Syria Conflict & Tragedy News

Emerging from international isolation with a flurry of high-level Western visitors and ties boosted with Turkey, Syria has gained in confidence to the point of holding out on an EU partnership. The European Union hoped to sign a partnership accord on...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz will visit Syria this week to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a further sign of warming ties between the two Arab states, the royal court announced on Monday. The announcement carried by...

A source close to Marada Movement leader MP Sleiman Franjieh told Al-Hayat newspaper on Thursday that Franjieh stopped his mediation efforts to reach an agreement between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun after Aoun...

Development and Liberation bloc MP Qassem Hashem told the Kuwaiti Al-Anbaa newspaper that he expects a new cabinet to be formed within the next ten days. He added that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has a better chance at forming a...

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir said on Monday that for him to visit Syria is “out of the question.” He also said that Hezbollah “is an armed party with known motives.” Sfeir said that he is against Palestinian naturalization, highlighting...

Syrian President’s political advisor Bouthaina Shaaban told Syrian newspaper Al-Watan on Tuesday that Damascus is pleased to see a cabinet formed in Lebanon, stating, “Lebanon is a friend; its security and stability are our security and stability.” Shaaban stressed that...

Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Nawwaf Moussawi said in a Sunday interview on NBN television that the Saudi decision to end conflict with Syria serves Arab interests and “the new approach to Arab relations improves the chances of having...

Syria, Saudi Arabia call for end to Gaza siege Syrian President Bashar Assad and Saudi King Abdullah called at the end of their meeting in Damascus on the Arab world and international community to "unite their efforts in order to...