The United States announced on Friday that it will no longer pursue the $10 million "Rewards for Justice" bounty on Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), signaling a significant shift in its (...)
Activity at Russia's Hmeimim Air Base, a strategic hub that played a pivotal role in the Syrian civil war since 2015, has significantly declined amid the collapse of regime forces and shifting dynamics in the region.
Following its establishment as a (...)
The Pentagon announced the US currently has "approximately 2,000" troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"There are diplomatic and operational (...)
The leaders of the European Union agreed on Thursday on the key principles they will follow to normalize ties with Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's autocracy, with the caveat that "the jury is still out" on the rebels leading the (...)
Syria's rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has dismissed the online controversy over videos showing him gesturing to a young woman to cover her hair before he posed for a photo with her last week.
The incident sparked criticism from both liberal and (...)
As the new Syria struggles to take shape, old threats are re-emerging.
The chaos since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad is "paving the way" for the so-called Islamic State (IS) to make a comeback, according to a leading Kurdish commander who helped (...)
US diplomats are in the Syrian capital Damascus where they plan to meet representatives from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group now in charge but which Washington still designates as a terrorist organization.
The visit follows those of (...)
After concluding a visit to Damascus and meeting the new administration, UN envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen, said that the country needs "a political transition that will be credible, inclusive and include the broadest range of the Syrian society and (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Wednesday where the leaders held bilateral talks.
Mikati informed Erdoğan of the situation on the ground in Lebanon, which has (...)
Russia is moving a large amount of military equipment in Syria, signaling preparations for a partial withdrawal, analysts say.
Satellite images reveal a build-up of military vehicles at a Russian-controlled port and airbase in western (...)
The de facto leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has said the country is exhausted by war and is not a threat to its neighbors or to the West.
In an interview with the BBC in Damascus, he called for sanctions on Syria to be lifted.
"Now, after all (...)
Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Iraq Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the winter camp in Al-Ula on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed (...)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed for a tangible and immediate improvement in relations between Turkey and the European Union during a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen that was focused on Syria's transition of power and the fate of (...)
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group in Syria is consolidating its power just 10 days after the country's long-time autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad was dramatically removed from power.
Key sectors of the country are slowly being dragged (...)
The spokesperson for the political department of Syria's new transitional government has called on Russia to reconsider its presence in the country now that their ally, President Bashar al-Assad, has been overthrown.
A convoy of Russian military (...)
"Even now, I look back and wonder how we survived this nightmare," Baraa quietly reflects.
Now 20 years old, the university student joined the joyous celebrations engulfing the streets of Syria last Sunday at the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule.
Her (...)
Syria's rebel factions will be "disbanded" and trained to join the "ranks of the defense ministry" said the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, which led rebel fighters to Damascus and toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's (...)
RIYADH — The Cabinet session, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, highlighted the remarkable achievements and progress made by Saudi Arabia during the current year. The Council of Ministers attributed (...)
The Israeli Knesset has approved plans to increase the number of settlers in the Golan Heights, territory that was seized from Syria in 1967.
The announcement comes after the dramatic downfall last week of President Bashar al-Assad, with Israel's (...)
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had "diplomatic contact" with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime.
Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organization, but the UK (...)
The EU has taken the first step to directly engage with HTS, the Syrian rebel force, while maintaining its designation of a terrorist organization.
Kaja Kallas has instructed a senior diplomat from the European Union to directly engage with the (...)
Israeli airstrikes in Syria are the "most violent" since 2012, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
According to the data from the organization that has been monitoring the war in Syria for over a decade, Israel has struck its (...)
The Syrian presidency's official Facebook and Telegram channels on Sunday published a statement purportedly issued by Bashar al-Assad, dated December 16, addressing the circumstances surrounding his departure from Damascus.
In the statement, Assad (...)
The Yarmouk refugee camp, once a bustling hub for Palestinians in Syria, is seeing a slow return of its former residents following the December 8 fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
However, the camp's future, and the place of Syria's Palestinian (...)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Saturday that American officials have been in direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Speaking at a news conference in (...)
