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President Bashar al-Assad will visit China on Thursday in response to an official invitation by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the local Syrian media quoted the Syrian Presidency as saying in a statement. President al-Assad and President Jinping will hold a Syrian-Chinese summit, the Syrian official news agency SANA quoted the …

Last week, Saudi Arabia invited Syria, long excluded from multilateral formats in West Asia, to this week’s meeting of the Arab League. This was followed on Monday with the United Arab Emirates asking Damascus to attend the COP28 climate summit at the end of this year, giving the embattled country …

The Arab League has welcomed Syria’s readmission to the 22-member organization, saying the presence of Damascus in ongoing meetings in the Saudi port city of Jeddah ushers in a new era in the Arab world. Hossam Zaki, the assistant secretary general of the Arab League, made the statement ahead of …

Syria on Monday called on Arab countries to invest in the war-torn nation, now again a member of the Arab League. The appeal from Syria’s economy and trade minister came during an economic conference in Saudi Arabia, ahead of a league summit in the Kingdom. The 22-member Arab League agreed …

The United Arab Emirates has invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to attend the COP28 climate summit it is hosting at the end of this year, Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Monday. The invite was extended by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.

The talks are taking place as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad mends ties with regional powers after more than a decade of isolation. The foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Turkey, and Iran have met in Moscow for high-level talks on rebuilding ties between Ankara and Damascus after years of animosity during …

The Arab League has reportedly granted Syria a conditional return to the 22-member body with immediate effect. The decision was made by Arab foreign ministers during a closed-door meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday, media reports said. An Egyptian diplomat told the Abu Dhabi-based The National newspaper that …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says Syria has managed to overcome difficulties and emerge victorious in spite of all the threats and sanctions targeting the Arab country. “The Syrian government and nation have moved past major difficulties and problems. Today we can say that you … were able to win [the …

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday the total number of citizens evacuated from Sudan since the outbreak of confrontations, according to a statement issued by the spokesperson of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Ahmed Al-Sahaf. Al-Sahaf explained that 269 people have been evacuated from Sudan so far, including …

Arab foreign ministers will gather in Jordan on Monday to discuss Syria’s long-running conflict and ending Damascus’s diplomatic isolation in the region, the foreign ministry in Amman said. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has been politically isolated since the conflict in his country began in 2011. However, recent weeks have seen …

The Americans claim there is “unsafe and unprofessional” activity where they have no right to be The US military, with the help of its Kurdish allies, occupies a third of Syrian territory with no legal basis and is now complaining about Russia antagonizing its troops. Although Moscow has been invited …

The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria, and Turkey may hold a meeting in May in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, as part of efforts to rebuild Turkey-Syria ties after years of animosity during Syria’s civil war. NATO member Turkey has backed political and armed opposition …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus next week, a senior regional source close to the Syrian government told Reuters on Friday. The visit will be the first by an Iranian president to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since war broke out in Syria in 2011. With military help and economic …

The Iraqi airforce on Thursday initiated a repatriation operation to transport Iraqi nationals and members of the Iraqi community residing in Sudan back to their home country. In a succinct statement, the Ministry of Defense said that a C-130 transport aircraft was deployed in the operation. Ahmed al-Sahaf, the spokesperson …

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement, the latest Arab move to end Syria’s regional isolation. Tunisia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria nearly a decade ago to protest Assad’s crackdown on 2011 demonstrations that developed into civil …

Saudi Arabia and Syria have pledged to seek a political solution to the crises besetting the latter, according to a joint statement released after a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers in Jeddah on Wednesday. Saudi’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad held discussions …

Saudi Arabia is planning to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an Arab League summit that Riyadh is hosting in May, three sources familiar with the plans said, a move that would formally end Syria’s regional isolation. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will travel to Damascus in coming …

Israeli forces carried out air strikes on outposts in Syria’s Homs province in a raid early on Sunday, Syria’s defence ministry said, while Western intelligence sources said a series of air bases in central Syria where Iranian personnel are based were hit in the bombings. The Israeli military declined to …

Syrian President Bashar Assad could soon meet with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, sources say. Syria and Egypt are in advanced talks to restore diplomatic relations that were severed after the outbreak of the conflict in Syria back in 2011, informed sources have told the Wall Street Journal. A …

Syria’s foreign minister met his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo on Saturday, the first such visit in more than a decade and the latest sign of Arab states mending ties with President Bashar al-Assad. Faisal Mekdad was embraced by Sameh Shoukry as he arrived at the Egyptian foreign ministry, the first …