An initial pact was signed in September between Mastercard and the Central Bank of Syria aimed at supporting the modernisation of the country’s digital payment infrastructure. Reuters

Mastercard grants QNB licence to resume activities in Syria

After 14-year hiatus, move would allow domestic and international card payments

Banking

EU President to make first post-Assad visit to Syria to support recovery

MENA

Egypt to export gas and petroleum products to Syria

Energy

Case against Syrians accused of funding extremists dismissed

UK

Egypt's military increasing support to Lebanon’s army, sources say

MENA

CommentSuperpowers are failing to heed the lessons of regime change

Opinion

Joint UK-French strike targets ISIS arms cache in Syria

MENA
A Syrian security force member was killed and two others were wounded in Aleppo. Photo: SANA

Syrian security force member killed in Aleppo suicide attack

Interior ministry says suspect had ties to ISIS

MENA

US forces killed or captured 25 ISIS members in Syria in December

MENA

Syria arrests 21 people allegedly linked to Assad regime in Latakia

MENA

Today's cartoonShadi's take on the end of Syria's Assad-era banknotes

Cartoon

Syria imposes curfew in Latakia after sectarian violence

MENA

EditorialSyria has an opportunity to empty its 'ISIS camps' for good

Editorial

No faces, no places: Syria unveils new banknotes to replace Assad-era currency

MENA
Syrian troops standing guard in Latakia on Sunday as the Alawite community held mass protests. Reuters

Syria imposes curfew in Latakia after sectarian violence

Violence erupted on Sunday during protests by Alawites over mosque bombing

MENA

EditorialSyria has an opportunity to empty its 'ISIS camps' for good

Editorial

No faces, no places: Syria unveils new banknotes to replace Assad-era currency

MENA

Security deployments in Syria's coastal region aimed at 'restoring calm'

MENA

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