Both Syria and Nigeria were struck by deadly mosque bombings this week, killing and injuring dozens of people. Both attacks were timed to coincide with prayer services to inflict maximum carnage.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), now under the control of Islamist President Ahmed al-Sharaa, has published weeks of content showing throngs of jubilant Christians in the country enjoying Christmas tree lightings, holiday markets, and other celebrations – a nod to the White House that Sharaa will respect religious tolerance.
Fighting broke out in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday between Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and security troops loyal to President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) responded to American strikes in Syria by saying that the Trump administration lights “fires all over the place so nobody can keep up with what’s going on or
The Islamic State terrorist organization published a statement on Thursday celebrating the killing of three Americans, two servicemen and a civilian, in Syria last week, but stopped short of taking responsibility for the attack.
The Islamic State’s power was diminished with the loss of its “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq and the elimination of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but it remains a worldwide threat capable of directing and inspiring terrorist attacks, as last week’s murders in Syria and Australia demonstrate.
President Donald Trump participated on Wednesday in the dignified transfer of the three Americans, including two soldiers and an interpreter, killed in Syria on Saturday.
Syria’s ousted dictator Bashar Assad fled to Moscow when he was driven from power and has reportedly settled into a new life as a celebrity ophthalmologist since his usefulness to the Russian government has come to an end.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. “will retaliate” for the murder of three Americans in Syria, which he described as an “ISIS attack.”
The two soldiers killed by a solo gunman during a counterterrorism operation in Syria over the weekend have been identified as members of the Iowa National Guard, officials confirmed.
A spokesman for the Syrian Interior Ministry appeared to confirm this weekend that the man who killed two American soldiers and an interpreter in Palmyra was employed with the jihadist government’s security forces, but claimed that he was “under review” for “extremist” opinions.
A fruit shop owner from Syria has been labeled a hero after video footage surfaced of him wrestling an alleged gunman behind a terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening.
In the same week Syrians were celebrating a new chapter in their country, an ambush has killed two U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in Syria, the Pentagon announced.
Syria has approved the first Jewish organization to be officially recognized since Syria became an independent nation in the 1940s.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated his Syrian counterpart, former al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Monday on the occasion of the anniversary of the fall of former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
On December 8, 2024, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was known – and wanted – internationally as “Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,” the leader of the jihadist terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that it would be possible to negotiate a non-aggression pact with Syria, as desired by President Donald Trump, if the Syrian government is willing to establish a “demilitarized buffer zone.”
The government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa marked the one-year anniversary of the fall of the city of Aleppo to his terror organization, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), seeking to balance his jihadist past with a U.S.-friendly future.
Two brothers in the Netherlands are on trial for the alleged honor killing of their Syrian teenage sister, whom her family accused of living a Western lifestyle.
Christian communities in the Syrian cities of Latakia and Homs held celebrations this weekend marking the beginning of Advent, the Christmas season, lighting Christmas trees and opening themed markets.
Terrorist leaders in the Middle East have a tradition of using an alias, pseudonym, or “nom de guerre,” even when their true identities and given names are common knowledge.
Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to disperse feuding groups of protesters in Latakia, a coastal town in the area dominated by the once-influential, but now persecuted, Alawite religious minority.
A federal judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, is blocking President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Syrian nationals living in the United States.
President Donald Trump appears to have suffered two diplomatic disappointments this month, as first Syria and then Saudi Arabia chose not to join the Abraham Accords.
The Islamist regime governing Syria sent its top diplomat to Beijing on Monday for meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi in which the Chinese Communist Party invited Syria to join its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a debt trap scheme for impoverished countries.
The government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced on Sunday that it had arrested unnamed individuals with its “state security” apparatus for human rights violations against the Druze people during clashes this summer.
Multiple Syrian news outlets reported on Wednesday that the Franciscan Order has once again taken control of the Al-Ram School, formerly the Jesuit School, of Aleppo, over 50 years after the Assad dynasty’s Socialist Baath Party confiscated it.
After meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said Trump supports his call for Israel to remove its forces from Syrian territory.
President Donald Trump asked Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa how many wives he had when he gifted him fragrances on Monday, joking, “With you guys, I never know.”
President Donald Trump was unequivocal on Monday in his faith that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, an al-Qaeda affiliated terror chief formerly known as “Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,” is the leader to transition the country out of civil war.
Syrian Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa announced on Monday that his country signed a “political cooperation declaration” with the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, becoming a “partner in combating terrorism and supporting regional stability.”
A senior Syrian official, backed up by a senior official from another part of the Middle East, said on Monday that Islamic State terrorists have made at least two serious attempts to kill Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former leader of al-Qaeda who was present for the foundation of ISIS.
President Donald Trump hinted that Syria could possibly join several agreements, which included joining an anti-ISIS coalition and the Abraham Accords, after meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with President Donald Trump at the White House, hoping to get sanctions lifted permanently.
The United Nations Security Council voted almost unanimously on Thursday to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, an al-Qaeda affiliated jihadist who led the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) before seizing power in Damascus.
Kazakhstan is becoming the newest participant in the Abraham Accords, with President Donald Trump indicating that additional countries are preparing to enter the agreements as well.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the jihadist previously known as “Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,” arrived in Belém, Brazil, for COP30.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared on Monday that Germany will restart deporting migrants back to Syria following days of confusion and mixed messaging from his government in Berlin.
The United States on Tuesday prepared a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that would lift sanctions against Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab ahead of their visit to the White House on November 10.
The Islamist junta which overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in December 2024 took the unusual step of allowing a Halloween party in Damascus on Friday.
