Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Türkiye, said on Friday he has assumed the role of special envoy to Syria, as the Trump ...

President Trump has turned Oval Office meetings with foreign leaders into diplomatic thrill rides, which at times have crashed, a la Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and at other times have ...

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Ahmad al-Sharaa toppled Assad. But is Syria headed toward democracy, or did it trade one dictator for another?

The agreement was reached after weeks of talks between Israel and Turkey in Baku that began in April, mediated by the Azerbaijani government.

The European Union’s top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the ...

The US consider transferring up to 1 million Palestinians to Libya, but the plan finds resistance and many obstacles The Trump government is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 ...

The European Union is expected to follow US President Donald Trump's lead by announcing the lifting of sanctions on Syria. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ahead of a meeting she will be ...

A statue of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's late brother, Bassel, still stands outside the Dimas equestrian club near Damascus ...

President Donald Trump announced while in Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025, that the United States would lift sanctions on Syria ...