Here’s what happened today A ceasefire came into effect between the Syrian government and the SDF for four days, while both sides work on a plan for the practical integration of the northeastern Hasakah province. Despite the ceasefire, government-allied groups allegedly attacked several areas, including Tal Baroud, Zarkan and Raqqa, according to the SDF’s spokesperson,…
The sanctions relief fulfils the Trump administration’s pledges following the US leader’s May meeting with al-Sharaa in Riyadh, during which he promised to lift or waive decades-old sanctions against Syria. The UN Security Council voted Thursday to lift sanctions on Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and government members days before his historic White House visit,…
Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani is due to arrive in Washington D.C. on Thursday for his first official trip to the US capital since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad in December last year. Talks between the top Syrian diplomat and local lawmakers will be focused on the lifting of remaining US sanctions. Syria‘s foreign minister…
Syria has announced a significant economic reform: the revaluation of its currency by removing two zeros from the Syrian pound, set to take effect with new banknotes issued in December. This move, aimed at restoring public confidence in a currency that has lost over 99% of its value since the onset of the civil war…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa didn’t take office through an election. He took it after a dominant military victory. His forces swept into Damascus last winter, ending Bashar al-Assad‘s decades-long rule and installing a transitional government with himself at the top. But for all the baggage he brings with him, as a former rebel commander, a…
DAMASCUS, July 24 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia announced $6.4 billion of investments in Syria on Thursday, reflecting the kingdom’s deepening ties with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government as it seeks to rebuild Syria after a 14-year civil war. The deals, unveiled by Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih at a Damascus forum, are a major financial…
Greetings from Tyler, The media is ablaze with suspicion about Trump and Epstein. It’s like the whole of media has banded together to try to bring Trump down. They’re determined to tie him to Epstein, no matter the cost. The Drudge Report today has a photo of Trump and Melania posing with Epstein, trying to…
Syria’s interim president has said it is his “priority” to protect the country’s Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy government forces it accused of attacking members of the religious minority in Suweida province. In his first televised statement since Israel’s air strikes on Damascus on Wednesday, Ahmed al-Sharaa also warned that Syrians were not…
BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 19 (UPI) — U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Thursday that the international community and financial institutions must support efforts to secure the safe return of Syrian refugees to their country, noting that some 2 two million have returned since Bashar al Assad’s regime fell in December. Grandi said he discussed with…
Greetings from Tyler, Now we’re hearing that Biden couldn’t have stayed out of a wheelchair much longer. Can you imagine what would have happened if they’d have rolled him out in a wheelchair? Thankfully none of that happened. Now the bad guys are scared to death. They wait in vain for Trump to commit some kind…