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Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will visit Damascus on Thursday, Qatar's Al Jazeera reported, as Syria's new ...
Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Abazeed met with Germany’s temporary representative in Syria Bjorn Gehrmann on Wednesday, in ...
It is becoming apparent that negotiations between the new leadership in Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face ...
In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...
A tram spotting the “Happy Year of the Snake 2025” painted message is seen in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan 21, 2025. The painted tram adds to the Spring Festival festivity in the local ...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to move Gazans to Jordan and Egypt, if implemented, could upend any prospects of a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The plan is ...
For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...
Threats of various kinds followed. I had resigned myself to the fact I would never see Damascus again. The unexpected victory of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham opened up a perhaps fleeting window.
Doha, Qatar: A Qatari Armed Forces plane arrived at Damascus International Airport, carrying humanitarian aid including 19 tonnes of food supplies, provided by the Qatar Fund for Development.