Syria has faced sanctions for decades, a situation that began long before the 2011 Arab Spring protests. Reconstruction ...

Years of strife ruined the energy sector, battered the currency and strangled growth. The West must ease financial controls ...

Our approach should be humanitarian aid, yes, but no to US reconstruction aid or sanctions relief until Syria is ...

Concrete movement on an inclusive political transition in Syria will be key in ensuring the country gets the economic support ...

The Syrian government has been under strict sanctions by the United States, the European Union and others for years.

The EU will not lift sanctions on Syria before its new rulers ensure minorities are not persecuted and women's rights are ...

Europeans and Americans should work closely together on a staged sanctions lifting process. They must connect this to respect ...

Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to ...

On Sunday, he secured a meeting in Damascus with Geir Otto Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, who said the international community will “hopefully see a quick end to sanctions ...

The European Union might consider lifting some economic sanctions imposed on Syria to facilitate the country's reconstruction ...

The rebels who overthrew Bashar al-Assad have worked to present an image of order and distance themselves from Islamist ...