The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

We have massive numbers in our prisons, and this constitutes an ongoing threat,” the Syrian Democratic Forces commander, Gen.

Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated areas.

The U.S. military said it killed a senior operative of Al-Qaeda's Syria branch in an air strike on northwestern Syria on Thursday. The area was the stronghold of interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian authorities have arrested ... state media SANA said. Syria's new ruling authority has carried out security crackdowns in several regions that it says aim to detain remnants ...

Relations between Syria and many fellow Arab states as well as Western powers have been thawing under the country’s change of leadership, which ended Damascus’ close alliance with Russia and Iran.

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

Monocle’s Middle East correspondent, Leila Molana-Allen, tells Andrew Mueller about her trip to Syria and what’s next for the country post-Assad. Then: Chris Cermak looks at Germany’s immigration vote ...

DAMASCUS: Syria's new leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, including plans to fire a third of all public sector workers and privatising state-run companies ...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani became the first head of state to visit Damascus, Syria's capital, and meet with Sharaa. The Qatari royal court said the emir discussed with Sharaa ...

Instead of influencing Damascus through investments or trade deals, foreign countries that want to see a secure and inclusive Syria would be better off leveraging symbolic diplomatic gestures and ...