February 20, 2023 Syrian president visits Oman in first trip abroad since deadly earthquake The Syrian president visited Oman on Monday for the first time since the deadly earthquake on Feb. 6. The earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria killed nearly 45,000 people.
February 19, 2023 Israel attacks Iranian targets in Syria as shadow war heats up between the two adversaries: report The reported Israeli attack against Iranian assets in Syria comes the same day that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed an Iranian attack against an Israeli-registered ship in the Persian Gulf
February 18, 2023 US captures ISIS official after helicopter raid in Syria The U.S. Military confirmed on Saturday that it launched a helicopter raid in eastern Syria that captured a top ISIS official and resulted in no injuries or deaths.
February 17, 2023 FIFA allocates $1 million to those affected by the earthquakes in Turkey, Syria FIFA plans to provide humanitarian aid of $1 million to the millions of people who were left homeless from the destructive earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
February 17, 2023 4 US servicemembers injured during Syria raid that left ISIS senior leader dead The U.S. partnered with the Syrian Democratic Forces to carry out the raid, which also injured a "working dog," who is receiving treatment along with injured service members.
February 16, 2023 UN pushes for $1B in funding for Turkish earthquake survivors The United Nations has launched a $1 billion appeal to ensure humanitarian aid for 5.2 million survivors of the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria last week.
February 16, 2023 United Nations official says the Syrian death toll from earthquake is likely to rise The death toll from the earthquake in Syria last week is expected to rise according to a United Nations official. Teams across the country continue to remove rubble from affected areas.
February 15, 2023 Initial earthquake aid delays blamed on Syria's Assad, warring factions and bureaucracy Syrians are in desperate need of humanitarian relief, but President Assad's weaponization of aid and the U.N.'s bureaucratic slow rolling prove to be early roadblocks.
February 15, 2023 Jordan's foreign minister vows to deliver earthquake aid during meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad Ayman Safadi met with Bashar Assad in Damascus. The Jordan foreign minister vowed to deliver earthquake aid to Syria after the country was hit with a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
February 15, 2023 US military shoots down Iranian-made drone over oil site in Syria The U.S. military shot down an alleged Iranian-manufactured drone on Tuesday as the military says it was conducting surveillance over an oil site in Syria.