U.S. urges Syria to take steps as new era of relations begins

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The United States urged on Tuesday the Syrian transitional government to take concrete political and security steps as part of a new phase in relations between Washington and Damascus, following the recent suspension of U.S. …

Landmine blast kills man, injures child in Syria’s Homs

HOMS, Syria (North Press) – One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding sheep in the eastern countryside of Homs, central Syria. A local source told North Press that Nawfal …

Women in Syria must wear burkinis, ‘appropriate’ swimwear on beaches

The Syrian Ministry of Tourism has said women must wear burkinis or ‘appropriate’ swimwear on public beaches. “People are required to wear conservative swimwear on public beaches (burkinis or swimwear that covers the whole body),” the ministry said in a …

The Survival of Syria’s Damask Rose

The blossom looks like pink lipstick on a bare face. That’s how the color of the damask rose stands out when it blooms in the middle of the desert. In Qaldoun al-Marah, often simply called al-Marah, a village of 5,000 people 43 miles northeast of Damascus, …

Syria assumes balanced approach on Iran-Israel conflict

Residents of Syria's southern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra are enduring intense hardship as Israeli air defenses and Iranian drones and missiles clash in increasingly frequent aerial battles over the region. Last Friday, the Israeli air defense …

Syria and Iraq on alert over ISIS terrorist group

In the wake of political chaos and insecurity following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad's regime, according to Reuters, political and security sources in Syria and Iraq, as well as US officials, have confirmed that it is highly likely that Islamic State ( …

US pulls out of two more bases in Syria, worrying Kurdish forces

Integrated Humanitarian Program begins in Syria backed by Qatar Red Crescent and OCHA

Doha, SANA- Qatar Red Crescent has announced the launch of a humanitarian project aimed at strengthening therapeutic and comprehensive nutrition programs in northwestern Syria, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of …

Israel and Iran have a common goal in Syria

Iran and Israel are sworn enemies who, after decades of a covert shadow war, have finally taken their conflict into the open. But when it comes to a post-Assad Syria, they share a common goal: both want to keep the country’s new government as weak as …

How Israel's actions in Syria cleared safe corridor to dominate Iranian skies

Israel has managed to establish “air supremacy” over Iran due to its dismantling of Syria’s missile defences in the weeks following the collapse of the Assad regime, military analysts have told The National. The country’s aerial dominance is now so …