video Update Syria’s new rulers call for victory celebrations in streets

Syria’s new rulers call for victory celebrations in streets

  • Militant leader Abu Mohammed Al-Golani is now using his real name Ahmed Al-Sharaa
  • His call comes ahead of the first Friday prayers since Syria’s new leadership took control
video By AFP ·

Update Blinken sees ‘encouraging signs’ on reaching Gaza ceasefire

Blinken sees ‘encouraging signs’ on reaching Gaza ceasefire

  • Blinken called on Turkiye to influence Hamas to achieve the exchange deal and ceasefire in Gaza
By AFP ·

Fall of Bashar Assad exposes Syrian government’s drug trade

Fall of Bashar Assad exposes Syrian government’s drug trade

  • Islamist-led fighters seize military bases and distribution hubs for the banned drug captagon
By AFP ·

Saudi Arabia, UK agree to increase bilateral trade to $37.5 billion by 2030

Saudi Arabia, UK agree to increase bilateral trade to $37.5 billion by 2030

  • Saudi Arabia and UK look to strengthen economic partnership
  • Two sides welcome “significant progress" on GCC-UK Free Trade Agreement
By Arab News ·

People walk with food in plastic bags, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar Assad, in Damascus on Thursday.

Kyiv ready to supply food to Syria as Russia supplies suspended

  • Russian wheat supplies to Syria had been suspended over uncertainty about the new government
By Reuters ·

Ukraine’s Zelensky to meet European leaders in Brussels on Wednesday

Ukraine’s Zelensky to meet European leaders in Brussels on Wednesday

  • Zelensky and some of his European allies have called for European troops to be deployed to Ukraine
  • “It won’t be a meeting that has concrete decisions, but more political to discuss the coming weeks and months,” said a source
By Reuters ·