A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

On May 23, 2025, approximately five months after the Assad regime was overthrown, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of ...

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...

Trump's decision to normalize relations with Syria marks a strategic gamble to curb Iran's regional power, amid concerns of Syria's internal conflicts.

This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at how hard-line Iranian media have reacted to President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia.

Iran dreamed up a U.S.-style Marshall Plan to rebuild Syria after the civil war. It invested billions to build influence there. Documents from its looted embassy in Damascus reviewed by Reuters ...

After ousting Assad, Syria’s new rulers have been stamping out the “land bridge” that Iran used to project regional power by arming Hezbollah and other allies.

Since seizing power in Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa has hosted dozens of foreign delegations and made Saudi Arabia and Turkey his first two destinations as interim president. Notably absent from these ...

Iran ‘s top general in Syria acknowledged they were “defeated very badly” with the collapse of the Assad regime, which represented a candid assessment divergent from other messages out of ...

For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a remarkably candid view of the blow to Iran, and its military’s prospects.

Iran has pulled out nearly all of its forces from Syria following the rebels' victory against the Assad regime, dealing a major blow to Tehran's influence in the region, officials said.

Thirteen years after the start of the Syrian uprising, the swift and dramatic fall of Bashar al-Assad shattered the perception of a stable, albeit repressive, status quo. For much of the past decade, ...