An inquiry into Suwayda is expected to be similarly puny. In Damascus critics say the regime has absolved Syria’s military command of any real responsibility for their troops’ role in the coastal massacres, preferring to pin the blame on rogue ...

Mobile health and nutrition teams deliver critical services in Rural Damascus after a surge in fighting triggers a wave of displacement from As-Sweida.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Tuesday held a rare meeting with Ron Dermer, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister and top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

A group of bipartisan lawmakers met with Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, part of a growing group in Congress engaging with the new Syrian government as President Trump has moved to

War-ravaged Syria appears to be on the brink of fracturing again. Various rebel groups, united only in their hatred for deposed President Bashar al-Assad, are now looking at each other not as allies, but through gun sights.

The spiritual leader of Israel's Druze has met a senior US diplomat to push for the plight of the sect's followers in neighbouring Syria, as Washington seeks to contain violence between the new Sunni government in Damascus and the country's minorities.

There was no immediate confirmation that ISIS' top leader, Abu Hafs al-Qurayshi, was the target, but Syrian state media reported an Iraqi national was killed in the raid — the Pentagon has yet to confirm US involvement.

Türkiye's exports to Syria have increased by over 50% since the ouster of longtime dictator Bashar Assad in December, a statement said on

The Syrian government has scaled back roadblocks near Sweida in preparation for the re-opening of a route from the area to Damascus, sources told The National on Thursday. The move came as the US piled pressure on the authorities who replaced Bashar Al Assad last year to improve the conditions of the Druze,

The secret police abducted many of them with their parents and brought them to interrogation sites. Then they were placed in orphanages. The regime changed some children’s names and let them be adopted. Many were so young that they forgot who their parents were. The boys in these places were often conscripted when they came of age.

A group of US members of Congress met with Syrian transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa on Tuesday.This marks one of several important meetings the new Syrian president has had with US officials. It matters because with each round of meetings,