Syria

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Thursday in talks in Rome with European counterparts on the need to encourage stability in Syria, officials said, as Turkey threatens Kurdish forces in the war-torn country. Blinken was on the last leg of what likely is his final trip as the top…

TEHRAN - Iran’s top-ranking general in Syria has contradicted the official line taken by Iran’s leaders on the sudden downfall of their ally Bashar al-Assad, saying in a remarkably candid speech last week that Iran had suffered a major defeat but would still try to operate in the country. An…

A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Lebanon's late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a gas station in Nubl, a Shi'ite village seized by rebels, in rural Aleppo, Syria, December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas…

A man on a bicycle passes by a sign reading "I love Aleppo," adorned with flags representing the new Syrian opposition, in Aleppo, Syria, January 8, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri Since the Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) expelled the regime of Bashar al-Assad and assumed control in Syria, its neighbors…

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Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Iran Was ‘Defeated Very Badly’ in Syria, a Top General Admits For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally…

The U.S. will keep HTS on the list of terrorist organizations for the remainder of President Biden’s tenure, leaving the decision to Donald Trump, officials say...Read More

SAYEDA ZAINAB, Syria —  In the shadow of the gold-domed Sayeda Zainab shrine, six miles south of Damascus, lie the abandoned remains of what was once the de facto headquarters of Iran’s “axis of resistance,” an informal alliance of militant groups created to counter American and Israeli influence in the Middle…

Fighters in southern Syria who helped topple President Bashar al-Assad are reluctant to disarm and disband as ordered by the country's new rulers, their spokesman told AFP. An Islamist-led offensive ripped through Syria from the north and into Damascus on December 8, bringing to a sudden end five decades of…

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