It’s been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw ...

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world’ ...

The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

A U.S. envoy said Wednesday that Syria's central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces ...

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On May 23, 2025, approximately five months after the Assad regime was overthrown, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has revoked the designation of a group of Syrian rebels that previously ...

Assad's 24-year rule ended abruptly as a coalition of rebel forces, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), launched a rapid offensive that overwhelmed government defenses and captured Damascus within 12 ...

Syria's new administration is looking for a centralized future, while the U.S.-backed terrorist group YPG, the Syrian wing of ...