Syria News » Damascus News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Barak’s Remarks Ignite Debate Over U.S. Policy in Southern Syria and the Boundaries of Israeli Support
The envoy's statements have raised pressing questions about whether they signal a genuine shift in United States policy toward Suweida, Syria TV writes.
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Did Netanyahu’s phone call with Sharaa change Israeli-Syrian relations?
Damascus has not confirmed the reported conversation between Netanyahu and Ahmed al-Sharaa, while Syrian analysts say direct contacts could reduce tensions but remain far from a peace agreement.
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Damascus Awaits Israel’s Elections: Could the Course of Negotiations Change?
Many specialists in Israeli affairs argue that the election results are unlikely to produce a substantive shift in the trajectory of negotiations between Israel and the government of Syrian President ...
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Syria’s Kurdish autonomy is fading as Arab unrest challenges Damascus’s control
BEHIND THE LINES: While the Kurdish-led authority was dissolved on paper, many of its institutions continued to function in reality.
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: US begins process to remove Syria from terrorism list, signaling major shift in relations
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US President Donald Trump meets Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) on the sidelines of the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential ...
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Damascus rejects Israeli politicisation of Syria’s Druze after Netanyahu’s brief call with al-Sharaa
Damascus has rejected attempts to draw the Druze community in Sweida into Israeli politics, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that he had held a sharp phone call with Syrian ...
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Syria's president pays for coffee with Visa card as Damascus rejoins financial systems
A cup of coffee in the Old City of Damascus became Syria's chosen symbol of global economic reintegration. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, accompanied by central bank governor Mohammed Safwat Raslan ...
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Armed groups block key road linking Syria's Sweida to Damascus amid renewed tensions
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted Qutaiba Azzam, director of media relations at Sweida's Media Department, as saying that groups controlling the Um al-Zaytoun checkpoint in northern Sweida had ...
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Syria, Japan discuss expanding political and economic cooperation
Syria and Japan discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and expand cooperation in the political and economic fields, with an ...
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: Building up hope
The fighting has stopped in Damascus. But despite the look of normality, this is a city of black-market deals, shortages and deep pessimism. Silence fills the Damascus sky – no war planes, no ...
News Syria » Damascus » Politics: The Politics Blocking Syria’s Energy Recovery
Washington’s message to Syrian officials should be simple: foreign energy capital is unlikely to flow quickly as long as the outside world sees their government as an opaque regime with unclear ...