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Turkey to start providing Syria with natural gas on August 2
Ammon News - Turkey will start providing Syria with natural gas from August 2, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told state-owned Anadolu news agency on Wednesday, adding Azerbaijan would also be involved in the exports running through Turkey's...

Turkey to supply natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey will begin supplying natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria to help the country generate electricity, Turkey’s energy minister said Wednesday. Natural gas from Azerbaijan will be delivered to Syria via the Kilis pipeline...

Erdogan shouldn’t bank on Trump
Bedouin fighters gather in the village of Busra al-Harir, while security forces cordon off the area, in southern Syria, on Tuesday, July 22. Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘destabilizing’ involvement in Syria shows that the Israeli prime minister ‘has no...

Israeli official: Iran-backed groups planning attacks from southern Syria
The Saudi-owned Al Arabiya channel reported Wednesday, citing an Israeli official, that "there are warnings that Iran-affiliated groups intend to carry out terrorist attacks from southern Syria." According to the official, negotiations are...

Stephen Timms MP explores East India Company Trail at St Paul’s
He was known as a distinguished economist who had taught at the London School of Economics, where he remained an emeritus professor after his retirement, but his knowledge of Bollywood films was also impressive. He admitted whistling songs from...

For All These Reasons, Syria is Still Being Monitored Internationally
The recent meeting between the United States, France, and Syria remains the subject of much speculation and debate, with much of the focus on what was actually agreed upon... This state of affairs is neither new nor surprising, given the unusual...
Quiet trade approaching data, earnings and Fed announcement - Newsquawk US Market Open
European bourses are mixed amidst a slew of earnings, US futures flat/firmer ahead of a busy data docket and earnings from Meta and Microsoft. USD rally pauses for breath as markets await Q2 flash GDP and FOMC. USTs contained into numerous US...

President Barzani: Drone strikes threaten Iraq’s economy
2025-07-30T10:05:53+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani warned on Wednesday that repeated drone attacks on the Region’s oil infrastructure pose a serious threat not only to local...

Freeze Libya’s financial transactions to end migration blackmail
Clothes belonging to migrants and refugees who crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Greece hang on an iron fence to dry at Karave port on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete, on July 7. [AP] One way for the EU to escape from Khalifa...

Turkey to start providing Syria with natural gas on August 2, minister says
ANKARA - Turkey will start providing Syria with natural gas from August 2, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told state-owned Anadolu news agency on Wednesday, adding Azerbaijan would also be involved in the exports running through Turkey's...

Turkey to begin supplying Azeri gas to Syria from Saturday
by Naharnet Newsdesk 30 July 2025, 12:58 Turkey will start exporting natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria from Saturday, the energy minister said on Wednesday. Syria's Islamist authorities, who toppled Bashar al-Assad in December, are seeking to...

Türkiye says it'll start providing gas to Syria from Saturday
Türkiye will start providing Syria with natural gas as of Saturday, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Wednesday, adding that Azerbaijan would also be involved in the export. During a visit to Damascus in May,...

First “Tartous Summer Shopping Festival” open with Participation of more than 84 local and international companies
Tartous, SANA- With participation of local and international parties and with the aim of stimulating commercial activity and supporting local industries marketing, the first Tartous Summer Shopping Festival opened Tuesday evening on corniche. “The...

Syrians Report Surge in Thefts Amid Weak Security and Economic Hardship
Syria is witnessing a marked increase in thefts and attacks on both public and private property, driven by economic deterioration and a weakened security apparatus following the collapse of the previous regime on 8 December 2024. Residents in...

Syria Faces Severe Challenges and Deteriorating Humanitarian Situation Despite Sanctions Relief, Says UN Envoy
On 28 July 2025, Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Qusay al-Dhahak, addressed the UN Security Council, outlining the country’s escalating challenges—including ongoing security threats, Israeli airstrikes, and a deepening...
Jordan issues 32,000 work permits to Syrian refugees in 2025
Ammon News - The number of work permits granted to Syrian refugees in Jordan from the beginning of 2025 until the end of May amounted to 32,160 permits, including 5,818 permits during May, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for...

BAPPC with Orange County Companies and Partners Voice Business Opposition to Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
Business owners signed Surfrider Foundation surfboard opposing offshore drilling in CA and presented it to the Trump Administration On Thursday, August 22, 2019, the Business Alliance for Protecting the Pacific Coast (BAPPC) and its partners...

Fourth Aid Convoy Reaches Syria's Sweida
A fourth humanitarian aid convoy carrying food, fuel, and medical supplies arrived in Syria’s southern province of Sweida this week, amid growing public anger over deteriorating living conditions and a contentious debate between locals and...

Why Canada should follow Israel’s lead and help the Druze in Syria
For nearly three weeks now, members of Canada’s Druze community have been desperately sounding the alarm after an outbreak of ethnic violence in the Sweida area of Syria resulted in the deaths of roughly 1,000 people, mostly civilians. Tensions...

Syrian-Qatari talks on enhancing regulatory cooperation
Doha, SANA – Syria and Qatar discussed ways of enhancing regulatory cooperation and exchange of expertise between regulatory bodies in both countries. The Syrian delegation headed by Wassim al-Mansour; deputy chairman of the Central Agency for...