Syria eyes security deals with Israel by end of 2025

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) welcomes Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin ahead of a meeting in Damascus. [AFP] Syria expects to finalise security and military agreements with Israel this year, an official said Thursday, in...

Syria-Israel security, military deals could materialize by end-2025

Syria hopes to finalize security and military agreements with Israel by the end of 2025, an official said Thursday, marking a potential breakthrough less than a year after the ouster of Bashar Assad. With the United States pushing for a settlement...

Syria: Israeli enemy forces advance into Quneitra countryside, bulldoze land, and set up checkpoint

Syria: Israeli enemy forces advance into Quneitra countryside, bulldoze land, and set up checkpoint Damascus – Saba: An Israeli enemy patrol consisting of five military vehicles advanced today, Thursday, into the town of al-Ma’allaqa in southern...

Syria to strike security deals with Israel by end of 2025: Ministry official to AFP

Syria will strike several security and military agreements with Israel by the end of the year, a foreign ministry official told AFP on Thursday. "There is progress in the talks with Israel," said the official who requested anonymity because they...

Syria and Israel Could Reach Security Pact Within Days

A security pact between Jerusalem and Damascus could happen within days, according to Syria’s President. Speaking to reporters in Damascus, President Ahmed Al-Sharaa said the security pact is a “necessity,” calling on the United Nations to monitor...

Syria Aims to Finalize Security and Military Agreements with Israel by Year-End

TDT | Damascus Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Syria expects to finalize key security and military agreements with Israel by the end of 2025, a Syrian official announced Thursday, signaling a potential breakthrough less than a year after...

Syria Druze leader rejects Damascus talks, praises Israel

Hikmat al-Hijri is one of the most influential Druze spiritual and political figures in Suweida [Getty] Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria’s Suweida province, has ruled out negotiations with the government...

Syria FM heads to US in first such visit in more than 25 years

by Naharnet Newsdesk 18 September 2025, 11:36 Syria's foreign minister is heading to Washington on Thursday, a foreign ministry source told AFP, in the first such visit in more than 25 years. "Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani will travel...

Syria to strike security deals with Israel by end of 2025

by Naharnet Newsdesk 18 September 2025, 12:07 Syria will strike several security and military agreements with Israel by the end of the year, a foreign ministry official told AFP on Thursday. "There is progress in the talks with Israel," said the...

'Syria, Israel eye security deals by end of 2025'

Also on Thursday, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani landed in Washington, state television reported, to conduct the first such visit in more than 25 years. 2 View gallery Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (Photo: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters) "There is...

Syria’s foreign minister is in Washington for the first visit by a Damascus official in 25 years

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister was in Washington on Thursday, kicking off the first official visit to the United States by a top Syrian official in 25 years as the new government in Damascus struggles to recover from the civil war...

Syria to sign security deals with Israel by end of 2025, says official

DAMASCUS: Syria will finalise several security and military agreements with Israel by the end of 2025, a foreign ministry official confirmed to AFP on Thursday. This development represents a significant milestone following the removal of long-time...

Syria, Israel inching closer to security deals to halt hostilities by year-end

Syria will strike several security and military deals with Israel by the end of the year, with a special focus on an agreement to halt Tel Aviv’s strikes in southern Syria. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (L) watches as US special envoy...

Syria to strike security deals with Israel by end of 2025: ministry official

DAMASCUS Syria will strike several security and military agreements with Israel by the end of the year, a foreign ministry official told AFP on Thursday, in what would be a major milestone after the toppling of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. Also...

Syria will agree security deals with Israel soon

ALBAWABA - Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said that Damascus said that negotiations with Israel were successful and that Syria will ink a security agreement "in the coming days," Reuters reported late Wednesday. Reuters quoted al-Sharaa, who...

US Dismisses Syria Diplomats Amid Shift Toward Pro-Damascus Policy

Home syria US Dismisses Syria Diplomats Amid Shift Toward Pro-Damascus Policy Since Washington shuttered its embassy in Damascus in 2012, the Syria Regional Platform (SRP) has served as the de facto mission to Syria. Several of the most senior...

Accused French Islamic State members held in Syria sent to Iraq for trial, officials say

BAGHDAD (AP) — Forty-seven French citizens who had been held in detention in northeast Syria on suspicion of being members of the Islamic State group have been handed over to Iraq for prosecution, Iraqi security officials said. Three Iraqi...

Israel, Syria to sign security agreement before year-end — AFP

PARIS, September 18. /TASS/. Israel and Syria will sign a number of agreements in the military sphere by the end of 2025, AFP reported, citing a Syrian Foreign Ministry official. "There is progress in the talks with Israel," the Syrian diplomat...

Turkish military may leave Syria after securing border — sources

ANKARA, September 18. /TASS/. The issue of the presence of Turkish army units in Syria will be reviewed only after the border is fully secured, sources in the Turkish Defense Ministry told reporters. "The Turkish Armed Forces are in Syria based on...

Woman's death on Aleppo park bench stirs anger at Syria poverty

A harrowing image showing the death of a woman on a park bench in Aleppo has gone viral on social media, highlighting the poverty and social decay Syria still faces, nine months after the ouster of the Assad regime and the dying down of conflict...