Hussein Shoukry, Siemens Energy's regional managing director. Antonie Robertson / The National

Siemens Energy looks to Iraq and Syria for grid expansions

German company has 117 gigawatts of committed capacity in the Middle East and Africa

Energy

US not satisfied with Syria's Al Shara, senior Republican says

US

Iraq foils 'Captagon smuggling gang' in Syria operation

MENA

CommentA secure Syria depends on the EU's repatriation of ISIS suspects

Editorial

Syrian-Jordanian trade hit as Damascus imposes restrictions on transport

MENA

Slow progress in US-brokered deal to solve Syria's Kurdish question amid high tension

MENA

Syrian security officer arrested over shooting in Druze area

MENA
American buses with ISIS fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces head from Syria to Iraq, in Qamishli, Syria. Reuters

Iraq receives more than 2,200 ISIS fighters from Syria

Investigations have begun to put those involved in terrorist crimes on trial, authorities say

MENA

Special report‘Israel will not abandon us’: Separatist Sweida poses new threat for fragile Syria

MENA

Saudi Arabia signs Syria investment deals in sectors from aviation to property

Aviation

As Syria rebuilds, artisans of Damascus fear their crafts could be left behind

Culture

Lebanon and Syria sign deal to repatriate more than 300 prisoners to Damascus

MENA

Rise and fall of Mazloum Abdi, the Syrian Kurdish commander all but abandoned by the US

MENA

InterviewKurdistan's Prime Minister calls for 'sustainable solution' for Syria's Kurds

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Syria's Justice Minister Mazhar Al Wais, left, and Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Metri exchange signed prisoner swap agreements at the Grand Serail in Beirut. AFP

Lebanon and Syria sign deal to repatriate more than 300 prisoners to Damascus

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

MENA

Rise and fall of Mazloum Abdi, the Syrian Kurdish commander all but abandoned by the US

MENA

InterviewKurdistan's Prime Minister calls for 'sustainable solution' for Syria's Kurds

MENA

France tells Syria fighting ISIS is ‘priority'

MENA

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