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DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – A senior official at the Syrian Ministry of Education said on Thursday that approximately 8,000 schools across the country have been damaged or destroyed due to years of conflict—half of them completely, and…

ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – Local sources reported to North Press on Thursday that Turkish-backed armed militants killed a young man in the Kurdish region of Afrin in northwestern Syria while guarding his family’s solar panels. …

By Norman al-Abbas DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Amid Syria’s deepening economic crisis, the dismissal of hundreds of public sector employees following the collapse of the former regime is fueling mounting concerns—not only because…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel announced on Thursday that the number of injuries from the Iranian missile strike on the southern city of Be’er Sheva has risen to 50. Haskel stated that…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – Two U.S. senators—Democrat Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Rand Paul—introduced on Wednesday a bipartisan bill aimed at repealing the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019. In a joint statement…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – A former senior advisor at the U.S. State Department warned on Wednesday that a direct U.S. military intervention in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran could prompt Tehran to use short-range…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) announced on Wednesday the arrest of a network involved in drug use and trafficking in the city of Kobani, northern Syria. According to a…

HOMS, Syria (North Press) – One man was killed and a child injured on Wednesday after a landmine left behind from the war exploded while they were herding sheep in the eastern countryside of Homs, central Syria. A local source told…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – France's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jérôme Bonnafont, on Tuesday called on the Syrian transitional government to honor its declared commitments toward the Kurdish population, framing…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The United States urged on Tuesday the Syrian transitional government to take concrete political and security steps as part of a new phase in relations between Washington and Damascus, following the recent…