President Ahmad Al Shara and a Syrian Kurdish militia leader failed to meet as expected on Wednesday during a visit to Damascus by US special envoy Thomas Barrack, sources said. It was a setback to US ...

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

Israel’s goal is to collapse Lebanon through triggering civil war and any move to normalize ties with Tel Aviv would ...

As well as being optimistic about the future of his war-ravaged country, Rami Al Ali has other reasons to be upbeat: he is ...

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The commander of the Kurdish-led SDF, Mazloum Abdi, met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa amid a lack of progress in an ...

The day after last month's deadly suicide attack on a church outside Syria's capital, hundreds of Christians marched in Damascus chanting against foreign fighters and calling for them to leave the ...

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

The revelation raises huge doubts about the regime's declared commitment to a new democratic system, reports Rana Sabbagh ...

A core misconception about Israel’s policy since Oct. 7 is that the country has favored military action at the expense of ...

Syria today stands on the cusp of a transformative chapter in its modern history. After more than a decade of civil war, ...