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Syrian Interior Ministry opens new Immigration and Passports Department center in Damascus
Syria’s Interior Ministry inaugurated on Tuesday, September 9, a new Immigration and Passports Department office at the Yalbugha complex in Damascus. Interior Minister Anas Khattab told Enab Baladi that the new center aims to ease overcrowding at...

Syrian-Lebanese agreement to activate and rehabilitate border crossings
A delegation from Syria’s General Authority for Land and Sea Border Crossings met with a Lebanese delegation in Damascus on Tuesday, September 9, to discuss activating and rehabilitating joint border crossings between the two countries. The talks...

Syrian migrant guilty of IS-inspired 2024 stabbing in Germany
DUESSELDORF: A German court has convicted Syrian citizen Issa Al Hasan for carrying out an Islamic State-inspired stabbing attack at a festival in Solingen during 2024. The attack resulted in three fatalities and left ten other individuals...

Syrian man gets life imprisonment for stabbings in German city of Solingen
A Syrian man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2024 stabbing attack in western Germany in which three people were killed and 10 others injured. Issa al-Hasan, 27, who arrived in Germany as a refugee after travelling through Turkey and...

Damascus: Russian Support for Syria ‘a Step in Favor of Entire Region’
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said Tuesday that Damascus and Moscow are capable of forging ties “based on sovereignty, justice, and shared interests,” adding that Russia’s explicit endorsement of Syria’s new political path would be “a...
Syrian jailed for life over Islamist knife attack at German festival
A Syrian man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for killing three people and wounding eight in an Islamist-motivated stabbing spree at a summer festival in Germany last year. Issa Al Hasan, 27, was a member of the Islamic State group and...

UN-supported program brings 300 Syrians back from Lebanon
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Approximately 300 Syrian refugees returned from Lebanon on Wednesday through the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing as part of an organized voluntary return program led by the United Nations High Commissioner for...

Hezbollah denies Syrian claims of arresting its members in Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Lebanese Hezbollah denied on Thursday a statement issued by the Syrian Interim Government’s Ministry of Interior, which claimed that a cell affiliated with the group was arrested in the western countryside of...

Syrian jailed for life over knife attack at German festival
A Syrian man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for killing three people in a deadly knife attack at a summer festival in the German city of Solingen last year. The court in Duesseldorf said Issa Al Hasan, 27, was a member of the Islamic...

Syrian Leader to Visit Moscow Next Month – Russian Deputy PM
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is to visit Moscow next month, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced in Damascus on Tuesday, hailing a new page in ties after the overthrow of longtime ally Bashar al-Assad. "We place great...

Postponed Syrian elections face criticism over legitimacy, exclusion
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – The Syrian transitional government’s decision to postpone parliamentary elections—originally scheduled for mid-September in Suwayda, Hasakah, and Raqqa—until “appropriate conditions and a safe environment” are in...

Syrian ISIS fanatic who murdered three people at German 'Festival of Diversity' is jailed for life
A Syrian asylum seeker and ISIS fanatic has been found guilty of murdering three people at a German festival last year and has been sentenced to life in prison. Issa Al Hasan, 27, stabbed three people to death during an attack at a 'Festival of...

Qatar, Jordan send humanitarian aid to Syria
AMMAN: The State of Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan sent humanitarian aid to the Syrian Arab Republic. The assistance, provided by the Qatar Fund for Development and Qatar Charity in cooperation with the Jordan Hashemite Charity...

Kurdish National Council invited to dialogue with Damascus
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Kurdish National Council (ENKS) announced on Thursday that it had received an official invitation from the Syrian government in Damascus to hold a meeting with Syrian President Ahmad al-Shar’a, stressing that...

Saudi Arabia grants 1.65 mln barrels of crude oil to Syria
- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - By Rehan Khan DAMASCUS, September 11 (APP): The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has provided a grant of 1,650,000 barrels of crude oil to the Syrian Arab Republic under the directives of Custodian of...

Trial begins for teen accused of trying to become a bomb maker for extremist Syrian groups
Muhyyee-Ud-Din Abdul-Rahman was a promising student and skilled wrestler with a college scholarship by the time he was 17 years old. But prosecutors say that path took a dark turn in early 2023 after he saw a video of a Syrian schoolhouse being...

Germany: 15-Year-Old Syrian Allegedly Raped 12-Year-Old Girl at Public Pool
In Germany, authorities are facing pressure over a case that was not made public until three weeks after the initial incident. It involves a 15-year-old Syrian who is under investigation for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in the changing room...

Israeli Incursion into the Daraa Countryside, Southern Syria
Damascus - Saba: An Israeli enemy force incurded into the village of Abdeen in the Yarmouk Basin area of the western Daraa countryside, southern Syria, on Thursday. They positioned themselves at the entrance to the village and blocked the road...
Saudi Arabia provides grant to supply Syria with 1.65 million barrels of crude
The Saudi Fund for Development has provided a grant to supply Syria with 1.65 million barrels of crude oil as part of efforts to support the country as it rebuilds its economy. The fund signed an initial agreement with Syrian Energy Minister...

Syrian jailed for life over deadly knife attack at German festival
A Syrian attacker who aligned himself with the Islamic State group has been jailed for life in Germany after fatally stabbing three people at a cultural event. A Syrian man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for killing three people in...