Syria
Syria shoots down Israeli missiles over Damascus – SANA
Syrian air defences shot down several Israeli missile strikes over the capital Damascus on Tuesday, state news agency reported. "At 22:35 (2035…
Syria to get first deliveries of COVAX vaccines within weeks: WHO official
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria will take delivery within weeks of its first COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine sharing platform COVAX, allowing…
Pope Francis laments decade of Syria’s destructive civil war
Pope Francis on Sunday joined the Church in the Philippines in commemorating 500 years of Christianity in the Southeast Asian nation. He…
Ten years of Syria conflict, from protest to war to economic decline
Ten years into Syria’s conflict, President Bashar al-Assad has survived the bloody insurgency which started out with peaceful protests in March 2011.…
Syria’s President Assad and his wife test positive for COVID-19
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have tested positive for COVID-19 after showing minor symptoms, the president’s office said in…
Missile strikes hit oil refineries in north Syria, killing one
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Missile strikes in northern Syria near the Turkish border killed one person and injured at least eleven others on…
UPDATED: Biden orders air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria
President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were…
Syrian army says air defences intercepted ‘Israeli aggression’ over Damascus
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's army said on Monday the country's air defences intercepted "Israeli aggression" over the capital, Damascus, in the latest…
UPDATED: Syria reports Israeli military activity over Hama
Syrian air defences confronted early on Friday "an Israeli aggression" in the region of Hama that killed four people from the same…
Syria says extinguishes huge fire near Homs refinery
Syrian civil defence teams extinguished a huge fire that swept a number of oil tankers loading crude oil from an installation near…
Hundreds of Syrians flee Lebanon camp after tents torched
BEIRUT, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrian refugees fled their makeshift camp in north Lebanon after their tents were torched when…
Photo Story: Christmas preparations in Syria
Syrian Christians gather in front of the Christmas tree at Sayyedet Dimasheq Church in Damascus, Syria, where a mass has been held…