Syria

Syria authorities say captured ISIS-linked cell behind blasts

Security personnel standing guard near the Four Seasons Hotel, following two blasts nearby in Damascus on July 7, 2026.

Syria regains its voting rights at chemical weapons watchdog

FILE PHOTO: The United Nation vehicles carrying the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inspectors is seen in Damascus, Syria April 18, 2018. REUTERS/ Ali Hashisho/File Photo

Russia eyes mid-July start for commercial logistics hub at Syrian port, officials say

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Russian Navy facility in Syria's coastal Tartous, Syria, December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

US to remove Syria from terror blacklist, in new boost to Sharaa

President Donald Trump, right, meets with President Ahmad al-Sharaa of Syria at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Bomb attack rocks Damascus during French President Macron’s visit

Emergency personnel working at the site of an explosion, near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to be staying, in Damascus, Syria, on July 7.

Macron in Syria on first post-Assad visit by West European head of state

France’s President Emmanuel Macron (second left) speaks with Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (centre right) during a bilateral meeting in Damascus.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference, following a US-Iran deal, in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2026.

Trump to meet Ukraine’s Zelensky, Syria’s al-Sharaa at NATO summit: White House

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that Damascus could get involved militarily in Lebanon.

Syria expecting Macron in first post-Assad visit by Western head of state

French President Emmanuel Macron would be accompanied by a delegation including investors and representatives of French companies.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 3, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 02: U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia on July 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. Pirro announced that former Olympic canoeist David Hearn has been indicted by a grand jury on charges related to alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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