Syria to establish first post-Assad parliament amid political inclusivity concerns

DAMASCUS - Syria will hold an indirect vote on Sunday to establish its first parliament since Bashar al-Assad was ousted, a key step in the transition from his rule but one that has stirred concerns about political inclusivity under the country's...

Syria to hold first post-Assad vote

DAMASCUS, Oct. 3 (TemA) — Syria will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday, the first since Bashar Assad was ousted in December, in a limited step toward a political transition. Two-thirds of the 210 seats in the People’s Assembly will be chosen...

Syrian Optimism Grows for Security Deal with Israel

In a stunning reversal of decades of hostility, Syrian officials are reportedly pursuing a security agreement with Israel, signaling a potential seismic shift in regional dynamics. From Battlefield to Bargaining Table The reported optimism from...

Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer blamed by Israel for Manchester synagogue terror attack: 'We expect more than words!'

Israel has blamed Keir Starmer for the Manchester synagogue terror attack after failing to curb a “toxic wave of antisemitism” in Britain. Two men were killed in the terrorist attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in...

Syrian-British man, Jihad al-Shamie, identified as Manchester synagogue terrorist

Police officers take notes during the Manchester synagogue terror attack day 2 at Heaton Park Shul, Manchester, United Kingdom, Oct. 3, 2025. (Photo by Mark Cosgrove/News Images via Reuters) The terrorist who murdered two and seriously wounded...

Ilham Ahmed on negotiating Syria’s future

It has been reported that during your recent meeting with Minister Shaibani in Damascus, you proposed amendments to the Syrian constitutional declaration. Can you share your vision for these changes? We are advocating a decentralised system, which...

UCC Holding signs five design, consultancy agreements for development of Damascus International Airport

Officials pose for a group photo during the signing of agreement. DOHA: UCC Holding, on behalf of the JV partners and through its subsidiary Urbacon Airports, has signed five consultancy and design agreements as part of Damascus International...

Grant Shapps reveals how father-in-law 'came face-to-face' with terrorist as he tried to force his way into Manchester synagogue

Former Tory minister Grant Shapps has revealed how his hero father-in-law blocked the path of Islamic terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie during his attack on a synagogue. Michael Goldstone can be seen in a picture of Al-Shamie before he was shot dead by...

Two Australian women and four children escape Syrian detention camp and flee to Victoria

Two Australian women and four children have escaped a Syrian detention camp and made their own way home to Victoria, as pressure mounts on the Australian government to repatriate its citizens. The two women and four children – the Guardian is not...

Erdogan Threatens Operation Against Syrian Kurds If 'Integration' With Damascus Fails

Via The Cradle President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Wednesday that Turkey will not allow Syria's fragmentation if a deal to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian military led by self-appointed President Ahmad...

British man of Syrian descent named as Manchester synagogue attacker

LONDON - Britain’s counter-terrorism police named a British citizen of Syrian descent as the perpetrator of an attack on a synagogue that killed two people. Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, carried out the attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation...

Terrorist shot dead after Manchester attack is British man of Syrian descent

A British man of Syrian descent carried out a terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester that killed two people, before he was shot dead by officers, police said on Thursday night. Jihad Al Shamie, 35, was unknown to police and security...

Breaking: Women and children stranded in Syria return to Australia after smuggling themselves from country

A small group of Australian women who travelled or were taken to Syria as partners of Islamic State members, as well as their children, have managed to smuggle themselves out of the country and have now returned home, after years of being stranded...

UK Front Pages 03/10: Synagogue Rampage Sparks Grief, Anger and Political Fallout

The front pages of The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Daily Mail and Financial Times converge today on the shocking terrorist attack at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, but their angles, emphases, and editorial choices diverge sharply,...

US President Eyes China’s Silk Road

By: Toh Han Shih In a series of exchanges with leaders of Central Asian nations, US President Donald Trump is making clear a challenge to China in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, for more than 1,500 years part of the historic Silk...

‘I’d like to see the security checks’: Syrian ISIS brides return to Australia

Former New South Wales police minister David Elliott discusses how ISIS brides from Syria have smuggled themselves out of the country and returned to Australia. This comes as a terror attack at a synagogue in Manchester, UK, resulted in the deaths...

Manchester synagogue attack suspect named as Jihad al-Shamie of Syrian descent

British police have named the man behind Thursday’s deadly attack outside a Manchester synagogue as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent. He was shot dead by armed officers after ramming his car into pedestrians and...

Saudi minister of health holds talks with Syrian minister of culture

Yassin Saleh, the Syrian minister, given a tour of MOH's Seha Virtual Hospital command and control center The virtual hospital has facilitated access to specialized medical consultations for the Syrian health ministry Arab News RIYADH: Saudi...

Women and children return to Australia after smuggling themselves out of Syria

A group of Australian women believed to be the wives and children of Islamic State fighters who spent years stranded in Syria have managed to smuggle themselves back into Australia. It is understood the women went to Syria and Iraq during the rule...

Terrorist who killed two at Manchester synagogue was Syrian granted UK citizenship in 2006; police name victims

Seven minutes of terror as two killed by knifeman at synagogue in ManchesterThe 35-year-old attacker was shot dead by police seven minutes after officers were alertedGuard who shut attacker out of building praised for saving lives Greater...