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Escaped monkeys injure three in Syria’s Idlib

Three people taken to hospital after monkeys roam streets in Salqin city

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Three escaped monkeys injure residents in Syria’s Idlib province city of Salqin, sparking fear as authorities race to track and capture the animals.

Syria just took a major step towards global payments

Mastercard completes first transaction as Syria reconnects to global payments

Ongoing construction work is pictured at a site in Marota City, a new mixed-use development project near the Umayyad Square in Damascus earlier this year. Photo used for illustrative purposes.

UAE welcomes US removal of Syria from terror list

Foreign Ministry says the move could help revive Syria’s economy and attract investment

The ministry said the move would contribute to reinforcing security, stability and prosperity in Syria.

UAE condemns Israeli raids on Syrian military airbase

UAE denounces strikes as flagrant breach of Syria’s sovereignty and law

UAE reaffirms support for Syria’s stability, territorial integrity and peaceful coexistence

Syria sentences Wassim Al Assad to death for war crimes

It is the first in-person death sentence against an Al Assad family member

The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus found Wassim Al Assad guilty of offences including multiple premeditated murders and acts of torture and brutality, Syrian Arab News Agency Sana said on Tuesday.

Three killed in blast at Syria’s Baniyas power plant

Authorities investigate cause of explosion at thermal power plant in Tartus province

The blast occurred at the power facility in the Baniyas area of Tartus. Authorities and emergency teams were at the site investigating the nature and cause of the explosion province.

Syria sentences Bashar Al Assad to death in absentia

Criminal court also hands death sentences to Maher Al Assad and former officials

Syria's ousted president Bashar Al Assad and former regime's other senior officials have been sentenced to death.

Syria, Russia agree on future of Moscow’s two key bases

Damascus and Moscow agree to turn Hmeimim and Tartus into joint training centres

Members of a Syrian army engineering team prepare a mine-clearing vehicle near landmines collected for destruction during an operation to clear minefields left behind during the war in Qara, in the Damascus countryside, Syria, on Friday, August 7, 2026. [Illustrative image]

UAE, Syria discuss stronger economic cooperation now

Ministers discuss tourism, logistics, infrastructure and the new economy

The ministers discussed opportunities to expand collaboration in key sectors of mutual interest.

How Dubai inspired Syria's first super app

My Syria lets visitors book hotels, transport and pay digitally through one platform

From (L-R): Firas, Co-founder of My Syria app, Talal Al Hilali, Director General and Chairman of the Syrian Investment Authority; Abdul Salam Haykal, Syria's Minister of Communications and Information Technology; Mazen al-Salhani, Minister of Tourism of Syria; and others.

UN chief urges immediate removal of all Syria sanctions

Antonio Guterres backs Syria’s new rulers, calls for full economic reopening

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gives a press conference in Damascus on July 26, 2026.

UAE extends condolences over Syria bus crash victims

MoFA offers condolences to the victims' families and wishes the injured a speedy recovery

People and first responders inspecting the damage at the scene of the collision of two passenger buses on the Damascus-Deir Ezzor road between the Sukhna and Palmyra areas.

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