Mohamed Alabbar, the founder of Emaar Properties, says there are real investment opportunities in Syria. Reuters

Emaar founder Alabbar plans to invest up to $18 billion in Syria

Damascus seeks more funding from the Gulf

Business

UAE and Syria hold first business forum since Assad's fall

Business

Tortured children and missing fingernails: Charges against Assad general

MENA

Al Shara removes elder brother but system remains in Syrian leader's tight grip

MENA

Lebanese Prime Minister discusses security co-operation with Syria's Al Shara

MENA

ISIS-linked women arrested in Australia on slavery and terrorism charges

MENA

Syrian consulate opens in Jeddah after 14-year closure

Gulf
Sara Shamma’s solo exhibition is now on show at Syria’s national pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photo: The National Pavilion of Syria - Venice Biennale

Sara Shamma brings Syria’s cultural renewal to Venice Biennale

A solo exhibition by the Damascus-born artist draws on ancient heritage, a personal return and a country rebuilding its place in the world

Art & Design

Emaar Properties founder Alabbar meets Al Shara in Syria

MENA

Syria arrests armed Uzbek fighters after stand-off in Idlib

MENA

Syria foils 'Hezbollah assassination plot' with raids across country

MENA

Jordan's air raids on Syrian border highlight emergence of new breed of drug smugglers

MENA

Grenade attack kills Syrian cleric near Sayyida Zaynab shrine in Damascus

MENA

Syria detains Assad-era general over sarin gas attack

MENA
The aftermath of a Jordanian strike on an suspected drugs and weapons cache in the village of Arman, in Sweida, southern Syria. AFP

Jordan's air raids on Syrian border highlight emergence of new breed of drug smugglers

Weekend operation targeted suspected traffickers adept at using balloon technology

MENA

Grenade attack kills Syrian cleric near Sayyida Zaynab shrine in Damascus

MENA

Syria detains Assad-era general over sarin gas attack

MENA

EditorialWhy Syria's justice system will face as much scrutiny as Assad-era defendants

Editorial

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