HOLEB (ALEPPO), Syria — A European delegation from the Syriac Cross Foundation for Care and Development conducted several visits in Syria, traveling through the provinces of Edleb (Idlib) and Holeb (Aleppo) to assess local needs and discuss cultural, social and humanitarian initiatives with church representatives and community figures. The delegation included Sarah Afram, head of the Syriac Cross Foundation in Belgium, and Sandra Korteweg, head of Schlomo Nederland, and the Foundation’s Syrian administration, including country head Malek Hanna and official Miray Tawaifi.

HOLEB, Syria — A series of explosions at an ammunition depot in the Al-Eis area of southern Holeb (Aleppo) countryside on Monday injured four people, prompting authorities to close roads and evacuate nearby residents. The initial blast occurred at a site belonging to the Syrian Army, according to Syrian state media, followed by successive explosions involving ammunition and other explosive materials.

HOLEB, Syria — Efforts are underway to protect and restore historic and religious sites in Holeb (Aleppo) through cooperation between international experts and Syrian specialists, with the aim of preserving the cultural heritage that has suffered extensive damage over the past several years. A French archaeological delegation, working alongside Syrian experts, has begun a field assessment of the damage sustained by the Monastery of Saint Simeon the Stylite in the Holeb countryside.

HOLEB, Syria — Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo (Holeb) Butros Kassis addressed a heartfelt message to his parish through Syriac Press, amidst the unfolding events in Holeb, Syria. Archbishop Kass...

HOLEB, Syria — Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), alongside Turkish-proxy groups in the Syrian National Army (SNA) have seized control of 50 towns in the countryside of Holeb (Aleppo) and (Edl...

HOLEB, Syria — A delegation from the Syriac Union Party (Gabo d’Ḥuyodo Suryoyo, SUP) visited Vicar Apostolic of the Latin Church in Syria Hanna Jallouf at the Latin Vicariate seat in the Al-Shahbaa al...

HOLEB (ALEPPO), Syria — Turkey is further encroaching on neighboring Syria after the fall of the Syrian Ba’ath regime and the appointment of Ahmed al-Sharaa as head of the Syrian Transitional Government (STG). It already had military presence of its own in Idlib and in northern Syria or through its proxy mercenary army the Syrian …

TEL AVIV / HOLEB, Syria — Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated that there are no favorable sides in the ongoing conflict in Syria, referring specifically to the army of Syrian Army, Hay’at Tahr...

VATICAN CITY — More than 13 years after their kidnapping, the case of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek (Rûm) Orthodox Archbishop Mar Boulos Yazigi, both serving Holeb (Aleppo) archdiocese, has returned to the highest levels of the Church in Rome, following a meeting between Pope Leo XIV and Greek (Rûm) Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi. The fate of the two archbishops remains unknown, while authorities have yet to provide a definitive answer to one of the most mysterious kidnapping cases of the Syrian war.

DARAMSUQ — Protests, road blockades, and strikes spread across several parts of Syria on Sunday after the government sharply increased the prices of gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum products, prompting demonstrators to demand that the decision be reversed and calling for the resignation of Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir. Demonstrators gathered in cities and towns including Hemto (Hama), Edleb (Idlib), Druco (Daraa), Raqqa, Dayro Zcuro (Deir ez-Zor), and parts of the Holeb (Aleppo) and the…

DARAMSUQ (Damascus) — Mousa al-Shammas, a Syriac football captain and coach who spent decades representing Syria on the field and later training generations of players at home and abroad, died on 28 August in the Abu Rummaneh district of Daramsuq. He was 93. Al-Shammas, who had been ill, was born in 1933 in Beth Zalin (Qamishli) and built a career that spanned Syria’s footballing institutions from the 1950s through his later years as a coach.

HOLEB, Syria — The pillar of St. Simeon the Stylite was returned to its original location at the Monastery of St. Simeon on Mount Simeon, northwest of Holeb (Aleppo), Syria, on Tuesday, 16 centuries after it was erected. The restoration followed acts of vandalism at the site, as well as damage caused by the earthquake. The installation of the pillar…