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Syria has carried out its first international bank transaction via the SWIFT system since the outbreak of its 14-year civil ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria this week carried out its first international bank transfer via the SWIFT international payment ...

Damascus, Syria, holds the record as the world's oldest continuously inhabited city, surviving for over 11,000 years. Despite ...

The United States' newly-appointed Syria envoy said he believed peace between Syria and Israel was achievable as he made his first trip to Damascus.

The International Monetary Fund had said it visited Syria for the first time since 2009 as the country scrambles to rebuild ...

Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime ...

Fears are mounting that Islamic State fighters are regrouping in Syria and Iraq, exploiting security gaps to revive ...

Trading has resumed on the Damascus Securities Exchange after a six-month closure, as Syria’s new leaders attempt to shore up the country’s battered economy and begin rebuilding after nearly 14 years ...

Syria’s Interior Ministry calls Israeli raid ‘flagrant breach of international laws and conventions’ - Anadolu Ajansı ...

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Ron van Rooden, visited Damascus from June 1–5, 2025, to assess the economic and financial conditions in the country, discuss the ...

The Stars and Stripes were flown above Damascus, Syria, on Thursday for the first time since 2012. In a ceremony attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al Shaibani, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey ...