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Health Ministry confirmed that four individuals were killed and 116 others injured following an explosion in Maarat Misrin, northern Idlib countryside.

The invitation to visit Syria for a St Patrick's Day event in Damascus felt strange, given the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad governing at the time.

"Israeli intervention reignited tensions in the city, with fighting there a dangerous turning point," President Ahmed al-Sharaa stated, highlighting the escalating violence resulting from external military involvement.

Over the last week, Syria's government stepped into fighting in the Suwayda administrative region in the southern part of the country, between local Bedouin fighters and militias linked to the Druze.

The Israeli military confirmed the strike, which it said targeted Syrian regime forces involved in suppressing Druze communities in Sweida, a region that has seen days of bloody fighting between Druze militants and Bedouin tribes.

DP World will redevelop Tartous port with an $800m investment, marking a strategic step towards modernizing Syria's logistics infrastructure and enhancing its economic potential.

"It's obviously profound and moving for me, but also somewhat uncomfortable. I wish the value given to those images was given to the lives of the people I photographed, but the world doesn't work that way."

Nora was held in a basement for around a month, where she was physically and psychologically brutalized. She was dragged into a car filled with masked men after being stopped.

"The findings from this mission are clear. Syrian heritage has suffered extensive damage from 14 years of war, as well as from the 2023 earthquake and the country's economic and social crises."

The atmosphere in Sugar Man was vibrant, filled with purple lights, trendy bartenders, and a crowd that included young Syrian activists returning home to celebrate freedom.

Abdulrazak al-Jenan spent thousands on solar panels, as Syria provides only a few hours of electricity daily, forcing families into debt for energy solutions.

The executive order is meant to "end the country's isolation from the international financial system, setting the stage for global commerce and galvanizing investments from its neighbours in the region, as well as from the United States," said Brad Smith, US Treasury's acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

President Trump’s recent executive order dismantles previously established sanctions against Syria, particularly aimed at promoting investments critical to the country's development and recovery.

Sedition is happening, Hind Kabawat, Syria's Social and Labour Affairs minister, told Syria TV from a Damascus hospital, as she fought back tears. All Christians and Muslims and all Syrians need to be strong today. This is a big wound, and our pain is big.

The World Bank has approved over $1 billion for infrastructure projects in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, focusing on railways, electricity, and urgent public infrastructure repairs.