[2] Syria-News was launched in late 2003, at a time when most websites featuring political news about Syria were blocked in the country.
In around 2011, after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, the agency opened an office in Turkey and temporarily relocated there.
[3] Syria-News features domestic, regional, political, and economic news, as well as reports and questionnaires on Syrian issues.
It has a discussion feature which enables users to comment on most articles, as well to submit contributions, both subject to admin approval.
In 2004, following cooperation with the British Broadcasting Corporation, it launched ‘The place I live’, an area of the website to collect and forward public complaints to relevant government agencies and to publish officials' responses.