Syria

Syria’s new leader Ahmad Sharaa met with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Damascus to lay "the basis for a new phase” in their relationship. Photo by Dalati Nohra/EPA-EFE BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Syria's new leader Ahmad Sharaa called on Lebanon on Saturday to forget about the…

(AFP) — Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told visiting Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday that he was ready to stem “illegal immigration” to Europe, the European diplomat said. “Sharaa says he is ready to block illegal immigration, (and) fight against drug traffickers… two crucial commitments for Italy,” Tajani…

The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold, experts say. Russia runs a military port and an air base on the Syrian coast, designed to…

In Syria's third city Homs, members of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's Alawite community say they are terrified as new authorities comb their districts for "remnants of the regime", arresting hundreds. In central Homs, the marketplace buzzes with people buying fruit and vegetables from vendors in bombed-out buildings riddled with bullet…

Antonio Tajani says Italy wants to serve as a bridge between Damascus and the European Union. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has held talks with Syria’s new rulers and called for talks on easing European Union sanctions imposed on the previous government of Bashar al-Assad. Tajani met Syria’s de facto…

U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to maintain equipment and provide care...Read More

Her family had lost hope she would ever return after Islamic State fighters took her and thousands of other Yazidi women and girls as sex slaves from Iraq into Syria during their reign of terror. A decade later, 27-year-old Silvana Khider walked for days across Syria as president Bashar al-Assad's…

Turkey's top diplomat on Friday ruled out a role for French troops in Syria, saying it was only negotiating with the United States which has sought to head off Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters there. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Paris of turning a blind eye to Turkey's security…

ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left many Kurds anxious about the path ahead. Abdullah Ocalan, jailed head of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant…

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