Syria

More than 6 million children in Turkiye and Syria remain in need of humanitarian aid 100 days after the devastating February earthquakes, the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund warned on Wednesday. The earthquake and aftershocks…

Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on. Assad’s invite, late on Monday, to the…

Syria ended over a decade of exile from the Arab League on Monday as officials participated in a preparatory session ahead of Friday’s summit in Saudi Arabia. “I... take this opportunity to welcome the Syrian Arab Republic to the League of…

Four women and 10 children have been repatriated by Canada from detention camps for foreign fighters and their families in northeastern Syria. It was the fourth repatriation operation conducted by the Canadian government of its nationals…

Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria have handed over four women and 10 children to a Canadian delegation in readiness for their repatriation, a Kurdish official said. Western governments have faced mounting criticism for not taking…

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi held talks with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President, Josep Borrell in Brussels.…

Suspected Israeli airstrikes in Syria have killed two Iranian military advisers and temporarily shut down the country's two largest airports, resulting in fears of regional escalation. There have been near-daily Israeli…

The United States says its forces have killed a senior leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group in Syria in a “unilateral strike”. US Central Command (CENTCOM), in a statement early on Tuesday, identified the man as Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri.…

Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, responsible for planning attacks in Europe for the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), was killed in a US military strike in Syria, according to US Central Command. While pro-opposition outlets…

Oil rose for a third session on Wednesday as a halt to some exports from Iraqi Kurdistan raised concerns of tightening supply and as easing fears of a global banking crisis supported risk sentiment in the wider markets. Crude exports of…