On Wednesday, state media declared the army’s withdrawal marked the end of operations against “outlaw groups.” A ten‑point cease‑fire agreement was read on national television by Sheikh Youssef Jarboua, one of Syria’s top Druze clerics.

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Syrian tensions amid sectarian violence in Suweida, Syria. While Syria welcomed US efforts, Israel hasn't commented.

The decision which “banns trucks coming from Egypt and Saudi Arabia are prohibited from entering Syrian territory” will go into effect on 20 July 2025. Transfer operations of goods will be done at the land border crossing.

Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida Thursday on orders from the Islamist-led government, leaving bodies strewn on the street, AFP journalists reported from the provincia

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria and Saudi Arabia said Saturday they aim to boost economic cooperation to for their mutual benefit and create jobs for Syrians after Western sanctions imposed on the war ...

Damascus, SANA – A delegation from Saudi Arabia toured Damascus International Airport on Thursday to discuss cooperation and investment opportunities in the civil aviation sector.

How did a Gulf backwater become a global powerbroker? Saudi Arabia: A Modern History by David Commins explores the uneasy alliance between oil, autocracy, and Wahhabism. Arabian American Oil Co drilling rig in the desert, Saudi Arabia, by Robert Yarnall Richie, 1948. DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University. Public Domain.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar say they will pay Syria's outstanding debt to the World Bank, a move that is likely to make the international institution resume its support to the war-torn country.