Here is a round-up of developments in Syria, Israel, Gaza and the wider Middle East on Friday, July 18:. Merz: Israel's ...

Emirates has officially resumed operations in Damascus, Syria, after a 13-year hiatus, reestablishing the city amongst its ...

Syria’s Interior Ministry denied reports that its forces had entered the southern Druze-majority province of Suwayda to ...

Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now ...

This edition of the Farda Briefing explores why Iranian media are voicing deep suspicions about the warming relationship ...

Sharaa, has vowed to protect the Druze minority amid deadly clashes in their heartland. A UK-based war monitor has put the ...

P LUMES OF SMOKE rose over Damascus on July 16th as Israeli warplanes struck Syria’s capital. Targeting the presidential ...

The Trump administration has been working with Turkey and Gulf allies for an integrated Syria, but Israel prefers zones of ...

Western diplomats were passing near Syria's defence ministry in Damascus in an armoured convoy when Israel struck the building with several missiles on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with ...

The attack follows a wave of Israeli strikes on Syrian government forces during two days of sectarian clashes between local ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

Probably few if any Middle East analysts had Israeli airstrikes targeting key government installations of the Syrian state on their summer 2025 bingo cards. And yet that is precisely what happened on ...