated around 1,500 Bedouin civilians on Monday from the southern city of Al-Suwayda, following a fragile ceasefire agreement that seeks to end more than a week of intense intercommunal clashes. “Syrian Civil Defense teams transferred approximately 1,500 civilians, mostly women, children, and elderly people, who had been trapped in Al-Suwayda to … Read more
Beirut, Jul 17 (EFE) – Despite the withdrawal of Syrian government troops from the region after the ceasefire between them and the local factions they were facing that went into effect last night, Israel bombed the province of Suwayda in southern Syria. The Syrian official news agency reported that the bombing targeted the outskirts of … Read more
Damascus (EFE).- Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced Thursday the success of efforts to stem the outbreak of violence in the southern province of Al-Suwayda, whose security would now be left in the hands of local factions and religious leaders. This would not have happened “without the effective intervention of American, Arab, and Turkish mediation, which … Read more
Al-Mazraa, Syria (EFE).- After two days of violence in the southern Syrian province of Al-Suwayda, control of security was taken by government troops on Tuesday, leading to new clashes between them and local groups. On Tuesday morning, the army entered the city, which is predominantly Druze, taking over from local factions who had been responsible … Read more
Riyadh, May 13 (EFE) – United States President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the lifting of sanctions against Syria after talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump told a packed auditorium in Riyadh, … Read more
Cairo, May 3 (EFE) – At least one person was killed and four were wounded early Saturday morning in Israeli bombings in the outskirts of Damascus, Hama, and two locations in Daraa, official sources reported. “A civilian was killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the outskirts of the town of Harasta in the … Read more
Cairo, (EFE).- Syrian authorities announced Sunday the arrival of a wheat shipment at the Mediterranean port of Latakia, marking the first such delivery since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, 2024. The General Authority for Land and Maritime Borders stated on its official Facebook page that “the first wheat ship since … Read more
Aleppo, Syria (EFE).- Around 500 fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday as part of a negotiated agreement with the country’s transitional government. The remainder fighters are expected to leave in the coming days, once a prisoner exchange is completed, according to local officials. … Read more
Damascus, Mar 29 (EFE) – Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced Saturday the formation of a new interim government at the presidential Palace in Damascus. “We are witnessing the birth of a new phase in our national process, and the formation of a new government today is a declaration of our common will to build a … Read more
Damascus, Mar 9 (EFE) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Sunday that 1,311 people, including 830 civilians, have been killed in the last 72 hours in Syria’s Mediterranean provinces. “The total number of dead and martyrs, both civilians and military, has risen to 1,311, during the security operation that came in response to … Read more
Damascus, Jan 29 (EFE). – The leader of the Syrian revolution that toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad in December and head of the de facto government, Ahmed al-Sharaa, was named on Wednesday as the country’s president during the transitional period, according to Syrian television channel SyriaTV. Sharaa was appointed “as the country’s president in … Read more
Brussels, Dec 13 (EFE). – The General Court of the European Union on Wednesday dismissed a civil claim for compensation brought by a Syrian migrant against the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) for allegedly being returned to sea by Greece, considering that he did not prove that the facts happened as he said. … Read more