Syria

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A court in Syria has sentenced the country's former top Muslim cleric to life in prison after convicting him of crimes including inciting civil war and complicity in intentional killing. Ahmed Hassoun, 77, was grand mufti between 2005 and 2021, during the rule of ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The Fourth…

Aug 24 (Reuters) - The State Department on Monday removed Syria from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, according to a notification from the U.S. Treasury, in a move that was first announced earlier this year pending a review by Congress. The designation as a state sponsor of terrorism…

Headlines August 24, 2026 Watch Headlines Iran Condemns U.S. Sanctions Ahead of Trump Administration’s “Economic D-Day” Aug 24, 2026 Iran’s leaders have threatened to halt all oil exports from the Persian Gulf and to treat any nation’s support for U.S. sanctions against Iran as an “act of war.” The threat…

Syria said it held US-mediated talks with Israel in Jordan on Sunday focusing on de-escalation after recent Israeli strikes, and on keeping the country out of tensions between Israel and Turkey, an ally of Damascus. The high-level negotiations came after the sides in January agreed to establish an intelligence-sharing mechanism…

Tom Barrack had said Israel ‘still’ occupies the territory but on Sunday said that was a description of the Golan Heights’ historical status Published: 3:44am, 24 Aug 2026 The US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey on Sunday walked back his comments from two days ago that Israel…

Reports have now come out that a high-level meeting between Israel and Syria has taken place, supposedly in Jordan. If reports are accurate, the meeting took place to try to ease tensions between the nations after an Israeli air strike on a Syrian airfield. What's interesting is the attendees: Syria's…

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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani says the door for diplomacy with Israel is open, urging it to seize a “historic opportunity”. In an interview with the Reuters news agency, published on Sunday, al-Shaibani said he expects the talks over a security deal that would lead to Israel’s withdrawal from Syrian…

By Tom Perry and Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Syria expects negotiations to resume soon with Israel over a security deal it hopes will lead to Israel's withdrawal from Syrian land, a top Syrian minister said, urging Israel to seize a "historic opportunity" as the door for diplomacy…