Lebanese speaker denies Israeli claims of arms transfers from Syria to Hezbollah

BEIRUT, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday rejected Israeli claims that weapons are being transferred from Syria to Lebanon, calling them "pure fabrication" and saying Washington's surveillance capabilities made...

German Foreign Minister backs expulsion of refugees to Syria

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has backtracked on comments made during a recent visit to Syria suggesting levels of destruction would discourage refugee return. Adopting a harsher line on returns, Mr Wadephul said there was “no longer any...

Espace du Ciel a 'Christian' project to rebuild Syrian society devastated by war

It was launched by educator and activist Jina Achji, who wanted to “offer a space” capable of bringing together and uniting “all communities”. The idea took its first steps in Aleppo in 2012 and has now spread to Hama and Homs. The invitation is...

Damascus man arrested for years of alleged child sexual abuse

Published 1:21 pm Monday, November 3, 2025 A 47-year-old Damascus man was arrested Monday morning, Nov. 3, after years of allegedly sexually abusing a child. Rami Layous was taken into custody by Gresham Police detectives, with support from East...

France’s Cement Maker Lafarge Faces Trial Over Funding Daesh in Syria

The French company, now part of Swiss conglomerate Holcim, allegedly transferred millions of dollars between 2013 and 2014 through its Syrian subsidiary to armed factions including Daesh and Jabhat al-Nusra. The payments were reportedly made to...

Syrian Parliament Faces Gender and Minority Representation Challenges

The latest Syrian parliamentary elections have exposed a stark reality: in a nation where women comprise half the population and religious minorities have shaped its identity for centuries, their political representation has all but evaporated. A...

Ya Allah: Young Christian tour guide redefines post-war Syria, one battlefield tour at a time

Germany’s Merz calls for repatriation of Syrians as far-right surges

Audio By Carbonatix By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Syrians no longer have grounds for asylum in Germany now the civil war in their country is over, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, as his conservatives seek to fend off a...

French cement maker Lafarge goes on trial on charges of financing jihadists in Syria

PARIS — French cement maker Holcim’s Lafarge unit went on trial Tuesday, facing charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions to keep a plant operating in northern Syria during the country’s civil war....

Cement maker Lafarge goes on trial in France for 'funding terrorism' in Syria

The Lafarge Cement Syria plant, near Jalabiya, Syria, on February 19, 2018. DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP Eight and a half years after a judicial investigation was launched into the French cement maker Lafarge's activities in Syria, the first trial stemming...

Lafarge on trial in Paris over alleged payments to Islamic State in Syria

In what is shaping up to be a landmark case in France, the multinational cement giant Lafarge, along with several former senior executives are set to go on trial on Tuesday, accused of paying off jihadist groups – including the so-called Islamic...

German Chancellor Invites Syrian President to Berlin to Discuss Refugee Repatriation

German Chancellor Invites Syrian President to Berlin to Discuss Refugee Repatriation ARK News.. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has extended an official invitation to Syrian Transitional President Ahmad al-Sharaa to visit Berlin for talks on the...

Germany: Syrian man arrested in Berlin for planned Jihadi terror attack also promoted Islamic State videos online

A 22-year-old Syrian man is now in pretrial custody in Berlin following his arrest on suspicion of planning a jihadist-motivated attack, with prosecutors also alleging the main promoted videos from Islamic State (IS) before the attack. Police...

Syrian Democratic Forces arrest five ISIS cell members in Raqqa raid

Who is Zohran Mamdani's wife? All about Syrian-American artist Rama Duwaji

As the New York mayor elections are around the corner, we know that in the bustling arena of its politics, much attention naturally falls on the visible figures and elements. But at the same time, and behind one high-profile namelike her husband,...

Germany’s Merz: ‘Syrian refugees must now go home or be deported’

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Syrian refugees in Germany must go home now that their country’s war is over or face deportation. In his latest hardline comments on migration, Merz said yesterday there was “no longer any reason” for...

Ceasefire Achieved in Northern Syria After Key Leadership Meeting

The announcement of a ceasefire between Syria’s government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces marks a stunning reversal in a relationship defined by mutual suspicion and competing visions for Syria’s future. A History of Fragile...

Lafarge Syria terror financing trial begins in France

Lafarge's cement factory near the city of Raqqa pictured in 2011. [Getty] Cement maker Holcim's Lafarge unit goes on trial on Tuesday facing charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions to keep a plant...

Syria at a crossroads

KARLIN: After decades and decades of Assad rule, after 14 years of a horrific civil war, the country is slowly trying to figure out what does it mean to rebuild, and the region is as well. And what happens will be very much based on the agency and...

Transit transportation between Türkiye, Syria to begin in November

DAMASCUS Coordination and integration at border crossings between Türkiye and Syria is progressing rapidly, and the transit transport agreement will be fully operational in this month, said Mazen Alloush, director of public relations at the Syrian...