Syria

State of the Union: The Syrian leader was expected to ask Russia to extradite ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The post Putin Meets Syria’s al-Sharaa, a Former Enemy, in Moscow appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

Syria's Al-Sharaa Holds Talks with Putin in Moscow Syria’s Transitional President, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, met on Wednesday with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, reported Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). In their first meeting since the ouster of former leader Bashar Al-Assad in December 2024, Al-Sharaa told Putin that he…

Israelis once opposed Turkish influence in Syria. Now they have to contend with Turkish military presence in Gaza. The post Turkey Returns to Palestine appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

The trip will be Ahmed al-Sharaa’s first official visit to Russia, a longtime ally of the former Bashar al-Assad regime. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Russia on Wednesday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, Syria’s state news agency reports, as part of a broader diplomatic push to bolster the…

The 2025 Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Prize for War Correspondents was awarded to FRANCE 24's Julie Dungelhoeff, James André and Sofia Amara on Saturday, October 11 for their report on the brutality of Syria's prisons under Bashar al-Assad.  The film, "Inside Assad’s terror machine", takes a striking look within a system of…

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and Lebanese Counterpart Youssef Rajji in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 10, 2025. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived in Beirut on Friday, in his first official visit to Lebanon after the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad, according to AFP. Al-Shaibani’s visit seeks to strengthen the Syrian-Lebanese…

BEIRUT -- BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister arrived in Lebanon's capital on Friday in what observers say could mark a breakthrough in relations between the two neighbors, which have been tense for decades. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held talks with his Lebanese counterpart and is expected to meet with…

On Sept. 21, 2025, a senior U.S official boasted that an Israeli-Syrian security agreement to resolve months of conflict was “99% complete” and would be announced within two weeks. Those two weeks have now passed. And the reality on the ground suggests that the two countries are still far from…

Al-Shamie was reportedly using the Muslim dating app Muzz under the name “J.” His name was Jihad. Authorities have revealed that Jihad Al-Shamie, the man behind last week’s targeted Manchester terror attack against the city's Jewish communtiy, was married to multiple women at the same time and maintained several secret…

Author of the article: Associated Press Omar Albam Published Oct 07, 2025  •  2 minute read Residents walk past a security forces checkpoint as they leave the Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, following overnight clashes between Syrian government troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian…