Nada Homsi

Ban on entry of vehicles carrying goods is delaying deliveries and pushing up shipping rates

Communications breakdown between Damascus, Kurdish-led forces and Canberra leaves dozens of inmates stranded

Security pact allows partial reintegration while recognising Kurdish rights

Move is central to agreement to bring northern Syria into state while preserving limited Kurdish autonomy

Unusual move comes as Lebanese armed group carries out 'restructuring'

Foreign policy committee calls Lebanese military a 'critical partner' – but army chief clashes with Trump ally on visit to Washington

The agreement is the latest attempt by Lebanese authorities to ease the burden on overcrowded jails

Peacekeepers and environmental groups say there are risks to agriculture and nearby civilians

First phase begins to bring Kurdish-administered areas under state control

"Cautious" deal follows weeks of deadly clashes and loss of territory for the militia in the north

In Latakia, the policy was reversed but sparked fears of creeping authoritarianism

Proposed law faces resistance from banks and depositors over loss-sharing plan

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said action is 'not the beginning of a war - it is a declaration of vengeance'

Government seizes rocket launchers heading for Lebanon as it insists it can fight extremists

The defining moments - from the rebel takeover and Ahmed Al Shara's rise to lifted sanctions and sectarian violence - that shaped Syria's fragile first year