Two months after Assad’s fall: What are the challenges in rebuilding Syria?

- Despite the monumental challenges ahead, the mood in Syria is optimistic and hopeful, says International Crisis Group’s Nanar Hawach - Reconstruction on a massive scale cannot happen until US sanctions on Syria are lifted, says Hawach - ‘There is this …

Prime Minister announces new Special Envoy for Syria

CANADA, July 2 - After decades of atrocities committed by the Assad regime, its rule has come to an end, starting a new chapter for Syria. The Syrian people have endured unimaginable hardship, and during this period of transition, Canada will continue to …

VOA Kurdish: USAID freeze threatens security of Syria's al-Hol camp

The USAID freeze has had a direct impact on the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, where 90% of the funding for organizations working in the camp depends on USAID. The camp administrator said that if aid is cut and no solution is found, the camp will get out …

Syria and South Korea expressed willingness to resume cooperation

Al-Shaibani’s statements came during the welcome of a delegation headed by Kim Eun-jeong, general director for African and Middle Eastern Affairs at the South Korean Foreign Ministry, who expressed her country’s interest in resuming diplomatic relations …

Erdoğan hails EU decision to suspend Syria sanctions

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the European Union's decision to suspend sanctions on Syria, as he highlighted the importance of maintaining the cease-fire in Gaza in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, the …

EU Weighs Suspending Sanctions on Syria's Oil Industry, Banks

The European Union is discussing a deal to partially suspend several sanctions on Syria’s energy industry, including scrapping bans on importing crude from the country and on exporting technologies to the oil and gas industry. An agreement would …

Germany’s chancellor Scholz calls al-Sharaa, affirms support for Syria

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a phone conversation with the Syrian transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in which he congratulated the Syrians on the end of the Assad regime. A spokesperson for the German government stated that the Chancellor …

Why Syria’s golden age of art is at risk of being forgotten

UK bolsters Ukrainian grain supply to Syria with enhanced financial support

Türkiye's support for Syria will continue unabated, Erdogan tells Macron

Erdogan also highlighted the importance of lifting sanctions on Damascus in the new post-Assad era and said Türkiye's support for Syria will continue unabated, the directorate said in a statement on Friday, adding that the two leaders also discussed …