Syria

BEIRUT —  In March 2013, with almost 100,000 dead in the then-two-year Syrian revolution against President Bashar Assad, a Muslim cleric who headed the Syrian opposition was welcomed to take the country’s seat at the annual summit of Arab leaders. “History will bear witness to who stood with the Syrian people…

Hundreds protested in rebel-held northern Syria on Friday against President Bashar al-Assad's participation in the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia after a more than decade-long suspension, AFP correspondents reported. Demonstrators in the town of Azaz chanted: "The people want the fall of the regime," rallying cry of the protests…

The US military has reportedly walked back its claim that it had taken out a top al-Qaeda boss in a recent drone strike that was carried out in Syria. Officials quickly changed their story after it was discovered that the man who had been killed had no links to terrorism,…

The Pentagon seal in the Pentagon Briefing Room. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Pentagon now doubts whether a drone strike in Syria earlier this month killed a top al-Qaeda leader, according to The Washington Post. The May 3 strike could have instead killed Lotfi Hassan Misto, 56, a father…

After more than a decade of isolation, Bashar al-Assad, the president of war-torn Syria, has been welcomed back into the Arab League. Al-Assad on Friday attended the regional bloc’s 32nd summit in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah for the first time since his country’s suspension following the eruption of…

Middle Eastern leaders welcomed President Bashar al-Assad at a regional summit on Friday, representing a major triumph for the once-shunned Syrian leader as he seeks to shut the door on a decade of bloody civil war. Syria’s return to the Arab League after an 11-year suspension — another step in…

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, right, and Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, left Borna News/Matin Ghasemi/Aksonline ATPImages/Getty Images To continue reading for free, please register your details below Already registered? Click here to log in We will use the details you have shared to manage your registration. You agree to the processing, storage, sharing and…

Baghdad remained committed to Damascus ending its 12-year absence, says Fuad HusseinIraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, left, meets Saudi deputy foreign minister Walid Al Khuraiji in Jeddah. SPA Powered by automated translation Iraq played a vital role in restoring Syria's position in the Arab League, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said…

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky attended the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia on Friday. The leader criticized some in the region for "turning a blind eye" to Russia's war, but also thanked Saudi Arabia and others for their support. The Ukrainian leader’s participation adds to an already historic summit in…

Arab leaders welcomed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad back into the fold Friday at a summit in Saudi Arabia that also grappled with conflicts across the Middle East and beyond. A triumphant Assad called for a "new phase" in regional cooperation in his remarks to the summit, which also featured a…