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UAE condemns attacks, vandalism on its Damascus embassy

UAE denounces attacks on Damascus mission, urges Syria to protect embassy

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UAE cites Vienna Convention in demand for security of its Damascus mission

Syria to announce major oil project with Chevron

The country’s new regulations allow non-Syrians to own 100% of private projects

Talal Helali, Chairman of the Investment Authority, Government of the Syria during a session 'Connecting Economies Through Investment' on the second day of World Government Summit in Dubai.

Actress Huda Shaarawi found dead in home

Preliminary investigations point to homicide as security forces launch manhunt

Huda Shaarawi

Stability is UAE’s enduring foreign policy principle

Restraint, pragmatism and long-term vision guide the UAE’s global approach

The UAE was ranked as the third-largest global donor in 2025, contributing approximately $1.46 billion in humanitarian assistance, representing over seven per cent of all tracked aid.

Sharjah Charity aids 1,500 Syrian families this winter

1,500 families in Syria receive relief through Warm Winter campaign

Warm Winter campaign, supported by Dubai Islamic Bank, delivers food, clothing, and blankets to vulnerable communities.

What Syria's currency change move really means

Currency reform can send powerful signals, but stability depends on deeper economic policy

A currency exchange employee counts newly issued Syrian pound banknotes in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, January 3, 2026.

Syria ceasefire with Kurdish fighters in Aleppo

Both sides have traded blame over who started the fighting

Civilians flee with their belongings after fresh clashes erupted between the Syrian army and the Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo, Syria.

Thousands flee as army shells Kurdish areas in Aleppo

Violence follows deadly clashes and shelling on Tuesday that killed 7

Residents carry their belongings as they flee Aleppo's Ashrafieh Kurdish neighbourhood on January 7, 2026.

Israel confirms US-backed Syria security talks

Israel stresses citizen security, regional stability in US-backed Syria talks

This aerial photo shows the Syrian presidential palace in Damascus' Mount Qasyoun on May 2, 2025.

Syria launches new currency to mark economic reset

Syria removes zeros and Assad portraits from currency in landmark economic reform

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) and Syria's Central bank chief Abdul Qadir al-Hasriya (R) stand between the country's new revamped currency notes at the Conference Palace in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 29, 2025.

UAE condemns mosque bombing in Syria’s Homs

Ministry rejects terrorism and offers condolences to victims’ families

Armed security officers cordon off the area following an explosion inside Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab neighbourhood of Homs on December 26, 2025.

UAE condemns Israeli escalation in Syria

Ministry urges global action after strikes on Damascus-area villages

Syrian Civil Defence workers check a house that was destroyed during an Israeli forces raid in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jin, Syria, on Friday, November 28, 2025.

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