Two Russian ships docked at Syria’s main Mediterranean port last week, in what appears to be part of a large-scale withdrawal of equipment. The loss of access to the port has left Russia’s navy adrift – not to mention Moscow’s entire Middle East strategy.

The turbulent relationship between France and its former colony Algeria has hit an all-time low, with the two countries accusing one another of humiliation and wilfully inflaming tensions. RFI

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus port.

Syria's new administration does not seek bloodshed with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the country's Kurdish population, de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday.

Since Assad’s fall in the first week of December, Israel has destroyed a large proportion of Syria’s strategic stock of weapons so that they do not fall into the hands of Islamic State and other hostile forces. And Israel has unilaterally seized the Syrian side of Mount Hermon and the United Nations demilitarized zone adjacent to the Golan Heights.

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed DAMASCUS, Syria -- Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax ...

An informed Russian source told Asharq Al-Awsat that a high-level Russian delegation is set to arrive in Damascus “in the near future” to initiate comprehensive talks addressing all issues on the agenda of both sides.

BAMAKO, Mali -- A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali's predominately Tuareg north, said on the social media platform X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

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Tribune News NetworkDohaDoha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the recipients of its 2024 Fall Grants, which continues to support emerging and established filmmakers from the Arab world and beyond. The selection includes an exciting array of projects across various stages of production,