Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches, today visited Christians in a church in Aleppo. FOOTAGE OF CARDINAL CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI'S VISIT TO A CHURCH IN ALEPPO, SYRIA.

The suspension of sanctions is mean to help Syria's post-Assad reconstruction.

An Italian navy ship has arrived in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their asylum applications at special Albanian centers

Global Forecast as of 12:00 GMT Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Global Forecast as of 12:00 GMT Tuesday, January 28, 2025

The attempt at processing at special centres in Albania follows two previous failures in October and November.

Tunisia’s leading scorer is 6-3 guard Omar Abada who has seen action as an import in France, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Ivory Coast and Egypt. Abada, 31, has been a fixture on the Tunisian squad since ...

Explainer: Syria's new leaders face economy decimated ... 2024 The World Bank said on Thursday it had helped Ivory Coast launch a debt-for-education swap in a landmark first transaction for ...

The EU started to impose asset freezes and travel bans on Syrian officials and organizations in 2011 in response to Bashar Assad’s crackdown on protesters, which festered into a civil war.

After more than fifty years of iron-fisted rule, the Assad regime in Syria was finally overthrown a few weeks ago. Leading the rebel onslaught against the regime was Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, who is more commonly known by his nom de guerre of Mohammad al-Jolani.

Two Russian ships docked at Syria’s main Mediterranean port last week, in what appears to be part of a large-scale withdrawal of equipment. The loss of access to the port has left Russia’s navy adrift – not to mention Moscow’s entire Middle East strategy.

As mentioned above, Jabhat al-Nusra, HTS’s precursor organization, was formed in Syria in 2011 as al-Qaeda’s affiliate within the opposition to the Assad regime. Nusra’s leader, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, quickly established a capable organization ...