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Officials pose after signing a framework agreement for developmental cooperation and the launch of 45 development initiatives between the Syrian Development Fund and Saudi Arabia’s Development Committee at the People’s Palace in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syria and Saudi Arabia sign multibillion-dollar investment deals to boost economy

February 7, 2026 at 1:31 p.m.

Syria and Saudi Arabia signed multibillion-dollar investment agreements on Saturday, including a major telecommunications project, a low-cost joint airline and an international airport in northern Syria.

Syrian government forces sit on their armored personnel carrier, as they withdraw from Sweida city, southern Syria, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

US envoy says Syria and Israel agree to ceasefire as Druze minority and Bedouin clans clash in Syria

July 18, 2025 at 6:54 p.m.

U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said early Saturday that Israel and Syria had agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this week in fighting between Syrian government forces and...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, right, speaks during a joint press conference with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syria and Saudi Arabia agree to boost economic cooperation after Western sanctions eased

May 31, 2025 at 4:27 p.m.

Syria and Saudi Arabia said Saturday they aim to boost economic cooperation to for their mutual benefit and create jobs for Syrians after Western sanctions imposed on the war-torn country...

Trucks carrying around 60 displaced families gather on the highway as they head to their village, Kafr Sijna, after more than five years in the Atmeh camps near the Syrian-Turkish border, on a highway north of Kafr Sijna, Syria, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syria welcomes US decision to ease Assad-era sanctions as a ‘positive step’

May 24, 2025 at 1:52 p.m.

Syria considers the move by the Trump administration to ease sanctions imposed on the war-torn country as a “positive step” to ease humanitarian and economic suffering, its foreign ministry said...

Syrians sing and wave post-Assad flags during a concert by the recently returned “revolutionary” singer Wasfi Maasrani in Damascus late Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025..(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus

January 11, 2025 at 2:20 p.m.

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.”

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