Britain reestablished full diplomatic relations with Syria on Saturday, more than a decade after cutting ties, as Foreign Secretary David Lammy met the country’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hopeful that his decade-long quest to obtain the F-35 joint strike fighter might finally succeed after an upbeat meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit last week – but Trump does not seem to be in any hurry to give Erdogan his long-sought prize.
A Syrian migrant was arrested by police after several people were injured in an axe attack on a high speed train travelling to Austria.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order terminating all U.S. sanctions on Syria, to “support the country’s path to stability and peace.”
President Donald Trump revoked sanctions on Syria Monday in an executive order, a month after he met with Syria’s interim President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Saudi Arabia.
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar revealed Monday on CNBC that Israel is, in fact, seeking a peace deal that includes Syria and Lebanon — but would not negotiate away the Golan Heights.
A disturbing spree of kidnappings has struck women in the Alawite Muslim minority community in Syria since the fall of dictator Bashar Assad, reports revealed this week, including at least 33 known cases of brazen abductions in broad daylight.
Cocaine production, seizures, and use reached all-time highs in 2023, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed in its latest world drug report published on Thursday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that his country’s chances of buying advanced F-35 fighter jets from the United States are looking up after his meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit this week.
Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab announced on Monday that “a number of criminals involved in the attack” on a church in Damascus have been arrested.
A horrific gun and suicide bomb attack on a church in Damascus killed at least 25 people and wounded 63 more on Sunday, posing a stiff challenge to the ruling junta’s promise that it would make Syria safe for all ethnic and religious groups.
A suicide bomber in Syria on Sunday detonated himself inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people, killing at least 15, according to early reports.
Syrian central bank governor Abdelkader Husriyeh said on Thursday the new government reached a milestone by performing its first international bank transfer using the SWIFT system.
German court sentenced a Syrian doctor to life for torturing detainees at military hospitals under former ruler Bashar al-Assad.
The U.N. High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday released its annual Global Trends Report, which found a record high of 123.2 million people were displaced from their homes around the world due to “persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, and events seriously disturbing the public order.”
The Islamist junta in control of Syria, headed by former al-Qaeda officer Ahmed al-Sharaa, issued a decree on Monday that women must wear full-body coverings at public beaches and swimming pools.
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack, said this week that the United States will scale down its military presence in Syria, going from eight military bases to just one.
Convicted jihadist went on trial accused of war crimes for his role in the 2014 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive in Syria.
The governments of Saudi Arabia and Qatar will subsidize the salaries of government workers under Syria’s nascent Islamist regime, the countries announced this weekend.
Thomas Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey who was also named as special envoy to Syria last week, raised the American flag over the ambassadorial residence in Damascus on Thursday for the first time since 2012.
Cyprus will offer Syrian families money to help them resettle back in their homeland.
Federal prosecutors take over investigation into mass stabbing allegedly by a Syrian as there may be an Islamist motive to the attack.
The jihadist-led government of Syria announced the dissolution of all armed forces outside of the Syrian military and a major overhaul of its Foreign Ministry this weekend, apparently capitalizing on the momentum created by President Donald Trump announcing America would lift sanctions on the country.
The United Nations estimated in a report this week that half a million refugees have returned to Syria since the fall of dictator Bashar Assad, with another million expected to follow by the end of this year.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is demanding answers from Joel Rayburn, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, over his former boss’s controversial admission to lying to the president over the number of troops in Syria.
Spontaneous celebrations erupted in Damascus in response to the news that President Donald Trump would lift sanctions on Syria.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the jihadist terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), praised President Donald Trump in an address on Wednesday for taking the “courageous and historic” step of lifting sanctions on his country.
President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, one day after announcing the U.S. would drop sanctions against Syria.
President Donald Trump spoke positively of his meeting Wednesday with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia.
Soon after President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the White House said he was prepared to meet with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda and Islamic State lieutenant who has governed Syria since his insurgent alliance toppled dictator Bashar Assad in December.
Steve Witkoff, the senior adviser and assistant to President Donald Trump who is helping lead major peace negotiations worldwide, told Breitbart News exclusively last week at the White House that he believes there is “big energy” for what he expects will be a likely expansion of the Abraham Accords in a matter of months not years.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of jihadist terror group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), reportedly offered oil and gas concessions, peaceful relations with Israel, and even a new Trump Tower in the capital of Damascus as inducements for President Donald Trump to meet with him during Trump’s visit to the Middle East this week.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish separatist organization in Turkey, confirmed Monday it will disband after 40 years of conflict and over 40,000 deaths.
Jihadist president of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Paris on Wednesday for meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Syria´s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa is visiting Paris on Wednesday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Donald Trump held what both leaders described as a “productive” telephone conference on Monday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday brushed aside the demands of Syrian Kurds for partial autonomy under a decentralized Syrian government as “nothing more than a dream.” The junta currently in control of Damascus was also unreceptive to Kurdish ambitions for independence.
Israel’s military struck a gathering of “extremists” in Syria preparing attacks against the country’s Druze population, according to a joint statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, which warned that Israel expects the new Syrian government to prevent harm to the minority community.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Monday that the junta in Damascus wants to “strengthen relations with China” and develop a “strategic partnership.”
A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman went on trial in France on Tuesday under the principle of universal jurisdiction.
