Workers begin to reconstruct buildings destroyed during the civil war in the suburb of Darayya, Damascus, on October 30, 2025. AFP

Syria and World Bank to set up recovery and rebuilding fund

Finance Minister says agreement helps new phase of co-operation with international partners

Economy

Syrian farmers suffer in Israeli expansion across Golan Heights

MENA

Syria sentences two to death over coastal sectarian violence

Gulf

InterviewReconstruction in north-east Syria 'key to refugee returns from Iraq'

MENA

Data ExplainedDiplomacy's changing footprint as told by mission openings and closures

News

Attackers kill four Syrian security personnel in Hama countryside

MENA

Ilham Ahmed calls for Kurdish rights to be enshrined in Syria’s constitution

MENA
Israeli forces patrol Quneitra in tanks during raids in southern Syria. Getty Images

Israel holding 49 Syrians after 280 armed incursions in September, says UN

Human rights office says Israel conducted highest monthly number of offensives since start of year

MENA

Iraq to start transporting crude oil by lorry to Syria

Energy

Golan Heights dilemma: Israel's new military line blurs engagement and confrontation

MENA

Nine Syrians missing after cargo ship sunk by drone in Black Sea

MENA

Syria denies Saudi Arabia asked it to deploy troops in Yemen

MENA

Saudi Crown Prince meets Syria's President Al Shara in Riyadh

Gulf

Israel building military line in occupied Syrian territory, Damascus says

MENA
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara in Riyadh. Photo: Sana

Syria denies Saudi Arabia asked it to deploy troops in Yemen

Media adviser to Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara describes reports as 'lies'

MENA

Saudi Crown Prince meets Syria's President Al Shara in Riyadh

Gulf

Israel building military line in occupied Syrian territory, Damascus says

MENA

Abu Dhabi’s Eagle Hills to develop residential and tourism projects in Syria

Property

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