The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Lebanon, Syria discuss sea border after Beirut's Israel deal

The Lebanese and Syrian presidents discussed delineating their countries' shared maritime border on Saturday before a visit to Damascus next week by a Lebanese delegation tasked with negotiating the issue, a Lebanese official said.

Reuters · Oct 22, 2022

Cholera Outbreak in Syria Provokes Warnings of ‘Health Disaster’

The cholera outbreak in Syria is affecting all regions, regardless of the forces in control.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 22, 2022

Washington Denounces Syria-Hamas Reconciliation

The United States on Thursday warned against any normalization of ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and insisted his reconciliation with Hamas showed his “isolation.” “The Assad regime’s outreach to this terrorist organization only reinforces for us its isolation,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. “It harms the interests…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 22, 2022

Cholera outbreak hits Syrian refugees sheltering in camps in Lebanon

Syrian refugees in displacement camps are falling victim to a cholera outbreak in Lebanon, already suffering from an economic meltdown that has slashed access to clean water and strained hospitals.

Reuters · Oct 21, 2022

WHO Staffers in Syria Accuse Their Boss of Corruption

Staffers at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Syrian office have accused their boss of mismanaging millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country. More than 100 confidential documents, messages and other materials obtained by…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 21, 2022

General Who Led Syrian Bombing Is New Face of Russian War

The general carrying out President Vladimir Putin's new military strategy in Ukraine has a reputation for brutality — for bombing civilians in Russia's campaign in Syria. He also played a role in the deaths of three protesters in Moscow during the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 that hastened…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 21, 2022

Israel Won't Supply Ukraine with Iron Dome System

Several Israeli ministers leaked information that the army and other security services in Tel Aviv were against providing Ukraine with the Iron Dome anti-missile system, fearing it could lead to a more significant crisis with Russia, which in turn would supply Syria with similar designs, and the S-300 and S-400…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 21, 2022

General who led Syrian bombing is new face of Russian war

Gen. Sergei Surovikin has become the face of Russia’s new military strategy in Ukraine, which includes unleashing a barrage of strikes against the country's infrastructure

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Head of WHO’s Syria office faces allegations of fraud and abuse

Numerous complaints made about Dr Akjemal Magtymova, AP reports after whistleblower leak

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022

France repatriates 40 children, 15 women from camps in Syria

Repatriation is the largest in three months and comes a week after an EU rights court condemned France.

Al Jazeera · Oct 20, 2022