Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara met Saudi Transport Minister Saleh Al Jasser in Damascus. Sana

Saudi Arabia forms joint bank with Syria in next step for investment

Officials from Damascus and Riyadh also reach agreements on rail and air transport

Gulf

Israel strikes Syria and Lebanon despite US-brokered diplomacy

MENA

Something's brewing: Syrian President makes country's first international Visa transaction

Money

EditorialThe SDF's dissolution is a historic moment for Syria

Editorial

Today's cartoonShadi's take on Syria’s Kurdish-led SDF being dissolved

Cartoon

AnalysisHow pressure and months of stalling finally ended in SDF’s dissolution in Syria

MENA

Dubai’s e-commerce playbook heads to Syria

Technology
Two Syrian artists paint a remainder of a wall of a collapsed building in Al Milan village of Idlib city in Syria. EPA
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EditorialAnother wall comes down for Syria

The removal from the country from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism could have a profound impact on its future

Editorial

Tom Barrack back in the spotlight after Golan Heights comments

US

Syria’s Kurdish-led SDF is dissolved as fighters join state forces

US

Syria’s US terror delisting opens door to foreign investment

Economy

Syria's secret talks with Israel revealed as US drops terror designation

MENA

Iraqi loses 13-year UK asylum bid after failing to prove he was Syrian Kurd

UK

EditorialSyria-Israel talks are a step in the right direction

Editorial
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara. AFP

Syria's secret talks with Israel revealed as US drops terror designation

US move bolsters Al Shara government as Damascus considers once-unthinkable deal with Israel

MENA

Iraqi loses 13-year UK asylum bid after failing to prove he was Syrian Kurd

UK

EditorialSyria-Israel talks are a step in the right direction

Editorial

Today's cartoonShadi's take on explosives scattered across parts of Syria

Cartoon

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