His voice is gentle, his eyes calm, his smile polite; he looks harmless. But this man is not ordinary. He was once in ISIS, ...

Since December, the two countries have been strengthening their ties and cooperation, both economically and militarily ...

They fought ISIS for years across Syria, including in the desert region between 2016 and 2017. The parched landscape still ...

US special envoy calls for lifting Syria sanctions, but concerns grow over ongoing sectarian violence and the treatment of ...

Five months after President Trump pledged to lift sanctions on Syria, the harshest penalties remain on the books.

A Damascus-born artist fits neatly into the progressive, global narrative that wins cultural points — even if it’s ...

Lebanon appointed veteran diplomat Henry Coston as its new ambassador to Syria, signalling a renewal of formal ties after ...

Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yilmaz will be Turkey’s first ambassador in Damascus since his predecessor's withdrawal more than ...

Clashes have erupted between Syrian government forces and foreign fighters in Idlib, Syria. The conflict involves a camp led ...

Early Sunday, the rebels said they had made it to the capital, Damascus, after a week of stunning military advances against Syrian regime forces. An Islamist armed group known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...

Ten months after rebels toppled the long-entrenched Assad regime, little-checked bloodshed has led many Syrians to abandon ...