Syria Open to Abraham Accords, US Congressman Says After Damascus Visit

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told US Representative Cory Mills during a meeting in Damascus on Saturday that Syria would consider joining the Abraham Accords if the right conditions were met. The meeting marks the highest-level US engagement with …

Syria is interested to join Abraham Accords with Israel ‘under the right conditions,’ US Congressman says after visit

U.S Congressman Cory Mills and Congressman Marlin Stutzman meet Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem, in Damascus, Syria April 18, 2025. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar Syria is interested in joining the Abraham Accords and making peace with Israel …

Britain lifts Assad-era sanctions in boost for Syria

French minister urges Kurdish inclusion in Syria’s future

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, left, with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi, in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on April 23, 2025. AFP France's Foreign Minister Jean- …

Syria's al-Sharaa wants normalization with Israel, US congressman says

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa told U.S. Rep. Cory Mills that he is “interested” in joining the Abraham Accords, the normalization framework under which Israel established ties with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. Mills, a 44-year- …

Landmine blasts claim lives of 2 children in northwest Syria

IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – A seven-year-old boy was killed on Wednesday after a landmine left over from the war exploded while he was playing in a farmland area in the town of Abidin, south of Idlib in northwestern Syria. Local sources told North Press …

U.S. Rep. meets Syria’s al-Sharaa to discuss sanctions, regional peace

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – A senior U.S. official revealed on Wednesday that he held a 90-minute meeting with Syria’s Transitional President, Ahmad al-Sharaa, during which they discussed the possibility of lifting economic sanctions and other key …

Mines remain widespread in northwestern Syria – Ministry of Defense

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The Syrian Ministry of Defense said on Thursday that mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) remain widespread across northwestern Syria. Explosions from landmines and UXO occur almost daily in the region and other parts of the …

Once banned, Kurdish dubbing flourishes in post-Assad Syria

By Ahmad Kan’an DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The Kurdish language entered the world of dubbing in Syria several months before the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, practiced at the time in complete secrecy due to fears of well-known security crackdowns …

ISIS Has Resurfaced In Central Syria

File image. Suspected members of ISIS have set up a checkpoint close to the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on April 24, warning that the terrorist group could renew its attacks in the central …