News Syria Homs: Oil flows, fuel runs dry: Syria’s paradox as a new energy corridor
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has transformed Syria into a key transit route for Iraqi oil bound for Europe. Since April, some 15 million barrels have been exported through the country.Yet Syria ...
News Syria Homs: Syria is rising, al-Sharaa tells UN—but challenges remain at home
Syria’s diplomatic rehabilitation has moved at breakneck speed. Now, al-Sharaa faces a harder challenge: turning international acceptance into economic progress, stronger institutions and restored sovereignty for Syrians at home.
News Syria Homs: Syria: Reconstruction Deals Lack Critical Rights Framework
The Syrian transitional government is signing billions of dollars in reconstruction deals without a human rights framework that would ensure that rebuilding respects, protects, and fulfills the rights of affected people.
News Syria Homs: Syria extends Homs curfew as killings threaten to inflame sectarian tension
Syrian authorities have prolonged a sweeping curfew across parts of the western city of Homs after a weekend killing piqued sectarian tensions in the city. Officials first imposed the restrictions on ...
News Syria Homs: Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputes
Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year. That extraordinary figure represents nearly one-quarter of all Syrians who fled fighting during ...
News Syria Homs: 'People are now happy': Syria emerges from isolation on the road to recovery
He said that US President Donald Trump’s move to remove Syria from the list of state sponsors of terrorism could truly transform the country after years of conflict and put it on a path to recovery.
News Syria Homs: Syria appoints new cabinet as government settles into power
The Syrian government, led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, has reshuffled some of the country’s cabinet members. This is important because it is part of the government’s attempt to demonstrate ...
News Syria Homs: Syria-US Gas Deal Aims to Ease Financial Bottleneck
The Syrian Petroleum Company has signed a major implementation contract with US companies ConocoPhillips and Novaterra Energy to develop gas fields and raise production, marking the most significant strategic breakthrough in economic and political ties between Damascus and Washington since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in late 2024.
News Syria Homs: Power cuts heat up interest in Syria's traditional bathhouses
Syria's traditional bathhouses once drew in customers seeking to relax in their leisure time. Now some families head there out of necessity, fed up with taking a cold shower at home because frequent ...
News Syria Homs: Syria's intelligence apparatus awaits verdict in historic torture trial
In a landmark case, a Syrian regime officer is being tried for crimes against humanity in Germany. Evidence presented by prosecutors has cast a light on Bashar Assad's system of torture and oppression ...
News Syria Homs: Ex-officer jailed for Syrian war crimes after landmark German trial
A German court on Thursday jailed a Syrian ex-intelligence officer for life for murder, rape and crimes against humanity, handing down the first ever conviction for state-backed torture committed ...
