Landmines are hindering the safe return of Syrians after the fall of the Assad regime.

No country has as much to gain from a stable Syria as Turkey, and few have as much to lose if it implodes. Turkey is home to ...

DUBAI - UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed discussed bolstering "brotherly" ties with Syria during the first official visit by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani to the ...

Ministers from Syria's transitional government urged the United States to lift its sanctions on Damascus during their first visit to Qatar since overthrowing president Bashar al-Assad. In a ...

Germany's top diplomat Annalena Baerbock and her French counterpart met members of Syria's rebel-formed transition government. The pair are the first EU diplomats to visit Syria since Bashar Assad ...

Shara has also demonstrated his ability to adapt to new circumstances. After capturing Syria’s Idlib Province in 2017, he proceeded to build a proto-state from scratch, expelling many foreign fighters ...

At the time, the regime of Bashar al-Assad was still in power in Syria, and Israel had not yet launched its devastating campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Some of the details of the September ...

Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some critics say is an Islamist slant to teaching. The changes, published ...

When the Syrian regime began to collapse, rebel forces took advantage of the vacuum in power and began to expand their area of operations beyond the 55km area. Fighters from the Turkish-backed ...

Idlib, Syria - January 02, 2025 In the Idlib countryside, former soldiers of the Syrian regime's army have taken up the dangerous task of mine removal. These volunteers are working to clear mines ...

For years Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s new de facto leader, and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Sunni jihadist group he commands, besieged Nubl and Zahraa, two Shia towns in the Sunni heartland half ...

In crucial ways, Syria’s new rulers do not resemble the Taliban. Syria’s new leaders also have a more moderate governance record. When HTS governed Idlib—the province it ... been willing to commit to ...