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News Syria: UNESCO supports education recovery and resilience in Syria

Published on: Sunday 04 October 2026
UNESCO supports education recovery and resilience in Syria
News source: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-supports-education-recovery-and-resilience-syria

Years of conflict, crisis, and disruptions to learning have placed enormous pressure on Syria’s education system. Working with the Ministry of Education, UNESCO is helping learners return to safe ...

News Syria: Syria: Women Barred from Defense, Security Colleges

Published on: Friday 16 October 2026
Syria: Women Barred from Defense, Security Colleges
News source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/10/16/syria-women-barred-from-defense-security-colleges

Syrian authorities have imposed admissions rules that bar women from most programs at two new state universities focused on defense and security, with applications closing on October 19, 2026.

News Syria: Syria and Germany seek stronger cooperation in education, science and culture

Published on: Monday 12 October 2026
Syria and Germany seek stronger cooperation in education, science and culture
News source: https://sana.sy/en/education/2350332/

Damascus, Oct. 13 (SANA) Syria and Germany opened a two-day conference in Damascus on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation in education, scientific research and

News Syria: Al-Shaibani: Syria has fully cooperated with OPCW towards final closure of the file

Published on: Tuesday 13 October 2026
Al-Shaibani: Syria has fully cooperated with OPCW towards final closure of the file
News source: https://sana.sy/en/syria/2350521/

Damascus, Oct. 13 (SANA) Foreign and Expatriates Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani said that Syria has submitted more than 100,000 official documents to the

News Syria: Post-Assad Syria is facing its biggest stress test yet. Here’s why that matters

Published on: Tuesday 29 September 2026
Post-Assad Syria is facing its biggest stress test yet. Here’s why that matters
News source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/middleeast/syria-post-assad-what-comes-next-intl

This month, thousands of Syrians poured into the streets in the broadest protests since al-Assad’s fall. Unlike under his family’s 54-year police state, they were allowed to go home.

News Syria: Syria opens tender for 1.2 GW pumped hydro project on Euphrates

Published on: Tuesday 06 October 2026
Syria opens tender for 1.2 GW pumped hydro project on Euphrates
News source: https://renewablesnow.com/news/syria-opens-tender-for-1-2-gw-pumped-hydro-project-on-euphrates-1302574/

Syria's Ministry of Energy has issued a request for expressions of interest (EOI) for the Halabiya-Zalabiya Dam project on the Euphrates River, which includes the construction of an 81-MW hydropower plant and a pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) facility of up to 1,200 MW.

News Syria: Syria reopens Aleppo's 1,300-year-old Great Umayyad Mosque after 13 years

Published on: Wednesday 07 October 2026
Syria reopens Aleppo's 1,300-year-old Great Umayyad Mosque after 13 years
News source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/syria-reopens-aleppos-1300-year-old-great-umayyad-mosque-after-13-years

Syrian authorities are working to restore cultural landmarks and ancient sites that had been damaged or destroyed during the civil war.

News Syria: UAE President’s Cup for purebred Arabian horses debuts in Syria

Published on: Thursday 08 October 2026
UAE President’s Cup for purebred Arabian horses debuts in Syria
News source: https://sana.sy/en/sport/2349226/

Latakia, Oct. 9 (SANA) The UAE President’s Cup for purebred Arabian horses has made its debut in Syria, with races opening at the equestrian track in Latakia

News Syria: Syria opens SYNC’26 conference on technology and entrepreneurship

Published on: Thursday 08 October 2026
Syria opens SYNC’26 conference on technology and entrepreneurship
News source: https://sana.sy/en/syria/2349200/

Damascus, Oct. 9 (SANA) The SYNC’26 technology and entrepreneurship conference opened at the Damascus Opera House, bringing together experts from Syria and

News Syria: Watch: Israeli Druze politician calls for seizing of Syria's Sweida

Published on: Sunday 04 October 2026
Watch: Israeli Druze politician calls for seizing of Syria's Sweida
News source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/watch-israeli-druze-politician-calls-seizing-syrias-sweida

Ayoob Kara, an Israeli Druze politician and the country's former minister of communication, stated that the Israeli Druze community would not back down from seizing Sweida, a southern Syrian city ...

News Syria: Rovo launches “Zid” e-commerce platform in Syria to boost digital trade and artisans

Published on: Saturday 26 September 2026
Rovo launches “Zid” e-commerce platform in Syria to boost digital trade and artisans
News source: https://sana.sy/en/economic/2346196/

Damascus, Sept. 26 (SANA) Rovo, a leading regional technology firm, officially launched the "Zid" e-commerce platform in Syria on Saturday, aiming to

News Syria: Syria, EU discuss cooperation on social protection, economic empowerment

Published on: Tuesday 29 September 2026
Syria, EU discuss cooperation on social protection, economic empowerment
News source: https://sana.sy/en/syria/2346805/

Damascus, Sept. 29 (SANA) Syria and the European Union discussed expanding cooperation on social protection and sustainable development Tuesday, with Damascus

News Syria: The Politics Blocking Syria’s Energy Recovery

Published on: Tuesday 26 May 2026
The Politics Blocking Syria’s Energy Recovery
News source: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/politics-blocking-syrias-energy-recovery

Washington’s message to Syrian officials should be simple: foreign energy capital is unlikely to flow quickly as long as the outside world sees their government as an opaque regime with unclear authority, factional infighting, uncertain legal protections, and unresolved military tensions with powerful neighbors.

News Syria: Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood fights for its future

Published on: Thursday 01 October 2026
Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood fights for its future
News source: https://syriadirect.org/syrias-muslim-brotherhood-fights-for-its-future/

Under mounting regional pressure and facing deep internal divisions, Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood is weighing its political future as the country’s uncertain transition raises questions over political parties and pluralism. Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood faces regional pressure, internal divisions and an uncertain political future as Syria navigates its post-Assad transition.

News Syria: Israel attacks airbase in Syria’s Idlib as US, Turkiye slam ‘escalation’

Published on: Monday 17 August 2026
Israel attacks airbase in Syria’s Idlib as US, Turkiye slam ‘escalation’
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/eight-air-strikes-hit-airbase-in-syrias-idlib

Turkiye rejects Israeli allegations that it posed a threat by preparing to send troops to airbase in Syria’s Idlib.

News Syria: Syria’s Idlib, Germany’s Passau launch work on twin-city partnership

Published on: Saturday 03 October 2026
Syria’s Idlib, Germany’s Passau launch work on twin-city partnership
News source: https://sana.sy/en/politics/2347772/

Passau, Oct. 3 (SANA) Syria’s Idlib and Germany’s Passau have begun work on establishing a twin-city partnership aimed at expanding cooperation and exchanges

News Syria: Syria begins flood-prevention work along Khabur River

Published on: Sunday 04 October 2026
Syria begins flood-prevention work along Khabur River
News source: https://sana.sy/en/syria/2348044/

Hasakah, Oct. 4 (SANA) Syria has begun a second phase of work to reduce flood risks along the Khabur River in northeastern Hasakah Governorate, months after

News Syria: Rights group cautions against careless redevelopment in Syria, citing billions in deals lacking legal safeguards

Published on: Monday 28 September 2026
Rights group cautions against careless redevelopment in Syria, citing billions in deals lacking legal safeguards
News source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/rights-group-cautions-against-careless-redevelopment-in-syria-citing-billions-in-deals-lacking-legal-safeguards/

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday advised global leaders to consider the effects proposed redevelopment will have on the Syrian people as international investment continues to pour into the ...